Brackets and Rankings: 2024-2025

[noteggs]

I know this site has been shared in years past, but seems to be the most accurate. Currently we have 6 out of 85 bracket dudes predicting X will receive an at large. It’s a start!

http://www.bracketmatrix.com/

[xubrew]

Based on how X has been playing, I think they do what they have to between now and the end to get in.

[XUMIOH12]

Must go 7-3 or 8-2 the rest of the way to not have to sweat it out or go deep in the BE tourney

I think 7-3 is still a pretty good sweat, might get in, but that would be right on the cut line. 8-2 would feel good.

[XUMIOH12]

Relevant Games 1/28:

Wake Forest @ Louisville - Want Louisville to win this one as WF is in the outer bubble conversation.
South Carolina @ Georgia - South Carolina win would be nice. Georgia is on the inside of the bubble at the moment.
Dayton @ St Bonaventure - Dayton is in a similar position to X on the bubble, so a win by the Bonnies would be useful.
VCU @ SLU - VCU has a very slim chance at approaching the bubble, any loss they take really hurts them.
UCF @ Kansas - UCF on the inside of the bubble, need them to take some losses. Winning at Kansas would be massive for them.
Oklahoma @ Texas A&M - Oklahoma is probably in as of now, but could slip back on to the bubble if they go on a slide.
North Carolina @ Pittsburgh - This is a very bubbly game. Pitt ahead of Carolina in bubble positioning. Prefer a Pitt win here.
Baylor @ BYU - BYU is in a similar bubble position to Xavier, so we'd like to see them lose here.
Cincinnati @ Utah - Same as above with BYU and Dayton. Need them to take a couple more losses - plus we like to see them lose anyways.
San Jose St @ San Diego St - SDSU probably inside the bubble, but a couple Mountain West losses like this puts them right back in the middle of it.

Only 29 games today, but we have some rooting interests in quite a few of them.

[muskiefan82]

I agree with most of that except Wake Forest @ Louisville. I can see the other side which is that X beat Wake Forest and so maybe beating UL is a good thing. I am enjoying the Kelsey revival though.

[xubrew]

Check out the Def Con Ratings at the bottom of the sheet! It changes every day! It calculates who Xavier should be rooting for and which games are most important! Kinda neat! Although some of the start times are always messed up.

https://hoopshd.com/team-sheets/xavier/

[GoMuskies]

Pretty great night for us Tuesday. Would have liked to have seen SJSU hold on to beat SDSU, but it's never going to be perfect.

[XUMIOH12]

Relevant Games 1/29:

Will keep it succinct today with a couple of meaningful ones;

Texas @ Ole Miss - Texas is right in the same Last 4 In/First 4 Out group with Xavier. Need them to lose.
California @ SMU - SMU same situation as Texas. Need them to lose.
Xavier @ Creighton - Obvious

Texas, SMU and Xavier all right on the cut line. True bubble teams right now. Xavier and Texas aren't hurt by a loss tonight as much as SMU would be.

[D-West & PO-Z]

I think if we go 7-2 the rest of the way we sneak in. Anything better than that I feel pretty good. That puts us at 20 wins. And yeah we could get screwed like a couple BE teams last year but also last year the following teams were single digits seeds:

UD- 3 Q1 wins
Gonzaga- 3 Q1 wins
Mich st- 3 Q1 wins
Florida- 3 Q1 wins
Miss St.- 2 Q1 wins
Nebraska- 3 Q1 wins

I think if we get to 20 wins and avoid any bad losses we pass the eye test and get in. We shall see. Just win. Schedule is much easier but can’t afford to trip up. Need to stack the wins.

[xukeith]

Remaing games top 6 BE teams have to play vs each other
Marq. 6
SJU 6
Creighton 5
UConn 6
Nova 5
Xavier 2

Not including Providence or Georgetown as top half of BE.