Today, ESPN’s Bubble Watch upgraded Vanderbilt to “Should Be In.” For those unfamiliar, this basically means that if Vanderbilt wins the games it should (read: beats Texas A&M on Thursday), it will make the NCAA Tournament. Joe Lunardi has Vanderbilt as an 11-seed, not only making the tournament, but avoiding the First Four in Dayton.
Read comments sections, and this is controversial with some fans. After all, Vanderbilt has 14 losses! No team has ever gotten in the tournament with more losses than that! And they lost to Missouri! Read more closely, though, and the case against Vanderbilt ends there.