This time of year, a bubble team or three can get bumped from the NCAA tournament field because of circumstances outside of their own control—namely, the chaos that inevitably happens in mid-major league tournaments that lead to stolen bids.
In the last few days alone, these top mid-major seeds have been bounced:
Vermont (America East; RPI 51)
Middle Tennessee State (C-USA; RPI 34)
Louisiana (Fun Belt; RPI 54)
Middle Tennessee may be the only team of the three with a decent shot at an at-large bid, and if they did get in it would bump another bubble team out.