Rooting Interest: 3/8/14

[Retire33]

Last two days for Major Conference teams to solidify Tournament Profiles prior to the Conference Tournaments. Loads of game (109 in total to be exact) that have very strong implications for bubble teams

Rooting Interest for 3/8/14

(All games EST)
Bubble Teams
Teams possibly on X Seed line
Teams that can improve Xavier Profile
Team needs win to avoid other team stealing a bid
Big East Game



Visting Team
Home Team
Time (EST)
Channel


Cincinnati
Rutgers
12pm
ESPNN


SMU
Memphis
12pm
ESPN2


St John's
Marquette
12pm
Fox Sports 1


Ohio
Miami (OH)
12pm
ESPN3


Baylor
Kansas State
1:30pm
ESPN3


Georgetown
Villanova
2pm
Fox Sports 1


Oklahoma State
Iowa State
2pm
ESPN


Wake Forest
Miami (FL)
2pm
ESPN3


Missouri State
Wichita St.
2:30pm
ESPN3


Utah
Stanford
2:30pm
Pac12 Network


Bowling Green
Buffalo
2:30pm
-


Arizona
Oregon
4pm
CBS


Pittsburgh
Clemson
4pm
ESPN3


Missouri
Tennessee
4pm
ESPN


Arkansas
Alabama
4pm
ESPN3


Arizona State
Oregon State
4:30pm
Pac12 Network


G. Washington
Fordham
4:30pm
-


USC
Washington
4:30pm
PAC12 Network


Loyola Mary
BYU
5pm
-


Northwestern
Nebraska
5pm
ESPNU


Colorado
California
6:30
Pac12 Network


Harvard
Brown
7pm
-


Richmond
Dayton
7pm
-


Providence
Creighton
8pm
CBS Sports Network


Santa Clara
Gonzaga
9pm
ESPN2


Milwaukee
Green Bay
9:30pm
ESPNU

[X-band '01]

With BYU on the at-large board, a Loyola Marymount win would take the Coogs off the board.

[SemajParlor]

First off, thanks for doing this. This has been great.

However, how is Creighton on Xavier's seed line?

[The_Mack_Pack]

Really hoping Tennessee, Alabama, and Creighton all win today. It's be nice if Pitt and BYU can go down today too. A loss would give BYU 5 sub-140 losses in a mediocre conference so that should hopefully finish them off as X-Band said.

[THRILLHOUSE]

Go Nova and Creighton!

[Masterofreality]

Vacillating, but I think I want St. Johns to win today.

[The_Mack_Pack]

Vacillating, but I think I want St. Johns to win today.

I do too. If they can somehow win a couple more and sneak into the top 50 that would be two more top 50 wins for us.

[Masterofreality]

Wally Rutecki sure likes to call that foul on the 3 point shot that is not a foul. You know..where the shooter kicks his leg out. He made a horrendous call for Villanova the other night. Same thing for St. Johns.

[The_Mack_Pack]

Rysheed Jordan is really, really good.

[xsteve1]

Rysheed Jordan is really, really good.

Yes, Yes.

[xsteve1]

Heck of a win for St. John's. Winning in Milwaukee is not easy.

[KC4X]

Heck of a win for St. John's. Winning in Milwaukee is not easy.

looks like it, but the biggest and largest flopper in the conference is at it again.

[xsteve1]

looks like it, but the biggest and largest flopper in the conference is at it again.

Wow I jinxed St. John's

[XUFan09]

looks like it, but the biggest and largest flopper in the conference is at it again.

And short of a Providence win, we'll be facing him.

[LA Muskie]

Wow. Glad I turned this game on!

[The_Mack_Pack]

Wow, Marquette loves to play OT games.

[xsteve1]

That in bounds pass by Jordan was awful.

[kyxu]

This is why we want to play St. John's

[LA Muskie]

This is why we want to play St. John's
I would prefer not playing St. John's on their home floor after beating them twice. But I can't get too worked up about it. Whoever we play is going to be a tough matchup, and we're going to have to show up.

[xsteve1]

I would prefer not playing St. John's on their home floor after beating them twice. But I can't get too worked up about it. Whoever we play is going to be a tough matchup, and we're going to have to show up.

Gardner, Mayo and Thomas are bad matchups for us. X matches up much better with the Johnnies.

[Porkopolis]

This has been an incredible game. The Johnnies really are trying to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

[xsteve1]

Harrison just went Jordan Crawford.

[mid major]

I would still rather play MU bad matchups and all. Johnnies are very mercurial and I can't see us keeping Harrison to 4 points again on, basically, their homecourt.

[The_Mack_Pack]

Wow, that was a heck of a game. I like this league.

[BMoreX]

Johnnies win.

[bjf123]

Does that make them the 5 seed?


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[muskiefan82]

Help me figure this out. St. John's wins over Marquette so we own the tiebreaker over them. If Providence loses today (vs. Creighton) they will be 10-8 like X and St. Johns. Does X have the tiebreaker over Providence?

[BMoreX]

Does that make them the 5 seed?


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Believe so.

Providence defeats Creighton and 4. Xavier plays 5. St. John's.
Providence falls to Creighton and 3. Xavier plays 6. Marquette.

[sgarcia]

[QUOTE=bjf123;436641]Does that make them the 5 seed?

Yes

[Masterofreality]

Help me figure this out. St. John's wins over Marquette so we own the tiebreaker over them. If Providence loses today (vs. Creighton) they will be 10-8 like X and St. Johns. Does X have the tiebreaker over Providence?

Yes Xavier has the tiebreak vs both St. Johns and Providence. If the Friars lose, we are #3 seed playing Marquette. Reason? Because XU is 3-1 vs Providence and St. Johns combined and that is the best of the three. You cannot minimize XU's sweep vs St. Johns.

St. Johns is playing really well right now. Although we match up better against them, I don't want to play them in a big game in MSG after beating them twice.

[The_Mack_Pack]

I don't get why SMU is considered a lock. They honestly have a worse resume than Utah and Utah isn't even close to the bubble right now.

[xudash]

I don't get why SMU is considered a lock. They honestly have a worse resume than Utah and Utah isn't even close to the bubble right now.

It's because the son of the booster that led their football program into ruin is now paying off someone at the NCAA to help their basketball team get to the same result.

[Masterofreality]

I don't get why SMU is considered a lock. They honestly have a worse resume than Utah and Utah isn't even close to the bubble right now.

SMU is 23 in Pomeroy rankings and 43 RPI.

[The_Mack_Pack]

SMU is 23 in Pomeroy rankings and 43 RPI.

Pitt is 26 in Pomeroy and 49 RPI and they're squarely on the bubble. SMU is 4-5 against the top 100, has 2 sub 140 losses, and one of the worst non-con schedules in the country. If they lose in the first round of their tourney they may be in trouble.

[XUFan09]

Believe so.

Providence defeats Creighton and 3. Xavier plays 6. St. John's.
Providence falls to Creighton and 4. Xavier plays 5. Marquette.

Correct, except flip the seeds.

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[BMoreX]

Correct, except flip the seeds.

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Ah, you're right. My mistake. I'll edit.

[casualfan]

Baylor won. Ok State is winning in OT.

[xavierj]

Baylor won. Ok State is winning in OT.

Ok state loses, Tenn taking Missouri to the shed and Alabama doing the same up 27 on Arkansas. Zona beating Ducks by 5.

[xu82]

Ok state loses, Tenn taking Missouri to the shed and Alabama doing the same up 27 on Arkansas. Zona beating Ducks by 5.

I saw just a bit of the Zona game. I wanted to watch more but that court was making it too hard. What were they thinking? Ugh

[gladdenguy]

Missouri and Arkansas with bad losses today. That is not good for them.

[Masterofreality]

It would be very nice if GW blew one to F-m

F-m up 2 at Rose Hill with 18 to go..on SNY TV

[STL_XUfan]

Missouri and Arkansas with bad losses today. That is not good for them.

Mizzou needs to win SEC championship to get in (maybe if they upset fla. on the way to the champ game they could be ok). Arkansas needs to beat Uk again/fla in the tourney to get in. And Tennessee is looking safe if they avoid a bottom feeder loss.

[XUFan09]

Mizzou needs to win SEC championship to get in (maybe if they upset fla. on the way to the champ game they could be ok). Arkansas needs to beat Uk again/fla in the tourney to get in. And Tennessee is looking safe if they avoid a bottom feeder loss.

I don't like rooting against Mizzou, but it looks like I have to now.

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[Masterofreality]

Fordham up 3 with 13 to go.

[kyxu]

Seton Hall. Good Lord.

[The_Mack_Pack]

Pitt down 4 with 23 seconds to go.

[kyxu]

Alabama beats Arkansas by 25.

[Xavgrad08]

Oregon up 2 on Arizona with 4 min to play.

[xu82]

Arizona down 2 with 4:20 left, but they sure get after it on defense! High energy... reminds me of something...

[The_Mack_Pack]

Clemson up 2 with 2 seconds left and they turn it over and Pitt drains a 2 at the buzzer.. It's under review but it looks like it's going to OT.

[The_Mack_Pack]

Pitt up 7 in OT.. Way to finish down the stretch Clemson.

[Xavgrad08]

Oregon beats Arizona. Congrats to Dana Altman on getting Oregon into the dance.

[xu82]

Oregon beats Arizona. Congrats to Dana Altman on getting Oregon into the dance.



Yes, congrats, unless you take our spot.

[Xavgrad08]

Oregon St. Takes down Arizona St. in overtime. We need Colorado to take down Cal.

[Masterofreality]

Aaaaaaaaand, of course....

F-m fucks it up. Lose by 2.

[xudash]

Seton Hall. Good Lord.

The new Fordham - Jersey Edition.

[X-band '01]

Fordham will never be close to the bubble. The Hall would have at least been a bubble team had they not pissed down their legs against FDU and Monmouth (or whatever state rival they lost to).

[xsteve1]

Fordham will never be close to the bubble. The Hall would have at least been a bubble team had they not pissed down their legs against FDU and Monmouth (or whatever state rival they lost to).

Willard better win next year or he's probably done. The only thing saving him now is that recruiting class he has coming in.

[The_Mack_Pack]

Willard better win next year or he's probably done. The only thing saving him now is that recruiting class he has coming in.

There's no way he'll win with a bunch of freshman if he couldn't win with those seniors he had this year.

[XUFan09]

Fordham will never be close to the bubble. The Hall would have at least been a bubble team had they not pissed down their legs against FDU and Monmouth (or whatever state rival they lost to).

They had a lot of injuries. If they were fully healthy, I don't think they would have been a tournament team, but I bet they would have been a solid NIT team.

[X-band '01]

I know they had a couple of guys out for those games, but it seems hard to believe they could debilitate the team that much for those two teams. Even Xavier last year completely destroyed FDU.

[XUFan09]

I know they had a couple of guys out for those games, but it seems hard to believe they could debilitate the team that much for those two teams. Even Xavier last year completely destroyed FDU.

I think they just rely too heavily on a few guys. For the FDU game, though, I'm pretty sure they weren't that short-handed (outside Patrick Auda). I think they just crapped the bed on that one.

[KC4X]

I know they had a couple of guys out for those games, but it seems hard to believe they could debilitate the team that much for those two teams. Even Xavier last year completely destroyed FDU.

If I recall correctly, most if not all FDU starters were suspended for the X game last year.

Edit: I'm not implying they would have beaten X with their starters, just that it probably wouldn't have been a 100 point game.

[The_Mack_Pack]

Looks like we'll be playing Marquette. Creighton is putting on a show.

[X-band '01]

Looks like we'll get Part III of the Jake Thomas show. How he's been able to have a pair of career shooting nights against Xavier is beyond me.

[vee4xu]

Looks like we'll be playing Marquette. Creighton is putting on a show.

I see that. Marquette is limping into the BE tourney, so much rather that than a pretty hot SJU team playing at home.

[vee4xu]

BTW, X isn't exactly rolling into the BE tourney either, so give me someone sort of in the same situation. That is not SJU at the moment.

[casualfan]

Just what we need. Gardner's big ass leaning all over Matt if he plays.

[The_Mack_Pack]

I despise Marquette so the thought of directly sending them home to the NIT is compelling. The thought of them doing the same to us is not as compelling..

[XU3232]

I'm ok with Marquette . I really did not want to play St. John's. We need Matt back to try and handle Gardner.

[GreatWhiteNorth]

At the half, Providence is down by 23. Cotton has 0 pt. Looks like X will tie with Providence in 3rd place.

[Masterofreality]

Texas Tech beat Texas and Georgia beat LSU. Both are bad losses.

[vee4xu]

Texas Tech beat Texas and Georgia beat LSU. Both are bad losses.


At the half, Providence is down by 23. Cotton has 0 pt. Looks like X will tie with Providence in 3rd place.

Is it possible that these events and SJU working overtime for a HUGE last day road win, can mean things are breaking XU's way for next week starting at MSG?

[Masterofreality]

Texas Tech was 13-17 going into this game.

[nuts4xu]

Creighton wins, we play Marquette, correct? With a potential second round game vs Creighton?

[GreatWhiteNorth]

Creighton wins, we play Marquette, correct? With a potential second round game vs Creighton?

Both games winnable.

[Masterofreality]

Creighton wins, we play Marquette, correct? With a potential second round game vs Creighton?

Yep. And Yep.

[Juice]

Creighton wins, we play Marquette, correct? With a potential second round game vs Creighton?

I guess that is the positive of getting the 3 seed and playing Marquette in the first round, if/when X wins, then at least we get Creighton and not Villanova.

[drudy23]

On another note, Dougie McBuckets is still a machine...good lord.

[The_Mack_Pack]

A Xavier-Creighton matchup in the Garden could be amazing. I hope it happens.

[Masterofreality]

On another note, Dougie McBuckets is still a machine...good lord.

That step back three from the top of the key in the first half was filthy dirty.

Dougie's going for 50 tonight. Will pass Hersey Hawkins. Already passed Oscar.

[vee4xu]

Just posted in another thread that SJU is currently #59 in the Live RPI even after win today. Seems low to me.

[GoMuskies]

Didn't get to see any of it, but it sure sounds like McDermott put on a show for Warren Buffett and friends tonight.