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Baseball: Critical week starts tonight for USF

As NCAA projections go, it has slipped from the bracket to the bubble in the last three weekends.

Now, the bubble may be getting slippery.

USF's baseball team (30-21-1) enters tonight's game at Jacksonville having lost six of its last eight games, and its last four conference series. As a result, the only thing of which the Bulls have assured themselves is a winning record.

An NCAA Tournament berth? At this point, the Rays pitching rotation might be more of a certainty.

Entering the regular season's final week, which includes a three-game home series against UCF starting Thursday, the Bulls possess a strong RPI (28) and strength-of-schedule rating (20th, per d1baseball.