{"id":152008,"date":"2025-03-17T16:42:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T21:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/?p=152008"},"modified":"2025-03-17T16:42:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T21:42:09","slug":"bracketology-extra-defining-the-pairwise-bubble-and-what-would-need-to-happen-for-bubble-teams-to-make-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2025\/03\/17\/bracketology-extra-defining-the-pairwise-bubble-and-what-would-need-to-happen-for-bubble-teams-to-make-it\/","title":{"rendered":"BRACKETOLOGY EXTRA: Defining the PairWise bubble and what would need to happen for bubble teams to make it"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Reese Laubach has had a strong season up front for the Nittany Lions (photo: Penn State Athletics).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After this weekend’s games, the PairWise bubble became very well defined. So much so that the three teams on the bubble know exactly what needs to happen for them to make or miss the NCAA tournament.<\/p>\n

Let’s start with the known. Twelve teams have clinched their NCAA bids:<\/p>\n