Top 15 make the tourney, so Cards are very close to clinching a spot: Cards are 9-1, and 16th is NC State at 2-7. So our magic number to clinch is 5.
To clinch a single round bye, we need to be 9th seed or higher. Cal, VT, and FSU are tied for 10th at 4-6. That puts our magic number to clinch a first round bye at 6.
Need to be in the top 4 to earn the double bye: 4th place is currently a 3 way tie between Wake, SMU, and Stanford at 7-3. That puts our magic number to clinch the double bye at 9. A win at home over Stanford in early March would give us the tiebreaker over all 3 of those teams, reducing our magic number to clinch the double bye by 2 in a single game.
To clinch a single round bye, we need to be 9th seed or higher. Cal, VT, and FSU are tied for 10th at 4-6. That puts our magic number to clinch a first round bye at 6.
Need to be in the top 4 to earn the double bye: 4th place is currently a 3 way tie between Wake, SMU, and Stanford at 7-3. That puts our magic number to clinch the double bye at 9. A win at home over Stanford in early March would give us the tiebreaker over all 3 of those teams, reducing our magic number to clinch the double bye by 2 in a single game.
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