The Big Ten has eight teams that should be locks to reach the NCAA Tournament. For the league to hit double figures, teams on the bubble will have to have a strong finish to the season. Indiana (18-11, 9-9 Big Ten) appeared to be on the outside looking in less than a month ago, but has reeled off four wins in five games to move onto the bubble.

These raucous fanbases will be closely monitoring potential bid-thieves during the conference tournaments.  So, who could those teams be? Finding that next NC State is not easy because winning nine do-or-die games in a row will shape up to be a historic outlier.