Last year’s Cinderella showing by controversial tourney selection George Mason raised America’s collective bubble-team awareness. Onion Sports picks out this year’s marginal but notable picks:
Duke: Look for this bubble team to sneak in, because if it doesn’t, sports will cease to exist, decent men and women everywhere will weep for all eternity, and the planet Earth will spiral down into the heart of the sun
Grove City College: Even though it is a small Division III school, their key early-season win against rival Penn State Altoona is sure to linger in the minds of the selection committee
Drexel: Although they failed to win their conference, the Drexel Dragons will be selected because their inevitable defeat will generate dramatic wordplay headlines
Texas Tech: Coach Bob Knight’s campaign of emasculating farm animals with his teeth in front of selection-committee members is sure to have had some impact
Michigan: See Duke
Miami: Since so many other teams from Florida are guaranteed a spot, the NCAA just didn’t realize it should say no to the 11-19 Hurricanes
DePaul: Whatever; make it, don’t make it, no one really cares
Ohio State: Although they’re actually one of the top-ranked teams in the nation, the tournament selection committee has decided to artificially devalue the Buckeyes in order to guarantee March Madness 2007 has an incredible underdog story
