Bubblicious

Selection Sunday is just nine days away, which means it is crunch time for every team on the bubble. Some small-conference tournaments are already underway and the rest will begin with the next week. Here are some quick links to prepare you for the road to the selection show.

• One down, 64 to go. You may have missed it among the hoopla of Championship Week, but the first team to qualify for the Big Dance was the Cornell Big Red, who won the Ivy League championship.
  
  
• ESPN’s Andy Katz looks at some of the teams that have work left to do, including a familiar story for Syracuse.
  
  
• What does it mean to be number one? In college basketball, it doesn’t always mean championship, that’s for sure.
  
  
• Duke fans are ready for the rematch with number one North Carolina on Saturday night. The Blue Devils won the first meeting back on Feb. 6 in Chapel Hill, but it’s the Tar Heels that enter the game atop the polls after winning seven straight games following the loss.