Mon 3/3, Xavier (10-6) at Seton Hall (5-11), 7pm FS1.

[JOPO]

Any news on Fuquan?

He'll be a game time decision as will Auda (he twisted his ankle).

[CPJays]

it's funny, in a way, after tonight, I hope Xavier loses. Think they with win today but losses in last 2 games would likely get a 10 seed. In a LOT of ways, that's a much better seed than the old dreaded 8/9 seed- which I think their cap is most likely unless they won the BET.

Unless you get in Wichita's bracket. Then I would take the 8/9 seed any day of the week. Xavier beats Wichita any day of the week and twice on Sunday, IMO - that is if Wichita doesn't become the first No. 1 to lose to a 16 before you get to them.

If a team like St. Johns wound up as the 16 in that bracket I could absolutely see a 16 over 1 upset. I could see a couple other bubble type teams upsetting them as well.

They don't give 16 seeds to at large bids.

[JOPO]

it's funny, in a way, after tonight, I hope Xavier loses. Think they with win today but losses in last 2 games would likely get a 10 seed. In a LOT of ways, that's a much better seed than the old dreaded 8/9 seed- which I think their cap is most likely unless they won the BET.

Unless you get in Wichita's bracket. Then I would take the 8/9 seed any day of the week. Xavier beats Wichita any day of the week and twice on Sunday, IMO - that is if Wichita doesn't become the first No. 1 to lose to a 16 before you get to them.

If a team like St. Johns wound up as the 16 in that bracket I could absolutely see a 16 over 1 upset. I could see a couple other bubble type teams upsetting them as well.

SJU (or any major conference team for that matter) would never be a 16 seed.

[XU85]

it's funny, in a way, after tonight, I hope Xavier loses. Think they with win today but losses in last 2 games would likely get a 10 seed. In a LOT of ways, that's a much better seed than the old dreaded 8/9 seed- which I think their cap is most likely unless they won the BET.

Come on Stever! No guts, no glory! You can't knock off a 1 seed unless you play a number 1 seed! Always cheer for the X-men!

[marquette]

Ok then, if an SJ 16 seems too far fetched, I could see UWGB knocking them out on a good night. They already beat the ACC leading UVA, and the game could easily be in Milwaukee.

[stever20]

Ok then, if an SJ 16 seems too far fetched, I could see UWGB knocking them out on a good night. They already beat the ACC leading UVA, and the game could easily be in Milwaukee.

Green Bay no where near a 16. They're bracket matrix right now a 12...

16's are like Davidson, Utah Valley, Robert Morris, Weber St, High Point, and Alabama State....

[marquette]

Ok then, if an SJ 16 seems too far fetched, I could see UWGB knocking them out on a good night. They already beat the ACC leading UVA, and the game could easily be in Milwaukee.

Green Bay no where near a 16. They're bracket matrix right now a 12...

16's are like Davidson, Utah Valley, Robert Morris, Weber St, High Point, and Alabama State....

UWGB has apparently moved up a lot in the RPI since the last time I looked. They were right at 69 last time I checked. They currently sit at 52. My bad. I still wouldn't be super surprised to see WSU go down to any team in the field. There's 1 team in the valley in the top 75 RPI? There have been a couple close ones.

[GumbyDamnit!]

Ok then, if an SJ 16 seems too far fetched, I could see UWGB knocking them out on a good night. They already beat the ACC leading UVA, and the game could easily be in Milwaukee.

Strike 2! They would never let a 16 seed play close to home against a 1. They have UWGB projected around the 12 seed line. Think Wichita vs High Point (RPI in the high 100's). They aren't losing their first game.

[stever20]

Ok then, if an SJ 16 seems too far fetched, I could see UWGB knocking them out on a good night. They already beat the ACC leading UVA, and the game could easily be in Milwaukee.

Green Bay no where near a 16. They're bracket matrix right now a 12...

16's are like Davidson, Utah Valley, Robert Morris, Weber St, High Point, and Alabama State....

UWGB has apparently moved up a lot in the RPI since the last time I looked. They were right at 69 last time I checked. They currently sit at 52. My bad. I still wouldn't be super surprised to see WSU go down to any team in the field. There's 1 team in the valley in the top 75 RPI? There have been a couple close ones.

High Point 170
Alabama St 269
Robert Morris 112
Weber St 181
Davidson 128
Utah Valley 140

Wichita will be playing one of those 6 teams in the 1st round....

[Chalmers0]

it's funny, in a way, after tonight, I hope Xavier loses. Think they with win today but losses in last 2 games would likely get a 10 seed. In a LOT of ways, that's a much better seed than the old dreaded 8/9 seed- which I think their cap is most likely unless they won the BET.

I dunno, I'm in the same camp when it comes to the 8/9 seed, but I think with wins tonight and Thursday we are on the verge of a 7 seed. Beating two top 10 teams, ableit at home, should be a really big boost. Also, this is assuming the teams in the 7/8/9/10 range continue to lose, which they most likely will, because they are all mediocre as well. Teams like OSU, Iowa, UMass, Oklahoma, SMU, ASU, Memphis, KSTate, Colorado, Pitt, Gonzaga etc (all around or a couple of lines ahead of Xavier on the bracket matrix) are all bound to lose another game or two. Hell, I could go up a bit further on the bracket matrix to the 5 seed and look at Kentucky (how they are still a 5 is beyond me), Texas, Louisville and make Xavier's case against them if we beat Nova and they drop another game or two. (Edit: I just realized the Matrix hasn't been updated since Saturday so some of those seed lines are off, but the point remains)

Now, I don't necessarily see us beating Nova anyway so this is potentially a moot point, but I think that win gets us up to or neat that 7 seed line and even losing to a St. John's or whoever in the first round of BET wouldn't be considered a bad enough loss to drop back down I wouldn't think. Obviously it starts tonight with Seton Hall though. All I'm really saying is that right now there is A LOT of seeding up for grabs and I think teams, like Xavier, who can pick up two Top 10 wins and no bad losses (have to beat Hall tonight, as mentioned) have a chance to make some significant movement up a line or two. This is going to be a REALLY fun couple of weeks leading up to selection sunday.