(#334) Previewing the tournament teams (Part I), the other side of the bubble

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Today’s issue (#334) is Part I previewing the teams I have in NCAA Tournament positions. However, these teams should be viewed as being on the positive side of the bubble.

On Tuesday, I previewed the teams I had pegged bubble teams. Well, if those bubble teams make the tournament, I believe they’re knocking out some of these teams. The last installment will be the teams I believe are solidly in the NCAA Tournament picture for this season. But today’s installment looks at teams I think are tournament teams, but they should be viewed as being inside the bubble instead of outside the bubble.

This issue has in-depth analysis of Penn State, Minnesota Duluth, Omaha, Merrimack, Notre Dame, Wisconsin, and Michigan Tech.

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Our 2023 Preseason Rankings can be found in the following issues:

Teams 15-9: #334
Teams 23-16: #333
Teams 31-24: #331
Teams 36-32: #328
Teams 43-37: #327
Teams 46-44: #325
Teams 49-47: #321
Teams 53-50: #320
Teams 57-54: #319
Teams 61-58: #318
Teams 64-62: #314

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