We took a hit,

[XU-PA]

Not just in the W/L but RPI.
We've sunk to #57 by Jerry Palm's calculations, and SOS now stands at 90.

The road just got very very rocky. Very interested in seeing his next bracket guess.

[Bigbluebrotha]

Not to pile on, but Sagarin ranks our ladies 63 with schedule strength of 97. Xavier is officially taking a bubble bath!

[STL_XUfan]

It is starting to like we are going to need to do some damage in the A-10 Tournament in order to get an at large. That is most likely going to mean needing to beat Temple (assuming that we are on the same side of the bracket as them, which looks probable). Hopefully our ladies wake up and play like we all know that they can.

[HomerCecil]

It's not probable Temple will be in our side of the bracket. Unless they lose to UMass this weekend, Temple will be the No. 1 seed because they beat George Washington.

GW will be the No. 2 seed. We'll need to (at least) beat them to get into the tournament.

[X-band '01]

That's assuming Xavier can take care of St. Joe's on their home floor. Only once has Xavier ever beaten the Hawks in Philly in the A-10 Tournament (an OT thriller in 2000).

[HomerCecil]

Exactly. We have an opportunity... Gotta go get it.

Dee Dee Jernigan will be a huge help next year.