The final bubble watch is in! Here at Bankroll Sports, these are the teams that we think are going to be in the NCAA Tournament. Join us for our final look at our March Madness bubble watch and our NCAA Tournament bracket predictions.

These are the 31 conference champs that have all been taken off of this page. The clubs that are listed are the ones that are going to be taking the 37 at large bids for the dance. Please note that Sunday’s championship game participants are all locked into the NCAA Tournament, though one of the two will take automatic bids, while the other will have at large bids to the dance.

Bubble Watch Update As Of Completed Games On 3/16/13

Atlantic 10
NCAA Tournament Locks: St. Louis Billikens/VCU Rams, Butler Bulldogs, Temple Owls
In the NCAA Tournament: La Salle Explorers
Left Home: Masssachusetts Minutemen

La Salle hasn’t done enough to get itself out of going to Dayton to start off the NCAA Tournament, but we do think that the Explorers are in the field. They really don’t have any glaring losses on the season, and in a year where a whole bunch of teams have done nothing but put together resumes with questionable defeats, that’s important. Are there any remarkable wins? Not really. But again, with no losses that are hurting since November, the Selection Committee has to put the Explorers in. UMass was never really considered a team that had a legitimate shot to get into the dance, and Saturday’s loss to VCU was the end of it.

ACC
NCAA Tournament Locks: Miami Hurricanes/North Carolina Tar Heels, Duke Blue Devils, NC State Wolfpack
In the NCAA Tournament: None
Left Home: Maryland Terrapins, Virginia Cavaliers

Both Maryland and Virginia only have themselves to blame for not getting into the NCAA Tournament. The Terrapins lost a brutal game right at the end of the regular season to the Cavaliers. They did get the job done against the Blue Devils in the second round of the ACC Tournament, but they couldn’t figure it out against North Carolina in the closing moments. There are two great wins against Duke on this resume, but everything else just isn’t going to cut it. UVA’s problem is that it couldn’t take down NC State in the ACC quarterfinals. Had the Hoos picked up that win, they’d be dancing. They didn’t though, and they really don’t have a leg to stand on, knowing that there have been some lousy losses along the way at the end of the regular season. Both of these teams also scheduled relatively poorly outside of the ACC.

Big XII
NCAA Tournament Locks: Kansas State Wildcats, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Oklahoma Sooners, Iowa State Cyclones
In the NCAA Tournament: None
Left Home: Baylor Bears

Nothing to see here. The Bears had a shot in the Big XII Tournament to claim a scalp against Okie State, but they didn’t get the job done, losing in the dying seconds. The Big XII is going to send five teams to the dance this year with ease, while Baylor gets left at home in the NIT.

Big East
NCAA Tournament Locks: Syracuse Orange, Georgetown Hoyas, Pittsburgh Panthers, Marquette Golden Eagles, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Cincinnati Bearcats, Villanova Wildcats
In the NCAA Tournament: None
Left Home: None

The Big East has been fairly cut and dry over the course of the last few days. This would have amazingly been a nine-bid league had UConn been eligible for the postseason. Alas, the Huskies weren’t, but these other eight teams are all going to be dancing. Most are going to be in the top part of the bracket as well. No teams were seriously on the bubble in the end after Providence and St. John’s bowed out at Madison Square Garden relatively early at the Big East Tournament.

Big 10
NCAA Tournament Locks: Wisconsin Badgers/Ohio State Buckeyes, Indiana Hoosiers, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Illinois Fighting Illini
In the NCAA Tournament: None
Left Home: Iowa Hawkeyes

The Big Ten was largely the best conference, especially at the top this year in America. Seven teams are in the dance for sure, and the question was whether an eighth would join the bunch or not. Iowa’s non-conference schedule was terrible this year, and in the end, in spite of some decent victories, it just wasn’t able to get the job done. The loss to Michigan State kept the Hawkeyes out of the NCAA Tournament once and for all.

Conference USA
NCAA Tournament Locks: None
In the NCAA Tournament: None
Left Home: Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles

Southern Miss had a chance to get into the NCAA Tournament the easy way on Saturday, and it would have been in the field had it figured out how to beat Memphis even just once this season. Alas, the Golden Eagles were dropped all three times that they played the Tigers, and that last loss in double overtime proved to be a heartbreaking defeat. This is a team that we could see getting the nod from the Selection Committee on Sunday, but it really isn’t warranted.

Missouri Valley Conference
NCAA Tournament Locks: Wichita State Shockers
In the NCAA Tournament: None
Left Home: None

Creighton comes off of the Bubble Watch page as the automatic winners of the Missouri Valley. Some are questioning Wichita State, but the Valley has a rich history here in the dance, and the conference is deserving of a second team in the field of 68.

Mountain West
NCAA Tournament Locks: UNLV Runnin’ Rebels, San Diego State Aztecs, Colorado State Rams
In the NCAA Tournament: Boise State Broncos
Left Home: None

If there is a team that was incredibly happy about how things went on Friday and Saturday, it’s Boise State. The Broncos bowed out of the Mountain West Tournament in the quarterfinals, and they had to sit, watch, and wait. What they saw as they were resting on the sidelines though, were a bunch of games go their way. Boise State deserves to be in the field of 68. The team has some big wins this year in the Mountain West, which was a significantly tougher conference than say, the SEC was for really the whole season.

Pac-12
NCAA Tournament Locks: UCLA Bruins, Arizona Wildcats, Colorado Buffaloes, California Golden Bears
In the NCAA Tournament: None
Left Home: None

There really wasn’t anything left to doubt in the Pac-12 by the time the conference reached its semifinals. Stanford, Washington, and Arizona State never really had the resumes to get into the field, and they were all really pipe dreams. The other five teams are all getting into the dance without really any degree of doubt. Cal might ultimately end up in Dayton, but it is firmly in the dance.

SEC
NCAA Tournament Locks: Missouri Tigers
In the NCAA Tournament: Ole Miss Rebels
Left Home: Kentucky Wildcats, Alabama Crimson Tide, Tennessee Volunteers

The SEC might be a dominating football conference, but this year, it isn’t going to want to remember anything that happened on the hardwood at this point. Florida is expected to win the SEC Championship at this point, and we are going to assume that it is going to do as much. If not, Ole Miss will make the fact that it is on the bubble elementary. We still think that the Rebels are in the field regardless of what happens on Sunday in Nashville. They did what Kentucky couldn’t do (beat Vandy), and there wasn’t anything that any of these teams in the SEC did that were all that notable in the SEC Tournament. Alabama couldn’t get its statement win over Florida. Tennessee and Kentucky both suffered relatively bad losses that should proving to be fatal.

Sun Belt
NCAA Tournament Locks: None
In the NCAA Tournament: Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders
Left Home: None

If you take the names off of the fronts of the uniforms, you’ll see that the Blue Raiders have a resume to get into the dance. They have a Top 30 RPI, they have a Top 15 non-conference SOS, and they have a 28-5 record. The problem is that a ton of those wins came against Sun Belt teams. The Blue Raiders went 19-1 in conference play in the regular season, but it was beaten by FIU in the league semifinals in a devastating defeat. That being said, look at the rest of this resume. It really is rock solid. There has never been a team fail to get into the NCAA Tournament with a Top 30 RPI, at least 28 wins, and no more than five losses regardless of what conference they came from. It would be upsetting to us if the Blue Raiders were left out.

West Coast Conference
NCAA Tournament Locks: St. Mary’s Gaels
In the NCAA Tournament: None
Left Home: None

Gonzaga is the automatic qualifier out of the WCC, and that could at least make things somewhat interesting for St. Mary’s. Still, that win over Creighton, a good tourney history, and a rock solid SU record should be enough to get the Gaels into the tourney. It would have been really nice to claim at least one win against the Zags at some point this year, though.

Our 2013 Food City 500 predictions are here, and that means that we are going to get another great look at Bristol Motor Speedway. Check out our Food City 500 picks for the big time race on Sunday afternoon!

Any time that the boys of NASCAR head to the short tracks, there are always a few drivers that you have to look out. The king of the crew is none other than Kyle Busch (NASCAR Odds: 6 to 1 @ 5Dimes Sportsbook). The accomplishments that Busch has on this track are out of this world. He has won five of the 16 races run here in this career at Bristol Motor Speedway, and he has 11 Top 10 finishes in those 16 runs. Specifically here at the Food City 500 in the Spring race at Bristol, Busch has been even better, logging three wins and five Top 10s in eight races. Now throw in there the fact that the No. 18 Toyota driver has nine wins, a pole, 26 Top 5s, and Top 10s in 48 races on short tracks in his career with an average finishing position of 10.8, and you’ve got a driver that you can back with confidence on Sunday.

2013 Food City 500 Predictions & Info
2013 Food City 500 Date/Time: Sunday, March 17th, 2013, 1:15 p.m. ET
2013 Food City 500 Location: Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN
Defending Food City 500 Winner: Brad Keselowski
2013 Food City 500 TV Coverage – Network: FOX

The defending champion of this race is becoming somewhat of a short track champ in his own right, Brad Keselowski (Food City 500 Odds: 7.50 to 1 @ 5Dimes Sportsbook). The Jet Ski won this race last year, and he is going to be back to once again defend his crown. Keselowski now has two wins in just six races here at Bristol, though when he has been bad, he has been awfully bad. The Penske Racing team has only guided Keselowski to those two wins in the six races at Bristol Motor Speedway, but he only has an average finishing position of 13.7. That means if you take out those two wins, what’s left are finishes that average right around 20th. Of course, we don’t care is Keselowski finishes 2nd or 43rd. We only care if he ultimately wins this race or not, and we’ll take our chances that says he finds his way to Victory Lane in at least one in seven races ot make this a bet worth our while.

List Of Past Food City 500 Winners (Since 2000)
2012 – Brad Keselowski
2011 – Kyle Busch
2010 – Jimmie Johnson
2009 – Kyle Busch
2008 – Jeff Burton
2007 – Kyle Busch
2006 – Kurt Busch
2005 – Kevin Harvick
2004 – Kurt Busch
2003 – Kurt Busch
2002 – Kurt Busch
2001 – Elliott Sadler
2000 – Rusty Wallace

But of course, with three Top 10 finishes in as many races, including a first place and a second place finish, we aren’t going to count out Jimmie Johnson (Odds To Win The Food City 500: 8 to 1 @ 5Dimes Sportsbook) regardless of what type of track the boys on NASCAR are running on. Simply put, there hasn’t been a more efficient driver this year in the three races that he has run than Johnson, and he is starting to look like a man that is poised to get back on top of the NASCAR world after spending two years looking up at other drivers. Johnson finished ninth last year at the Food City 500, and he has had a decent history of running here on the high banks of the short track. That being said, it would have to be considered a tad surprising if he were able to take the checkered flag once again, knowing that at some point, matters really should start to work against the No. 48. Still, like we said at the start of this, we aren’t going to be counting out any man that has the potential to run as well, regardless of the track, as Johnson has this year in three races.

1: Kyle Busch
2: Kasey Kahne
3: Denny Hamlin
4: Brian Vickers
5: Paul Menard
6: Jamie McMurray
7: Brad Keselowski
8: Tony Stewart
9: Martin Truex Jr.
10: Joey Logano
11: Jeff Gordon
12: Matt Kenseth
13: Jimmie Johnson
14: David Gilliland
15: Casey Mears
16: Jeff Burton
17: Juan Pablo Montoya
18: Kevin Harvick
19: Kurt Busch
20: Aric Almirola
21: Carl Edwards
22: Marcos Ambrose
23: Clint Bowyer
24: Greg Biffle
25: David Reutimann
26: David Stremme
27: Scott Speed
28: Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
29: AJ Allmendinger
30: David Ragan
31: Ryan Newman
32: Dale Earnhardt Jr.
33: Dave Blaney
34: Michael McDowell
35: JJ Yeley
36: Mike Bliss
37: Travis Kvapil
38: Joe Nemechek
39: Bobby Labonte
40: Josh Wise
41: Danica Patrick
42: Landon Cassill
43: Terry Labonte

To go off the board for just a bit, we’re willing to take a stab on Brian Vickers (Food City 500 Lines: 30 to 1 @ Bovada Sportsbook) as well. Vickers ran up near the top of the Food City 500 all race long last year, and he racked up a Top 5 finish for his troubles. The No. 55 Toyota led all but one lap from Lap 96 through Lap 216, and he never left the Top 10 once he got up there. It’s tough to back a man that hasn’t run in a Sprint Cup race yet this year, especially knowing that this is going to be his first time driving a Gen6 car on the high banks of Bristol, but it is still a man that we have to watch out for. He’s a short track expert, and he has run well in the Nationwide Series this year, so we aren’t going to count out the possibility of another great run by Vickers here on Sunday.

Odds to Win Food City 500 @ Bovada Sportsbook (as of 3/17/13):
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Kyle Busch 7 to 2
Brad Keselowski 11 to 2
Denny Hamlin 6 to 1
Kasey Kahne 7 to 1
Jimmie Johnson 15 to 2
Matt Kenseth 19 to 2
Brian Vickers 12 to 1
Tony Stewart 12 to 1
Jeff Gordon 14 to 1
Kevin Havick 14 to 1
Martin Truex Jr. 16 to 1
Carl Edwards 18 to 1
Dale Earnhardt Jr. 20 to 1
Clint Bowyer 22 to 1
Greg Biffle 25 to 1
Jeff Burton 30 to 1
Kurt Busch 40 to 1
Joey Logano 50 to 1
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 50 to 1
Marcos Ambrose 66 to 1
Paul Menard 66 to 1
Ryan Newman 66 to 1
Jamie McMurray 80 to 1
Juan Pablo Montoya 80 to 1
AJ Allmendinger 100 to 1
Aric Almirola 125 to 1
Casey Mears 175 to 1
Danica Patrick 175 to 1
Bobby Labonte 250 to 1
David Gilliland 250 to 1
David Ragan 250 to 1
Dave Blaney 300 to 1
David Reutimann 300 to 1
David Stremme 500 to 1
Landon Cassill 500 to 1
Scott Speed 500 to 1
JJ Yeley 750 to 1
Travis Kvapil 750 to 1
Joe Nemechek 1,000 to 1
Josh Wise 1,000 to 1
Michael McDowell 1,000 to 1
Mike Bliss 1,000 to 1
Terry Labonte 1,000 to 1

2013 Food City 500 Odds @ 5Dimes Sportsbook (as of 3/14/13):
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Kyle Busch 6 to 1
Brad Keselowski 7.50 to 1
Jimmie Johnson 8 to 1
Matt Kenseth 8.75 to 1
Denny Hamlin 8.75 to 1
Carl Edwards 11 to 1
Kasey Kahne 12 to 1
Jeff Gordon 13.50 to 1
Tony Stewart 14 to 1
Kevin Harvick 16 to 1
Dale Earnhardt Jr. 16 to 1
Clint Bowyer 17 to 1
Greg Biffle 17 to 1
Martin Truex Jr. 22 to 1
Brian Vickers 25 to 1
Ryan Newman 55 to 1
Joey Logano 55 to 1
Kurt Busch 60 to 1
Jeff Burton 60 to 1

NASCAR betting fans, start your engines! We’ve got another year on tap for all of the best auto racing, and here at Bankroll Sports, we’re going to have your NASCAR TV listings for every single race from green flag at Daytona all the way through the checkered flag at Homestead. Be sure to keep this page bookmarked, as we will be updating this page every week to tell you where you can see all of the great NASCAR TV coverage for all of the festivities involving the race weekends for all of the races this season!

NASCAR TV Schedule This Week: Las Vegas Motor Speedway Races On TV
Saturday, March 16th, 2:00 p.m. ET: Nationwide – Jeff Foxworthy’s Grit Chips 300 (ESPN2)
Sunday, March 17th, 1:15 p.m. ET: Sprint Cup – Food City 500 (FOX)

Nationwide Jeff Foxworthy’s Grit Chips 300 On TV – Only in NASCAR could you ultimately see Jeff Foxworthy’s name as a title sponsor… Alas, here we are at Bristol, and this is the 30th annual running of the Grit Chips 300. It should be an interesting race for sure, as some of the drivers that perhaps haven’t been around for quite as much time on the Nationwide circuit try their hand at the first short track race of the year. Kyle Busch is going to be the prohibitive favorite for the Saturday race at Bristol, knowing that he has had such a great start to the season on the Sprint Cup. Brad Keselowski already has last year’s Food City 500 title, and he would love to be able to sweep the races here at Bristol this season. Kevin Harvick figures to take the jump down to the Nationwide Series race this week as well. Brian Vickers has been a short track expert, and not only is he going to run for Nationwide this weekend, but he will try to qualify for his first Sprint Cup race of the year as well. Elliott Sadler is last year’s winner of this race. Richard Childress Racing has won the Jeff Foxworthys Grit Chips 300 five times since 2002, including last year with Sadler.

Sprint Cup Food City 500 On TV – If you like short tracks (and who doesn’t?), this is the race for you. There is always a ton of action here at Bristol, and we have seen drivers come back from multiple laps down to ultimately go on and win this race or place quite high as a result. This is the first run of the year on a short track, and the racing should be tight in these new Gen6 cars. It will be interesting to see how these new designs react to the high banks and the constant turns. Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski have historically been awesome on the short tracks, as the two of them have had gobs of success at this track through the years. Others like Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr. have raced well over the course of the first few weeks of the year. Other short track drivers like Brian Vickers could be amongst those to be on the lookout for as well. Vickers finished in the Top 5 in both of the races last year at Bristol.

NASCAR On TV Next Week: Auto Club 400 (Auto Club Speedway, Fontana)