The SEC/ACC Challenge ended up 14-2 in the SEC’s favor this year. The men’s NCAA Tournament bid disparity could end up almost that bad — a record-smashing 14 SEC teams in the field of 68 because Arkansas keeps rising, and a match of the ACC’s lowest all-time output of three because North Carolina, Wake Forest and Pitt can’t do enough late.

Teams with Lock status have at least a 95% chance to make the tournament, according to the BPI forecast. (Yes, this means that 5% of the time, a team marked as a lock will miss the tourney. We set the threshold there as a nod to the traditional standard for significance testing.)

Xavier lost at Villanova 80-68 to fall further out of contention for a NCAA Tournament bid. The Musketeers have seven regular season games left, six of which are against teams not in contention for the NCAA Tournament.

The NCAA Tournament selection committee will reveal its top 16 teams to this point on Sunday that will give a picture of the top of the bracket, but there are still many times battling to get off the bubble and into the field ahead of Selection Sunday on March 16.

FOX Sports national college basketball writer John Fanta reveals who's currently on the bubble ahead of March Madness.

Life on the men's NCAA tournament bubble is a roller coaster. While no individual result truly defines a resume in a 30-game season, it certainly can

Check out Palm's latest bracket, full field of 68 and Bubble Watch at the Bracketology hub All times ET 1 p.m. (CBS) This is the first of the "double-bubble" games on tap this Saturday. Both teams are coming mid-week losses The Longhorns lost at home to Arkansas on 78-70 on Wednesday to drop to 15-8 on the season,