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Trying to make sense of the 2017 NCAA tournament bubble is like trying to follow most of the things Bill Walton says during a broadcast. It's fun in small doses, but prolonged exposure is bound to result in adverse side effects, such as uncontrollable laughter, utter confusion and an infatuation with the Conference of Champions.

With February soon drawing to a close, the bubble is supposed to be shrinking. Teams projected for No. 7 and No. 8 seeds ought to be virtually locked into the field while teams clinging for dear life to at-large dreams fall to the wayside on a daily basis.

But, if anything, the bubble has only grown larger in the past week. Teams like South Carolina, TCU and Northwestern are moving in the wrong direction while Illinois, Providence and Vanderbilt have jumped onto the bubble out of seemingly nowhere.

At least teams like Clemson, Georgetown and Indiana are finally dead and buried, though, right? (Right?!)

Using Monday night's projected bracket as a loose guide for who is and isn't on the bubble, these are the up-in-the-air teams that have moved up or down the most since our Feb. 15 bubble stock watch.

Be sure to note this isn't meant to cover every squad on the bubble. For instance, Syracuse is smack-dab on the cut line, but Saturday's bad loss to Georgia Tech and Wednesday's big win over Duke more or less cancel each other out, leaving the Orange in a similar position to one week ago.

We're only looking for the teams that have moved the needle with their recent results.