The OFFICIAL Non Conference Prediction Thread

[gladdenguy]

Nov 10 - Morehead St.
Nov 13 - Rider
Nov 16 - @Wisconsin
Nov 20 - Hampton
Nov 23 - George Washington (Las Vegas)
Nov 24 - Kansas St/Arizona St (Las Vegas)
Nov 28 - Baylor
Dec 2 - Cincinnati
Dec 6 - Kent State
Dec 9 - Colorado
Dec 16 - East Tennessee St.
Dec 19 - Marshall
Dec 22 - @Northern Iowa

I'm going 11-2

What say you?

[GIMMFD]

It's the homer in me, but I think we go undefeated. I think we find a way to go into Wisconsin and win just like we did at Michigan a couple years ago, and the leprechaun is god awful at Cintas, so I like our chances there too. Plus we have majority of our guys back, so it shouldn't take them as long to gel, I definitely could see us coming out of non-conference unscathed.

[XURunner85]

Undefeated

[Porkopolis]

Undefeated. A few of those teams are more than capable of beating us but we should be able to win them all.

[Muskeagle]

11-2.

[Xavier]

10-3

[UCGRAD4X]

Going to Wisconsin that early in the season scares me a little bit. Other than that, I don't see much that concerns me. Perhaps we stub our toe in Las Vegas, but I doubt it. My head says 12-1, 11-2 worst case, but my heart, as always when it comes to the Musketeers, says 13-0.

Oh the quandary, head or heart?

Someone once said, perhaps not wisely (which seems apropos considering the whole head vs heart thing), always follow your heart.

gotta go with thirteen and oh!

[Smooth]

12-1 because no one else has said it.

[GIMMFD]

12-1 because no one else has said it.

But who's our loss??

[bjf123]

My first reaction is 11-2, but I’ll go with 10-3 because there always seems to be a game we lose that no one expected.

[GoMuskies]

If we're healthy, we should be favored in all 13. Probability will catch up to us once, so I'll go 12-1.

10-3 would be a pretty massive fail for a good team against that slate.

[Xavier]

I think people are underestimating how good UC is this year. They will be our toughest OOC team and arguably 2nd best team we see all year.

[bourbonman]

12 - 1. I really need to get that road win early in season at Wisconsin to breathe better about this projection.

[XMuskieFTW]

14 - -1

[Masterofreality]

13-0, baby.

[kellernr]

Nov 10 - Morehead St. - Win
Nov 13 - Rider - Win
Nov 16 - @Wisconsin - Loss
Nov 20 - Hampton - Win
Nov 23 - George Washington (Las Vegas) - Win
Nov 24 - Kansas St/Arizona St (Las Vegas) - Win
Nov 28 - Baylor - Win
Dec 2 - Cincinnati - Win
Dec 6 - Kent State - Win
Dec 9 - Colorado - Win
Dec 16 - East Tennessee St. - Win
Dec 19 - Marshall - Win
Dec 22 - @Northern Iowa - Win

[paulxu]

All of 'em.

[xudash]

All of 'em.

Wait, all of these predictions or we are going to win all these games?

[GetUp5]

Nov 10 - Morehead St. - Win
Nov 13 - Rider - Win
Nov 16 - @Wisconsin - Win
Nov 20 - Hampton - Win
Nov 23 - George Washington (Las Vegas) - Win
Nov 24 - Kansas St/Arizona St (Las Vegas) - Win
Nov 28 - Baylor - Win
Dec 2 - Cincinnati - Win
Dec 6 - Kent State - Win
Dec 9 - Colorado - Win
Dec 16 - East Tennessee St. - Win
Dec 19 - Marshall - Win
Dec 22 - @Northern Iowa - Win

Could have just said 13-0, but it felt better to type it out.

[paulxu]

Wait, all of these predictions or we are going to win all these games?

Hah! Get some Muskies.

[American X]

19-0

Morehead St. - Win
Rider - Win
@Wisconsin - Win
Hampton - Win
George Washington (Las Vegas) - Win
Kansas St/Arizona St (Las Vegas) - Win
Baylor - Win
Cincinnati - Win
Kent State - Win
Colorado - Win
East Tennessee St. - Win
Marshall - Win
@Northern Iowa - Win
NCAA Tournament First Round - Win
NCAA Tournament Second Round - Win
NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal - Win
NCAA Tournament Regional Final - Win
NCAA Tournament National Semifinal - Win
NCAA Tournament Championship - Win

[GoMuskies]

19-0

Morehead St. - Win
Rider - Win
@Wisconsin - Win
Hampton - Win
George Washington (Las Vegas) - Win
Kansas St/Arizona St (Las Vegas) - Win
Baylor - Win
Cincinnati - Win
Kent State - Win
Colorado - Win
East Tennessee St. - Win
Marshall - Win
@Northern Iowa - Win
NCAA Tournament First Round - Win
NCAA Tournament Second Round - Win
NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal - Win
NCAA Tournament Regional Final - Win
NCAA Tournament National Semifinal - Win
NCAA Tournament Championship - Win

I think this is bullshit, because I think we'll run into a Big East team in the Final Four.

[Snipe]

19-0

Morehead St. - Win
Rider - Win
@Wisconsin - Win
Hampton - Win
George Washington (Las Vegas) - Win
Kansas St/Arizona St (Las Vegas) - Win
Baylor - Win
Cincinnati - Win
Kent State - Win
Colorado - Win
East Tennessee St. - Win
Marshall - Win
@Northern Iowa - Win
NCAA Tournament First Round - Win
NCAA Tournament Second Round - Win
NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal - Win
NCAA Tournament Regional Final - Win
NCAA Tournament National Semifinal - Win
NCAA Tournament Championship - Win



Undefeated and Untied

Run the table

Refuse to Lose

[X-band '01]

12-1.

I think the timing is right to get a win at Wisconsin this year. The only loss will be at Northern Iowa and this board will lose its shit to the point that XavierHoops becomes a deceptive site again.

[GoMuskies]

And it should, because Northern Iowa sucks. Granted, we'll be about #4 in the country at that point, so I could live with it.

[waggy]

Didn't they already lose to Ohio State?

[XUMIOH12]

11-2

[American X]

What an exceptional non-conference season. Despite the loss to Arizona State, that may be the best in Xavier history, even better than the undefeated non-con two years ago.

[Masterofreality]

What an exceptional non-conference season. Despite the loss to Arizona State, that may be the best in Xavier history, even better than the undefeated non-con two years ago.

And we wind up the non-con with the #2 RPI according to Real Time.

Another Xceptional job of scheduling by Mario Mercurio, the unsung hero. 2222

[Xavier]

Northern Iowa win last night was Xavier’s best according to the new NCAA tier system:

Tier 1: 1-1: at UNI (34)
Tier 2: 2-0: vs UC (73), at Wisconsin (90)
Tier 3: 6-0: vs Rider (109), Colorado (112), vs ETSU (115), vs Marshall (128), vs Baylor (136) vs* GW (158)

Here is what Xavier will still play in each Tier:

Tier 1: Nova x2 (4), Seton H x2 (13), St. John’s x2 (17), at Butler (37), at Prov (53), at Creighton (59), at Marq (66)
Tier 2: vs Butler (37), vs Prov (53), vs Creighton (59), vs Marq (66)
Tier 3: at Gtown (206) at DePaul (217)

[muskiefan82]

Northern Iowa win last night was Xavier’s best according to the new NCAA tier system:

Tier 1: 1-1: at UNI (34)
Tier 2: 2-0: vs UC (73), at Wisconsin (90)
Tier 3: 6-0: vs Rider (109), Colorado (112), vs ETSU (115), vs Marshall (128), vs Baylor (136) vs* GW (158)

Here is what Xavier will still play in each Tier:

Tier 1: Nova x2 (4), Seton H x2 (13), St. John’s x2 (17), at Butler (37), at Prov (53), at Creighton (59), at Marq (66)
Tier 2: vs Butler (37), vs Prov (53), vs Creighton (59), vs Marq (66)
Tier 3: at Gtown (206) at DePaul (217)

Can I get a Big F'in East here? Conference is awesomeness.