From ESPN Bubble Watch (pre VT):
The Watch's innate desire to identify patterns and establish hierarchies has, at various times, led us to attempt to pinpoint this season's elite. Teams have cycled in and out of this group at an alarming rate all year long, to the point where the entire exercise has often felt pointless. Few squads have remained on a steady trajectory all year. One of those teams? Miami. Which may be why the Hurricanes are the least-mentioned of any otherwise obvious Final Four contender. Three of their four losses have come on the road in conference play, which is hardly rare. They have quietly racked up one impressive win after the other, compiling a lock-worthy resume in the process. Just one year after an unsteady campaign ended in the NIT, Jim Larranaga's team is one of the most solid and reliable entities in all of college basketball.
