TCU head coach Jamie Dixon during first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Kansas in the quarterfinal round of the Big 12 tournament in Kansas City, Mo., Thursday, March 9, 2017. (Orlin Wagner | The Associated Press)
Syracuse, N.Y. -- The waiting is the hardest part.
As unoriginal as that line is, it means everything for Syracuse basketball players and Syracuse basketball fans as they await Selection Sunday and word on whether they are in or out of the NCAA Tournament.
Let's get to what transpired with bubble teams.
Thursday games of note
Michigan 75, Illinois 55: The Illini, listed among the first four out in the Bracket Matrix not only lost, but lost badly to a Michigan team the Big Ten had no compassion for.