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Bracketology Bubble Watch: North Carolina can’t afford a bad loss; Rutgers falls out of bracket

Bracketology Bubble Watch: North Carolina can't afford a bad loss; Rutgers falls out of bracket

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Saturday was a day for celebrating some big wins for teams on the bubble. Sunday was more about the losses.

Rutgers was on a fantastic four-game winning streak against ranked teams and was trying to make it five at Purdue on Sunday. Unfortunately, the Scarlet Knights came up short in an 84-72 loss to the Boilermakers. Rutgers sits at 80 in the NET, and while that metric is not really used decisively, it would be the worst ranking in any NCAA metric for an at-large team since before 1994, when I started tracking the data. Despite the good number of Quad 1 wins, at the moment, the negatives weigh larger.

Michigan also lost on Sunday. The Wolverines were defeated at Wisconsin…

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