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"They played very well and they kicked our butts in the third quarter," said Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich, whose team was outscored by a 37-21 margin in the third stanza. "They did a great job."

 

The Bucks have also been bi-polar with their home and road schedules in 2011-12, going 0-6 as the guest and 2-0 at the Bradley Center. They will try to remain unbeaten in front of the friendly faithful and lost all five games on a recent road trip after winning back-to-back home tests from Dec. 27-30.

 

In a 109-93 loss at Phoenix -- the franchise's 24th consecutive defeat in the desert -- Tobias Harris led Milwaukee with 15 points off the bench and Shaun Livingston posted 12 points in a reserve role. Jon Leuer and Ersan Ilyasova had 11 points apiece for the Bucks, who are 2-6 on the season and hope to get some players back healthy tonight.

 

The Spurs have swept each of the past two-game series with Milwaukee and is 6-2 in the past eight meetings between the teams.

 

(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Chicago Bulls will resume the lone back-to-back-to-back stretch of their season when they visit the Minnesota Timberwolves tonight at the Target Center. Chicago began the trio of contests with last night's 92-68 victory over the Detroit Pistons at the United Center, as Carlos Boozer had 23 points and eight rebounds and reigning MVP Derrick Rose posted 22 points and eight assists.

 

Bulls guards Richard Hamilton (groin) and C.J. Watson (elbow) are expected to miss tonight's game. Chicago's 8-2 record is the best start since the 1996-97 team began the season with 12 straight wins.

 

Minnesota is last in the Northwest Division and has dropped three of its last four games, including Monday's 97-87 setback at Toronto.

 

Kevin Love recorded his ninth straight double-double to start the season, scoring 13 points with 14 rebounds. J.J. Barea shook off a hamstring issue and scored a team-high 16 points off the bench, while rookie Ricky Rubio had 10. Barea had missed four straight and five of six games with the leg problem.

 

Chicago has swept the past two-game series with Minnesota, but has lost 10 of its previous 13 trips to the Target Center.

 

The Rockets, who are just 2-6 on the season were paced by Luis Scola's 28 points. Goran Dragic added 20, but turned the ball over on the team's final possession to seal the result. Kevin Martin had 16 points and Patrick Patterson finished with 10 for '

 

"We're much better than we were a month ago when training camp first started," Rockets coach Kevin McHale said. "We have to be way better two weeks from now and then two weeks from there."

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Numerous College Basketball teams take final big step to March Madness betting

So, what turned on the lock spigot? Well, after what felt like weeks of teams treading water and slipping back into the bubble muck, a bunch of them finally decided to say "to heck with parity" and won games that should put them into the Big Dance.

Disagree with some of these? Then here's the challenge. Take all of the "should be ins" and make a legit case that each should be ahead of the team that's a lock. Then find 10 more teams that also should be placed in the bracket ahead of that lock team. Not so easy, is it?

If you want more evidence that these locks should be good to go, check out what our research department dug up. Since the NCAA Tournament went to 64 teams in 1985, only six teams from a "big six" conference have had a record of 10-6 or better in conference play and not been selected: Colorado (2004) and Nebraska (1999) from the Big 12, Boston College and Seton Hall (both 2003) from the Big East, Indiana (2005) from the Big Ten and UCLA, which somehow went 12-6 in the Pac-10 in 1988 and still missed out. (Note: Five teams went 11-7 and didn't get in, the latest being last season's Stanford team, which had a brutal nonconference run.)

Yes, 10 conference wins doesn't always mean what it used to because of unbalanced schedules, but this season, it should be plenty good in all but the extreme cases (see: Iowa).

In a way, this is a welcome development, because this is a bubble watch, not a lock watch. We can finally be done with teams like Maryland and Virginia Tech and start really bearing down on at-large battles such as Syracuse-West Virginia and Appalachian State-Georgia Tech.

Interestingly, all the shifting of teams into lock status appears to be more administrative than impactful. The number of remaining available at-larges didn't change one iota. The only difference is that teams on the bubble now have a clearer idea of which team(s) they are competing with for those precious bids.

The Bubble Breakdown
CONFERENCE LOCKS SHOULD BE INS AT-LARGES TAKEN
(assuming no auto bid outlier)
ACC Betting Odds 6 0 5
Big East Betting Odds 5 0 4
Big Ten Betting Odds 2 2 3
Big 12 Betting Odds 3 0 2
Pac-10 Betting Odds 5 1 5
SEC Betting Odds 4 0 3
MVC Betting Odds 1 1 1
MWC Betting Odds 2 1 2
TOTAL 28 5 25

As always, I've tried to be as inclusive as possible while only including teams that would have a reasonable chance of at least being discussed if this were Selection Sunday. If your team's not on here, there's probably a good reason (or three) -- start with the RPI and SOS numbers and work your way down.

(Please remember, per selection committee criteria, that records displayed are Division I only. Next update: Feb. 28)

If you have a legitimate grievance, or just like talking bubble, send an e-mail. Polite ones with fact-based arguments have a much better chance of receiving a response. I apologize in advance if I can't get back to all of you.

Atlantic Coast Conference

Work left to do: Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech

The ACC moves to six locks as BC, Va Tech and Virginia all got their 10th ACC wins, which should be more than enough this season, and Maryland rallied past North Carolina to get the final piece the Terps needed. After that? It could end there unless FSU, Ga Tech or Clemson picks things up in a hurry.

 

Work left to do:

Clemson [19-9 (5-9), RPI: 41, SOS: 42] The Tigers are closer to locking up the collapse of the year award (in a good battle with OK State) than they are to grabbing an at-large. Clemson's been very competitive, but there's no really positive way you can spin nine losses in 11 games. They now cannot get to .500 in ACC play and still must head to Virginia Tech in the season finale (after hosting Miami). Unless the Tigers win both and/or do some serious work in the ACC tourney, they very well could be left out. There are no great nonconference wins, but ODU, App State, Miss. State, South Carolina and Georgia are all respectable W's.

Florida State [18-11 (6-9), RPI: 48, SOS: 14] The Noles got thrashed at Maryland to run their losing streak to five, but then pounded NC State at home to set the table for what likely is an elimination game at Miami. You can at least make a case for the Seminoles at 7-9 in ACC play (and some work in the ACC tourney), but 6-10 is not going to cut it. Wins at Duke and over Florida will resonate, but the computer numbers remain questionable. Beyond Florida, FSU thrashed bubble buddy Providence, but there's not a ton beyond those two games that will help. They didn't show well in big-time opportunities against Pitt and Wisconsin (before the Florida win).

Georgia Tech [18-10 (6-8), RPI: 51, SOS: 46] The Jackets beat Wake on Wednesday but couldn't get it done at UVa on Saturday, which could be a crucial loss with UNC and BC (both at home) remaining and 8-8 almost a certain need for at-large consideration. A nonconference win over Memphis helps, but the RPI and SOS are not at-large quality right now; if you combine those with a sub-.500 ACC mark, that could spell NIT for GT.

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