Rooting Interest 2/26/15

[Retire33]

Rooting Interest for 2/26/15

Just a little late with some technology issues. Again, lots of bubble teams in action and a chance for X to continue to lock down tourney bid without taking the court as lots of OOC opponents on the floor tonight as well.

(All games EST)
Bubble Teams
Teams possibly on X Seed line
Teams that can improve Xavier Profile
Conference Championship
Big East Game



Visting Team
Home Team
Time (EST)
Channel


Houston
Temple
7:00pm
CBS Sports


Minnesota
Michigan State
7:00pm
Big Ten Network


Nebraska
Ohio State
7:00pm
ESPN


UTEP

Louisiana Tech
8:00pm
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E. Illinois
Murray State (RPI 75)
8:00pm
--


Rutgers
Purdue
9:00pm
ESPNU


BYU

Portland
10:00pm
--


San Diego
Gonzaga
11:00pm
ESPN2


St Marys
San Francisco
11:00pm
-


Oregon State
Stanford
11:00pm
Pac 12 Network


Long Beach State
Hawaii
11:59pm
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[xu82]

It's like fantasy football... gets you interested in games you otherwise couldn't care less about.

[Retire33]

It's like fantasy football... gets you interested in games you otherwise couldn't care less about.

Exactly why I do it!


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[xu82]

Exactly why I do it!


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Not sure, but it could also have something in common with crack!

I could be wrong there....

Was it Robin Williams who said "you know what cocaine makes you want to do? More cocaine!"

[Retire33]

Not sure, but it could also have something in common with crack!

I could be wrong there....

Consider me Josh Hamilton. (Too soon?)


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[xavierdude]

Consider me Josh Hamilton. (Too soon?)


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Waaaaaaaaaaay too soon

[xu82]

I hadn't heard about Hamilton and thre recent stuff. What a shame.

So, how's Murray State doing? The rest of that is well past my bedtime.

[GoMuskies]

Murray won. 25-4 now. 23 straight wins.

[Retire33]

- Michigan State goes down in OT at home to a struggling Minnesota team (ouch)
- UTEP bubble burst in a must have game vs La Tech
- Ohio State avoids bubble talk with 20 pt win vs Neb
- Temple stays on course for a bid by beating Houston


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[paulxu]

According to CBS, these games tonight would help our RPI

IUPUI beating Western Illinois...they did
Texas El Paso beating Louisiana State...they did not
Northern Arizona beating North Dakota...they did
Murray State beating Eastern Illinois...they did
San Diego beating Gonzaga...late game

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/bracketology

[D-West & PO-Z]

- Michigan State goes down in OT at home to a struggling Minnesota team (ouch)
- UTEP bubble burst in a must have game vs La Tech
- Ohio State avoids bubble talk with 20 pt win vs Neb
- Temple stays on course for a bid by beating Houston


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I almost shit myself earlier because I heard on a guy on the radio here in Columbus today say OSU needs to win tonight if they want to get one of those top 4 seeds. Top 4 seeds?! How about needing a win just to avoid being on the outside of the bubble? Geez get serious Ohio St radio guy.

[paulxu]

The CBS thing is working. Our RPI came back up to 30 from 31.

[Retire33]

According to CBS, these games tonight would help our RPI

IUPUI beating Western Illinois...they did
Texas El Paso beating Louisiana State...they did not
Northern Arizona beating North Dakota...they did
Murray State beating Eastern Illinois...they did
San Diego beating Gonzaga...late game

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/bracketology

I missed IUPUI but didn't figure N Arizona was worth mentioning as they are easily the worst team X played all year

[StanleyOwnsYou]

I checked out LBSU on RPI forecast the other day and tonight's late game tip on Oahu is easily their biggest game left in terms of helping their RPI. They're +1.5 and a win would get them inside the top 100 while a loss would more than likely make it impossible for them to sneak in, save for winning the conference tournament.

[waggy]

I almost shit myself earlier because I heard on a guy on the radio here in Columbus today say OSU needs to win tonight if they want to get one of those top 4 seeds. Top 4 seeds?! How about needing a win just to avoid being on the outside of the bubble? Geez get serious Ohio St radio guy.

He was probably talking about top 4 seeds in the B1G tourney.

[XMuskieFTW]

I checked out LBSU on RPI forecast the other day and tonight's late game tip on Oahu is easily their biggest game left in terms of helping their RPI. They're +1.5 and a win would get them inside the top 100 while a loss would more than likely make it impossible for them to sneak in, save for winning the conference tournament.

Andddd they got crushed.

[Xville]

LBSU has now lost five in a row...is someone injured or have they just gone off the rails the last couple of weeks?

[D-West & PO-Z]

He was probably talking about top 4 seeds in the B1G tourney.

Ah that would make a lot more sense.

[bobbiemcgee]

SFA has won 19 of the last 20.

[GoMuskies]

SFA has won 19 of the last 20.

This is true, but why shortchange the Lumberjacks? They've won 22 of their last 23.

[drudy23]

Didn't they have a ridiculous record going into the tourney last year as well?

[Xville]

This is true, but why shortchange the Lumberjacks? They've won 22 of their last 23.

hindsight is 20/20 but it would have really helped them if they had beaten N. Iowa the second game of the season. I wonder that if they would have won that if they would be considered for an at-large bid as well? Probably not but it would have really helped.

[Xville]

Didn't they have a ridiculous record going into the tourney last year as well?

yeah i think they won something like 30 in a row last year...last loss they had was I believe in late november... it would really help them tournament wise if their league wasn't so terrible...it does nothing to prepare them

[GoMuskies]

hindsight is 20/20 but it would have really helped them if they had beaten N. Iowa the second game of the season. I wonder that if they would have won that if they would be considered for an at-large bid as well? Probably not but it would have really helped.

I think they'd be a lock with a win over UNI (assuming they win out in the regular season).

Murray State can look back to losses to Houston and Portland if they lose in the OVC Tournament. Win those two, and they're 27-2 and playing for seeding.