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Bracketology 2022: 6 most likely bid thieves heading into conference tournaments

By Mike Phillips

CHESTNUT HILL, MASSACHUSETTS - JANUARY 22: Storm Murphy #5 of the Virginia Cavaliers drives to the basket during a game against the Boston College Eagles at Conte Forum on January 22, 2022 in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. (Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Getty Images)
CHESTNUT HILL, MASSACHUSETTS - JANUARY 22: Storm Murphy #5 of the Virginia Cavaliers drives to the basket during a game against the Boston College Eagles at Conte Forum on January 22, 2022 in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. (Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Getty Images) /
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CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA – JANUARY 24: Storm Murphy #5 of the Virginia Tech Hokies drives to the basket during the first half of their game against the North Carolina Tar Heels at the Dean E. Smith Center on January 24, 2022, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)
CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA – JANUARY 24: Storm Murphy #5 of the Virginia Tech Hokies drives to the basket during the first half of their game against the North Carolina Tar Heels at the Dean E. Smith Center on January 24, 2022, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images) /

4. Potential March Madness bid thieves – Virginia Tech Hokies

This year’s potential power conference bid thief could come out of the ACC, which has been thoroughly mediocre all season long. Duke is a lock to make the NCAA Tournament and could easily be a No. 1 seed but the Blue Devils have shown some lapses in conference play, losing three games while also letting a few bad teams hang around.

Wake Forest and Notre Dame are probably the two safest ACC teams outside of Duke, meaning an ACC Tournament win from someone like North Carolina or Miami would also shrink the bubble. There are also teams that could get hot for a week in Brooklyn and win the whole thing like Virginia Tech that would certainly qualify as bid thieves.

The Hokies entered the season with a lot of promise but largely flopped, going 10-10 over their first 20 games to start 2-7 in the ACC. The script has flipped for Virginia Tech since February with the Hokies winning nine of their next ten games to climb back into the fringes of the bubble conversation.

This run could give the Hokies plenty of confidence when they get to Brooklyn and make them a dangerous foe for anyone to conquer. Virginia Tech has the talent to win the ACC Tournament and can easily do so in a subpar league, which would cost another bubbler their tournament dreams.

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