re: Is Monmouth really better than the SEC bubble teams

No, 3 sub 200 RPI losses and wins over UCLA/Georgetown don't look as good as they did early in year. USC and ND cooled off as well, even though both are tourney teams but neither make them locks. Right at the edge of the bubble but I expect them to miss it.

I hate it for King Rice (Monmouth HC, former Vandy assistant) would love for him to come back to VU when stallings is done.