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One game tonight:

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

Xavier punched their ticket to the NCAA's by beating #9 Creighton on Saturday. XU with a win tonight can just about clinch 3rd place in the BE.

Seton Hall has Senior Night tonight... Edwin, Teague, Oliver and Geramipoor are seniors. Losing a lot, but a stud freshman class arrives in the Fall.

billyjack wrote:One game tonight:

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

Xavier punched their ticket to the NCAA's by beating #9 Creighton on Saturday. XU with a win tonight can just about clinch 3rd place in the BE.

Seton Hall has Senior Night tonight... Edwin, Teague, Oliver and Geramipoor are seniors. Losing a lot, but a stud freshman class arrives in the Fall.

Xavier to feel totally safe needs 1 more win. If they finish 19-12(remember 1 of their wins was Abilene that doesn't count)- their projected RPI is 63.6. That would be awfully nervous times. Just going 20-11(QF BET loss) and it's 53.1.

I don't know how you can say X is a lock when you look at the RPI and win totals. A loss to Seton Hall undoes a lot of what they gained by beating CU, IMO. If you are on the bubble, bad losses are a reason to put a team on the wrong side of the bubble. I really want to see X win out to assure they are safely in - but of course most of all I want to see X take down Nova this weekend.

I think X is pretty safely in, they have good wins (Creighton and Cincinnatti) and have 8 top 100 wins. If they win today, I think they are a lock. If they lose the next 3, they are probably right on the bubble.

Jet915 wrote:I think X is pretty safely in, they have good wins (Creighton and Cincinnatti) and have 8 top 100 wins. If they win today, I think they are a lock. If they lose the next 3, they are probably right on the bubble.

totally agree.

A win today basically erases the previous "bad loss" to Seton Hall and adds another in conference road win. I agree a win tonight and X moves to the lock line.

Any news on Fuquan?

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.

stever20 wrote: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.

cu blujs wrote:

stever20 wrote: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.