Who Helped There Cause?

There was a lot of action this weekend with the tournament watch. There were some teams that helped there cause and others that crushed there hopes. The main winner this week has to be Ohio State. There last two games they had wins against 2 top 25 teams in Purdue and Michigan State. Ohio State had a big win on Tuesday in there 80-77 win in overtime against #15 Purdue. Purdue led most of the game but Ohio State battled back to force overtime and Ohio state held off Purdue for the win. Then Sunday Ohio State had a great performance out of their senior Jamar Butler who had 20 points to lead his team over #18 Michigan State. Sunday was certainly a dominate performance by Ohio State to almost locking them into the tournament. West Virginia is another bubble team really has had a good tournament push winning six of their past eight games. But this week they really proved themselves tournament worthy. With a win at Pittsburgh and a win in overtime against St.John on Saturday. West Virginia now have a record of 21-9 and in RPI of 39 which should be more then enough to get them in the tournament. There are other terams that did not help there cause. The main one has to be UAB. Saturday they had a devistating loss against Mephis lossing by 38 points. Although they have a 22-9 record and an RPI of 46 they still are a long shot to get into the tournament. One other team on the bubble has got to be Kentucky. Even though they have a record of 17-11 there strength of schedule is ranked 11th in the nation. They have about 5 to 6 wins against the top 25 teams. With there last win against Florida on Sunday has got to put them into the tournament.