What does X need to do to make the Dance

[OTRMUSKIE]

Obviously fire Travis would be step 1! That’s not going to happen, so what do they have to do make the field?

[KabeX]

Win the BET. Cause they aint winning at Marquette.

[drudy23]

Minimum - beat Marquette and make the Big East finals.

May have to win the whole thing.

If we lose at Marquette, only shot is to win BET.

[Xavier]

2-1 probably gets them in. Possibly in the Play In Game but for sure in

[Backyard Champ]

Minimum - beat Marquette and make the Big East finals.

May have to win the whole thing.

If we lose at Marquette, only shot is to win BET.

I’d be floored if 2-1 didn’t get them in.

Lose to Marquette and I think get to the finals= play in game.

[HenryMuto]

Win next 2 should get them in but man that is asking a lot.

[KabeX]

Win next 2 should get them in but man that is asking a lot.
You're right. But it shouldn't be.

[GoMuskies]

2-1 likely includes a win over UConn, right?

[OTRMUSKIE]

If x gets the 5 but that’s not a given

[KabeX]

Some good news at least - Doook goes down to GT.

[D-West & PO-Z]

Win next 2 should get them in but man that is asking a lot.

Yeah if we beat Marquette we get the 5 seed and play either UConn or Seton Hall. Win 2 in that scenario and its hard for me to not see us in.

However, that is looking like a TALL task.

[xu82]

Obviously fire Travis would be step 1! That’s not going to happen, so what do they have to do make the field?

I guess your consistency is impressive.

[Backyard Champ]

2 wins and no chance we aren’t dancing. Assuming Marquette is 1 of those.

Lose to Marquette? I think Big East finals would get us in play in game, but nothing more.

Beat Marquette and narrowly lose first game? Outside shot- just depends on other bubble teams.


If we won tonight, I think 1 more win woulda done the trick. Really, really tough loss to take

[D-West & PO-Z]

2 wins and no chance we aren’t dancing. Assuming Marquette is 1 of those.

Lose to Marquette? I think Big East finals would get us in play in game, but nothing more.

Beat Marquette and narrowly lose first game? Outside shot- just depends on other bubble teams.


If we won tonight, I think 1 more win woulda done the trick. Really, really tough loss to take

Agree with all of this. Makes tonight's loss that much frustrating. Inexcusable loss really. Bad look on Steele after coming off that Creighton win.

[OTRMUSKIE]

X just matches up with creighton even if they don’t on paper. The main reason is because both teams are poorly coached.

[Strange Brew]

Agree with all of this. Makes tonight's loss that much frustrating. Inexcusable loss really. Bad look on Steele after coming off that Creighton win.

Carter’s line is a bad look on Steele. Inexplicable coaching.

[xavierj]

Carter’s line is a bad look on Steele. Inexplicable coaching.

I agree with this. The only way to beat teams that are bigger and more physical is to go small, make them run and make them guard the perimeter. When Carter is on the floor it allows the bigs to just sit in the paint and not guard Carter. That’s why it was so hard to score in the first half and why they lost the game in the first half. This team has to play to its strengths and playing Carter to start isn’t a strength.

[xukeith]

I missed the second half last night. Did Hoyas get tired and sloppy or did X learn how to crack their defense? They were shutting all entry drives and passes in 1st half.
How in the world did KyKy drive into the lane and score?

Bottom line to get in NCAA tournament, X needs to beat Marquette Saturday and win 2 games in BE tourney.
Everyone knows this.

[boozehound]

I missed the second half last night. Did Hoyas get tired and sloppy or did X learn how to crack their defense? They were shutting all entry drives and passes in 1st half.
How in the world did KyKy drive into the lane and score?

Bottom line to get in NCAA tournament, X needs to beat Marquette Saturday and win 2 games in BE tourney.
Everyone knows this.

Due to injuries and fouls Steele was forced to deviate from his normal terrible management of the lineup and substitutions, and good things happened. Tandy got some minutes and he hit some shots. Which opened it up for other players to score. Which gave the defense some energy. Wilcher played well with some extended minutes, too.

[Xavier]

Bottom line to get in NCAA tournament, X needs to beat Marquette Saturday and win 2 games in BE tourney.
Everyone knows this.

I don't think that is true, especially with how many bubble teams lost last night. It was actually almost a perfect night for that. Makes the loss hurt more. 2-1 gets it done at this point.

[D-West & PO-Z]

Bottom line to get in NCAA tournament, X needs to beat Marquette Saturday and win 2 games in BE tourney.
Everyone knows this.

Actually I dont think this at all.

They absolutely have to beat Marquette. Doing so gets them the 5 seed. Getting the 5 seed puts them against UConn or Seton Hall as their first game in BE tourney. If we beat Marquette and UConn/Seton Hall we are in, imo. I'm thinking a neutral court win against either UConn or Seton Hall is a Quad 1 win, or very close to it depending on what happens to finish out the season.

[sgarcia]

If by some miracle they beat Marquette and whoever they play in the BE tournament then they'll end up in a play in game. Anything less than that and they're done. Oklahoma and Creighton are barely Q1 wins at this point which doesn't help if one of them falls out of the top 30 NET rankings.

[Xville]

A tall order for this team, which is ridiculous, but I think a win over Marquette even gets them in....a play-in game but i still think in, unless there are an overabundance of bid stealers.

The bubble like always is just full of mediocre teams with mediocre resumes....along with X, there is Boise State, Utah State, St. Louis, Duke, Michigan State, Seton Hall etc etc.

I mean take a look at Seton Hall's resume for instance...what is their best win? Xavier? UCONN without Bouknight? They have losses against a 10-14 Rhode Island team and Butler.

[sgarcia]

A tall order for this team, which is ridiculous, but I think a win over Marquette even gets them in....a play-in game but i still think in, unless there are an overabundance of bid stealers.

The bubble like always is just full of mediocre teams with mediocre resumes....along with X, there is Boise State, Utah State, St. Louis, Duke, Michigan State, Seton Hall etc etc.

I mean take a look at Seton Hall's resume for instance...what is their best win? Xavier? UCONN without Bouknight? They have losses against a 10-14 Rhode Island team and Butler.

I'm expecting a few bid stealers which is why I don't think just beating Marquette would get it done.

[chico]

Actually I dont think this at all.

They absolutely have to beat Marquette. Doing so gets them the 5 seed. Getting the 5 seed puts them against UConn or Seton Hall as their first game in BE tourney. If we beat Marquette and UConn/Seton Hall we are in, imo. I'm thinking a neutral court win against either UConn or Seton Hall is a Quad 1 win, or very close to it depending on what happens to finish out the season.

I agree with this. I voted for 3 wins but the more I look at the bubble and the "expert Bracketologists" it looks like 2 wins over Marquette and Seton Hall/UConn gets us in. Barely.

[Xavier]

The top bracketoligst just came out with his- still had X as an 11 seed (last team before play in game). He has Seton Hall as the last play in game team- so four teams behind us. I could certainly see a SH/Xavier Big East match being an essential play in game.

[D-West & PO-Z]

The top bracketoligst just came out with his- still had X as an 11 seed (last team before play in game). He has Seton Hall as the last play in game team- so four teams behind us. I could certainly see a SH/Xavier Big East match being an essential play in game.

Fans, specifically in terms of bad late season losses like X just had, do tend to rate their teams chances as lower than someone objectively looking at all teams vying to get into the field. We still have essentially 0 "bad losses" in terms of the Quad system. Georgetown was a Quad 2 loss. We have 2 Quad 1 wins. Our biggest flaw by far is no good road wins. How much does the committee look at that in this year of CVOID? Who knows.

I do know we have to beat Marquette. Like get shit together Steele.

[JTG]

A tall order for this team, which is ridiculous, but I think a win over Marquette even gets them in....a play-in game but i still think in, unless there are an overabundance of bid stealers.

The bubble like always is just full of mediocre teams with mediocre resumes....along with X, there is Boise State, Utah State, St. Louis, Duke, Michigan State, Seton Hall etc etc.

I mean take a look at Seton Hall's resume for instance...what is their best win? Xavier? UCONN without Bouknight? They have losses against a 10-14 Rhode Island team and Butler.

Duke and Michigan St are going to get 99% of the preference from the committee, out of that group you listed. Just watch.

I say Marquette and one, or two in the BET. If it's play in hope it's not at IU. They are only allowing 500 people. The other play ins are at Purdue. I think they are allowing 1500-2000.

[sgarcia]

Duke and Michigan St are going to get 99% of the preference from the committee, out of that group you listed. Just watch.

Duke is toast if they lose at Carolina. I personally think they are in the same boat as us. Need to win their final road game plus a conference tourney win. As for Michigan St, I think they are in if they beat Michigan once.

[GIMMFD]

Duke is toast if they lose at Carolina. I personally think they are in the same boat as us. Need to win their final road game plus a conference tourney win. As for Michigan St, I think they are in if they beat Michigan once.

Michigan State - 71st in NET, 3-7 on the road with: Q1 (4-9), Q2 (4-1), Q3 (2-0), Q4 (4-0)
Duke - 57th in NET, 3-5 on the road with: Q1 (1-4), Q2 (5-4), Q3 (2-2), Q4 (3-0)
Xavier - 53rd in NET, 2-4 on the road with: Q1 (2-2), Q2 (4-4), Q3 (5-0), Q4 (2-0)

Absolute cluster fuck of a situation, Marquette is 88th in NET, with UConn 34th in NET, and Seton Hall 52nd in NET... definitely need to beat Marquette, and hopefully we get UConn in the Big East Tournament and beat them as well, would be good for sports.

[muskieindent]

Right now we are one of the last teams in. Must beat Marquette and then win one in BET to be on the safe side.

[xubrew]

I noticed that "DO BETTER NEXT YEAR" is not a choice.

[xukeith]

Duke and Michigan St are going to get 99% of the preference from the committee, out of that group you listed. Just watch.

I say Marquette and one, or two in the BET. If it's play in hope it's not at IU. They are only allowing 500 people. The other play ins are at Purdue. I think they are allowing 1500-2000.
Is this up to their local Board of Health? Or is it up to Indiana's governor?

[XU 23]

We are now THE last team in according to Lunardi:

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology

[SemajParlor]

A few have said this but I think a Marquette win + first game in the BE vs likely Seton Hall will get us in. We'll still be sweating, but I think we'd be in.

[xuphan]

A few have said this but I think a Marquette win + first game in the BE vs likely Seton Hall will get us in. We'll still be sweating, but I think we'd be in.

Xavier needs Steele to be bold and make changes to his system that puts our current squad in the best position to win in order for us to make the tournament.

[Xville]

Really don’t feel good about beating Marquette on a Senior night.

[JTG]

Is this up to their local Board of Health? Or is it up to Indiana's governor?

It's up to IU and Purdue. Strangely, IU has banned almost everyone from their games. Butler is allowing 2500. And the games at the stadium are prob 5-10k. They are setting up 2 courts in the stadium, separated by a wall. The Coliseum will prob be 2500-3000. Restaurants and bars have been raised to 50%. Gov sets the state, mayor's set the cities.

[Backyard Champ]

A few have said this but I think a Marquette win + first game in the BE vs likely Seton Hall will get us in. We'll still be sweating, but I think we'd be in.

I don’t think we’d be sweating at all. Win next 2, we are in. No doubt about it.

At worse, it would be play in, but I doubt it.

[bjf123]

I don’t think we’d be sweating at all. Win next 2, we are in. No doubt about it.

I agree that winning the next two should put us in. I don’t have a lot of faith that that will happen.


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[UCGRAD4X]

I think if they win the next ten games they will be fine.

[Three Point Pete]

Just beat Marquette! We have a better team, both defense and offense. Let's go and play like it! Win and in, in my opinion.

[mid major]

UConn moving up to 3rd is good because I just don't think we can beat them and I'd rather face the Hall which is more of a mess than we are. I thought we had to go 2-1 in our last 3 games(with one of the wins being Creighton) to feel good but I'm scared of a potential bid stealer so I think we need one win in the BET. This team instills very little confidence. How can you show up at Gtown and play so disinterested for 30 minutes knowing you needed a win? This is so reminiscent of last year, boys. Let's hope we can pull it out tomorrow.

[bjf123]

If we beat Marquette, would it be better to end up with the 6 seed in the BET and maybe have an easier path to two wins at MSG?


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[Xavier]

If we beat Marquette, would it be better to end up with the 6 seed in the BET and maybe have an easier path to two wins at MSG?


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Would they play DePaul first? I just remember being in this same situation and asking the top bracket guy and he essentially said the DePaul game didn’t matter. A win doesn’t help the resume- a win over DePaul doesn’t swing a team from out to in... so I assume it’s same sort of situation here.

[Xville]

6th would not be a good idea because you play DePaul, and then UCONN who frankly I don’t think X can beat. Much better in my opinion to play seton hall who I still think sucks, and then nova without Gillespie.

[markchal]

didn't Hall literally obliterate us

[Xville]

didn't Hall literally obliterate us

Yes but that was game plan and lineups, not because they are actually good. UConn is the best team in the big east with a healthy lineup in my opinion, certainly the best now that Gillespie is out for nova. I’d frankly be shocked if they didn’t win the big east tourney.

[drudy23]

We have to beat Marquette. Any at-large consideration goes out the window with a loss today. A loss would take us out of the 5 seed - so it really doesn't matter who we play if we lose to Marquette - we'd have to win the whole thing.

Beat Marquette and then give UConn your best shot.

We are locked into the 5 seed if we win today, right?

[bjf123]

So a win today guarantees the 5 seed? I haven’t follow the BET bracket projections all that much.


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[drudy23]

So a win today guarantees the 5 seed? I haven’t follow the BET bracket projections all that much.


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I think so - but I think our opponent could change based on today's results.

[HenryMuto]

We have to beat Marquette. Any at-large consideration goes out the window with a loss today. A loss would take us out of the 5 seed - so it really doesn't matter who we play if we lose to Marquette - we'd have to win the whole thing.

Beat Marquette and then give UConn your best shot.

We are locked into the 5 seed if we win today, right?

UCONN is locked into the #3 seed

X will be either a #4 or #5 seed with a win today so a bye is locked in with a win but they could actually end up playing Saint John's as a 4/5 game with X as the 4 if things break a certain way.

[RetireFiftyTu]

So a win today guarantees the 5 seed? I haven’t follow the BET bracket projections all that much.


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If Xavier wins today they are locked into the 4/5 quarterfinal game on Thursday. They would play the winner of today’s Seton Hall-St. John’s game.

If Xavier loses today they’ll be anywhere from 6-8 and have to play on Wednesday.

[HenryMuto]

Not getting to play Nova at home was a big miss this year as Nova can't seem to beat anyone on the road lately.

Providence up 31-12

[D-West & PO-Z]

So a win today guarantees the 5 seed? I haven’t follow the BET bracket projections all that much.


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Yes. If we lose and Providence beats Nova like they are currently doing then we would end up with a 7 seed. If Nova wins and we lose we get the 6th seed.

[D-West & PO-Z]

Not getting to play Nova at home was a big miss this year as Nova can't seem to beat anyone on the road lately.

Providence up 31-12

Well Gillespie being out has completely changed Nova as a team.

[HenryMuto]

Well Gillespie being out has completely changed Nova as a team.

They lost at Saint John's and at Butler with him. He got hurt in the Butler game after Butler built a huge lead.

[xukeith]

For Duke to get in, they have to probably make the ACC semis or finals. Not a good year for them

[UCGRAD4X]

The two who chose "win the BET" seems to be the winners...for whatever that is worth.

[HenryMuto]

Ok well now X clearly has to beat Butler the question will be if they do that and then lose to Creighton will they get in. That depends on others as well but man that is looking like they probably don't get in.

If they win their next 2 and lose in the semi finals I am pretty sure they get in.

[HenryMuto]

The two who chose "win the BET" seems to be the winners...for whatever that is worth.

Ya I don't agree with that. If they beat Creighton they should most likely get in.

[bjf123]

Ya I don't agree with that. If they beat Creighton they should most likely get in.

I would agree with that, but am concerned about getting past Butler.


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[stammina0721]

Beating Creighton will not get them in. Damage is done

[Xavier]

With how bad the bubble is, a win over a top 25 team would likely push them to in.

[JTG]

Ok well now X clearly has to beat Butler the question will be if they do that and then lose to Creighton will they get in. That depends on others as well but man that is looking like they probably don't get in.

If they win their next 2 and lose in the semi finals I am pretty sure they get in.

Butler has gained some mojo, but the BET is not at Hinkle. Still beating a team 3 times is a tall order. And then what are the chances Creighton has a third bad shooting day against us.

[GIMMFD]

Butler has gained some mojo, but the BET is not at Hinkle. Still beating a team 3 times is a tall order. And then what are the chances Creighton has a third bad shooting day against us.

Hopefully we can take care of Butler, but Creighton it'll be interesting. Obviously there's a lot going on with the McDermott situation there, who knows maybe that controversy will play in our favor. Gotta win two at least, I'm hoping we can get the job done.

[HenryMuto]

Beating Creighton will not get them in. Damage is done

You do know that X has 0 quad 3/4 losses this year right ?

X lost at G'Town and at Marquette those were quad 2 losses because they were road games. I know the narrative the national media was spueing to the public those were bad losses but in the world of the NET they were not.

Hell Marquette has wins at North Carolina and over Wisconsin. Not like losing to them is the worse loss in the world.

X must win vs Butler that is for certain. A win over Creighton all but gets them in. Heck I could see a small chance a close loss to Creighton and still making it in if other bubble teams falter.

[stammina0721]

You do know that X has 0 quad 3/4 losses this year right ?

X lost at G'Town and at Marquette those were quad 2 losses because they were road games. I know the narrative the national media was spueing to the public those were bad losses but in the world of the NET they were not.

Hell Marquette has wins at North Carolina and over Wisconsin. Not like losing to them is the worse loss in the world.

X must win vs Butler that is for certain. A win over Creighton all but gets them in. Heck I could see a small chance a close loss to Creighton and still making it in if other bubble teams falter.

Keep dreaming. I do like your optimism and by all means keep up the positive attitude. From a realistic point of view though it's not happening. The at large teams will be done by Thursday with contingencies for conference upsets. What we do in the tournament will be almost irrelevant

[HenryMuto]

Keep dreaming. I do like your optimism and by all means keep up the positive attitude. From a realistic point of view though it's not happening. The at large teams will be done by Thursday with contingencies for conference upsets. What we do in the tournament will be almost irrelevant

That is so far from the truth I won't bother trying to dispel what you clearly want to believe in.

The real truth is what happens on Sunday is nearly irrelevant as also a Kentucky fan I know many a years where Kentucky has won the SEC championship on Sunday only to find themselves seeded worse than they should have been and sometimes even below the team they beat in the finals like the year Texas A&M was a 3 seed and Kentucky a 4 seed even though Kentucky had similar resume then beat them in the finals.

That said X isn't playing on Sunday so every game matters. Even the ones on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

The clearly have to matter as teams can win their way in and lose their way out of the tournament and we have a massive amount of games that matter on the bubble for tournaments.

[HenryMuto]

This year is a lot harder to figure out I think than any other year because of the amount of games played between teams within their own conference is so vastly different which also means who you played vastly is different like X didn't play either Nova or DePaul.

Having only played 20 games and being 13-7 is strange to see to end the regular season.

Michigan State looks like they are about to punch their ticket up 10 vs Michigan if they win this they are a mortal lock.

At least Duke is 11-11 and would basically need to get the ACC finals to even be considered I would guess right now.

Hopefully they get knocked out early.

Drake is on the bubble not sure what to think of this team down their top 2 players does the committee give them a bid because the team thinks their best player might be back.

[xukeith]

Xavier's resume is not as awful as you post here. No bad losses. 2 high q1 wins
if X wins 2 more games, they will be invited.

If AAC or A10 gets surprise upset, then you can start sweating.

[paulxu]

A10 gets surprise upset, then you can start sweating.

That's not happening with St Bona and VCU playing in the final.

[GIMMFD]

That's not happening with St Bona and VCU playing in the final.

Nope, but Michigan State may have just punched their ticket today.

[HenryMuto]

Nope, but Michigan State may have just punched their ticket today.

Michigan State just locked in a bid. Wins over Michigan, Illinois and Ohio State even though all 3 were at home.

[waggy]

X finished 7TH. I think they have to win the tournament.

[HenryMuto]

X finished 7TH. I think they have to win the tournament.

It's overall resume not where you finish within your own conference.

[HenryMuto]

Let's see where the best in the business has X ranked come tomorrow. The #1 ranked bracket guy had X ranked 43 before the loss yesterday. (Which would been ahead of 4 other at large teams)

His #44 will move ahead of X for sure Michigan State. His #46 Drake won yesterday and then lost today.

https://bracketville.wordpress.com/s-curve/

[Backyard Champ]

Two wins and I think we are right at play in. 3 wins is a lock, absolutely.

I see no way we would be rewarded with 1 win. I don’t see Creighton shooting poorly yet again against us, so I think it will be an uphill battle to make it anyway.

[HenryMuto]

Two wins and in. I am standing firm on this. Beat Butler and Creighton and I feel it is 99% sure X is making it.

Lose to Creighton and I won't be feeling great but we will see how all the other teams do before I call it for sure they don't make it but I sure won't feel great about their chances.

[chico]

I agree - two wins and we're in. A win over UConn will really help us out.

The bubble looks pretty thin this year. It's amazing that most brackets still have us in with the way we finished the season. The problem will be if there are a a lot of bid stealers this year.

[JTG]

This year is a lot harder to figure out I think than any other year because of the amount of games played between teams within their own conference is so vastly different which also means who you played vastly is different like X didn't play either Nova or DePaul.

Having only played 20 games and being 13-7 is strange to see to end the regular season.

Michigan State looks like they are about to punch their ticket up 10 vs Michigan if they win this they are a mortal lock.

At least Duke is 11-11 and would basically need to get the ACC finals to even be considered I would guess right now.
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Don't kid yourself, Duke probably needs one win to get in. With certain schools, it the Name on the front that matters to the NCAA, and Duke is one of those schools.

[D-West & PO-Z]

I agree - two wins and we're in. A win over UConn will really help us out.

The bubble looks pretty thin this year. It's amazing that most brackets still have us in with the way we finished the season. The problem will be if there are a a lot of bid stealers this year.

If we beat UConn that would be our 3rd win. Is that what you meant?

[D-West & PO-Z]

Don't kid yourself, Duke probably needs one win to get in. With certain schools, it the Name on the front that matters to the NCAA, and Duke is one of those schools.

ha, no. Duke cannot get in with one win.

[GIMMFD]

If we beat UConn that would be our 3rd win. Is that what you meant?

If we managed to get a third win by beating UConn, I'd be elated, A. would be able to drink the tears of sadness by my brother in law, B. we'd be in comfortably I'd have to think.

[chico]

If we beat UConn that would be our 3rd win. Is that what you meant?

Yeah - sorry now that I re-read my post it's confusing. If we beat Butler and lose to UConn we pretty much hold serve - slightly on the good side of the bubble and should be in, but we might be sweating it out if there are some bids stolen. If we beat UConn we're a lock.

[markchal]

beat butler and Creighton and we are a lock for sure. Beat UCONN too and we give Travis an extension. I think UCONN is the only legit team the BE is sending to the tournament this year.

[GoMuskies]

Yeah - sorry now that I re-read my post it's confusing. If we beat Butler and lose to UConn we pretty much hold serve - slightly on the good side of the bubble and should be in, but we might be sweating it out if there are some bids stolen. If we beat UConn we're a lock.

We would play Creighton in our second game, so this is still confusing.

[D-West & PO-Z]

Yeah - sorry now that I re-read my post it's confusing. If we beat Butler and lose to UConn we pretty much hold serve - slightly on the good side of the bubble and should be in, but we might be sweating it out if there are some bids stolen. If we beat UConn we're a lock.


We would play Creighton in our second game, so this is still confusing.

Ha, yes, still confused. We play Butler, then as GO said Creighton if we beat Butler. We couldnt play UConn until the semi's.

[HenryMuto]

Let's see where the best in the business has X ranked come tomorrow. The #1 ranked bracket guy had X ranked 43 before the loss yesterday. (Which would been ahead of 4 other at large teams)

His #44 will move ahead of X for sure Michigan State. His #46 Drake won yesterday and then lost today.

https://bracketville.wordpress.com/s-curve/

He moved X down only 1 spot from #44 to #45. Just like I noted above he moved Michigan State ahead of X.

Right now he has his last 4 in as this order

Xavier
Drake
Boise State
Colorado State

Beat Butler and hope that is enough to stay above Drake and hope a couple of those MWC teams lose.

He also has as his first 4 out

69 - Ole Miss
70 - Syracuse
71 - Saint Louis (they look to be dead now)
72 - Utah State
73 - Saint John's
74 - NC State
78 - Seton Hall

So for your rooting interest if you believe in this guy's rankings (and he is #1 ranked bracket guy)

Root for Seton Hall to take out Saint John's then for Nova to take out Seton Hall

Root for NC State to take out Syracuse then Virginia to take out NC State

Root for South Carolina or LSU to knock out Ole Miss

Root for Nevada to knock out Boise State

Root for Fresno State to beat New Mexico then knock off Colorado State

[GIMMFD]

He moved X down only 1 spot from #44 to #45. Just like I noted above he moved Michigan State ahead of X.

Right now he has his last 4 in as this order

Xavier
Drake
Boise State
Colorado State

Beat Butler and hope that is enough to stay above Drake and hope a couple of those MWC teams lose.

He also has as his first 4 out

69 - Ole Miss
70 - Syracuse
71 - Saint Louis (they look to be dead now)
72 - Utah State
73 - Saint John's
74 - NC State
78 - Seton Hall

So for your rooting interest if you believe in this guy's rankings (and he is #1 ranked bracket guy)

Root for Seton Hall to take out Saint John's then for Nova to take out Seton Hall

Root for NC State to take out Syracuse then Virginia to take out NC State

Root for South Carolina or LSU to knock out Ole Miss

Root for Nevada to knock out Boise State

Root for Fresno State to beat New Mexico then knock off Colorado State

This is a cluster fuck lmfao I'm just gonna hope that we take care of business with Butler and Creighton, and breathe a little easier.

[Strange Brew]

This is a cluster fuck lmfao I'm just gonna hope that we take care of business with Butler and Creighton, and breathe a little easier.

Just win baby!

[chico]

Ha, yes, still confused. We play Butler, then as GO said Creighton if we beat Butler. We couldnt play UConn until the semi's.

I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing glue.

[OTRMUSKIE]

And with Mr Slave not coaching Creighton, we may have a chance to beat them. Although we may be better off if he is coaching. I think he is extremely overrated and a coach and his tournament success backs that claim up.

[whopper]

If Oakland U makes the dance (1 win away) does that win increase in value? Just kidding i think but who would have thought

[Lloyd Braun]

He moved X down only 1 spot from #44 to #45. Just like I noted above he moved Michigan State ahead of X.

Right now he has his last 4 in as this order

Xavier
Drake
Boise State
Colorado State

Beat Butler and hope that is enough to stay above Drake and hope a couple of those MWC teams lose.

He also has as his first 4 out

69 - Ole Miss
70 - Syracuse
71 - Saint Louis (they look to be dead now)
72 - Utah State
73 - Saint John's
74 - NC State
78 - Seton Hall

So for your rooting interest if you believe in this guy's rankings (and he is #1 ranked bracket guy)

Root for Seton Hall to take out Saint John's then for Nova to take out Seton Hall

Root for NC State to take out Syracuse then Virginia to take out NC State

Root for South Carolina or LSU to knock out Ole Miss

Root for Nevada to knock out Boise State

Root for Fresno State to beat New Mexico then knock off Colorado State

Can someone get the odds on this parlay?

[paulxu]

I know it's probably happened before, but it would seem to be unusual for a team (Xavier in this case) to make the tournament with less than a .500 record in conference play.

[murray87]

And with Mr Slave not coaching Creighton, we may have a chance to beat them. Although we may be better off if he is coaching. I think he is extremely overrated and a coach and his tournament success backs that claim up.

Saw that he's been reinstated now.

[sgarcia]

I know it's probably happened before, but it would seem to be unusual for a team (Xavier in this case) to make the tournament with less than a .500 record in conference play.

It's not a common thing but Maryland and Michigan State will both make it with sub .500 conference records this year.

[D-West & PO-Z]

We would have made it last year with an under .500 record if we beat DePaul and there was a tournament.

[HenryMuto]

If Oakland U makes the dance (1 win away) does that win increase in value? Just kidding i think but who would have thought

Bite your tongue !!!!!!!!!!

Go Vikings !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[HenryMuto]

The day not off to a good start with Syracuse smashing NC State. Hopefully Virginia can knock them out tomorrow. Syracuse is going to be in with a win over Virginia with a loss they are 1 of the teams squarely on the bubble.

Clearly today is a must win for X. A really tough draw having to beat Creighton but let's win today otherwise we will be in the same spot as last year where as when we lost to DePaul would have pretty much knocked us out last year.

[nuts4xu]

The next few games, we need to run the make baskets offense and score more points than each of our opponents.

Do this, and I like our chances to make some noise in both the Big East and the NCAA tournament.

[HenryMuto]

Marquette scores 14 pts in the 1st half vs G'Town.......X lost to that team wow.

[HenryMuto]

Clemson just showed why you never want to play that extra game losing to a bad Miami team.