Wed. Marquette @ Xavier

[Jet915]

Go X!

[stever20]

for Xavier, to make the tourney now, they have to beat DePaul at least once, if not twice.

If they lose to DePaul last game of regular season, finish 7, beat DePaul in BET, then lose to Butler. They are 19-14 with a #47 RPI projected
If they beat DePaul last game of regular season, finish 7, lose to DePaul in the BET, they are 19-13 with a #46 RPI projected

If they beat DePaul both times, then lose to Butler- they are 20-13 with a #38 RPI projected.

oh, and worst case scenario- losing to DePaul both times- they are 18-14 with a #54 RPI projected

[scoscox]

I think Xavier still needs to prove themselves to the committee without Sumner

Xavier has solid wins over both Creighton and Seton Hall without Sumner. Remember (I'm sure the committee will) that they were also without Bluiett for the Marquette and Providence losses. He also missed part of the Villanova game and wasn't 100% against Seton Hall, though he played. So you could argue 4 games of the 5 game losing streak were affected by Bluiett.

So they're 3-3 in games with Bluiett but not Sumner, including 2 top 50 RPI wins and all 3 losses also coming to the RPI top 50 (2 top 10).

I totally agree with your thoughts on Bluiett.

Sumner got hurt at St John's on Jan 29th.

The following games for XU:
- won vs Seton Hall on Feb 1st.
- won at Creighton on Feb 4th.
- won vs DePaul on Feb 8th.

then Blueitt got hurt:
- lost vs Villanova on Feb 11th.
- lost at Providence on Feb 15th (just my opinion, XU would've had 10+ lead at half w Bluiett).
- lost at Marquette on Feb 18th.
- lost at Seton Hall on Feb 22nd (not 100% like you said).

Bluiett now at pretty much normal health:
- lost vs Butler on Feb 26th (XU clicking, one-possession game under 4 minutes vs Top 15 team).

Losing him was just the straw that broke the camel's back. I'd be interested to know if we've had anything more than a 5 game stretch with the same starting line-up this year. It's been hard to get a handle on what the team is capable of. I tend to think we'll finish strong, but Marquette will be a tough test. The team needs to develop a spine real quick.

[Xudash]

I think Xavier still needs to prove themselves to the committee without Sumner

Xavier needs to prove themselves to Xavier.

Marquette embarrassed them in Milwaukee and clearly had fun doing so. If Xavier has any pride and figures out that it is not a good idea to have critical turnovers in tight, late game situations, then hopefully they'll dish out some payback tonight and otherwise right the ship.

[herodotus]

for Xavier, to make the tourney now, they have to beat DePaul at least once, if not twice.

If they lose to DePaul last game of regular season, finish 7, beat DePaul in BET, then lose to Butler. They are 19-14 with a #47 RPI projected
If they beat DePaul last game of regular season, finish 7, lose to DePaul in the BET, they are 19-13 with a #46 RPI projected

If they beat DePaul both times, then lose to Butler- they are 20-13 with a #38 RPI projected.

oh, and worst case scenario- losing to DePaul both times- they are 18-14 with a #54 RPI projected

A win tonight locks up a spot for X, regardless of the DePaul game. Lose tonight, and one win over DePaul should be enough, although they could well end up playing in Dayton before a very hostile crowd. Wouldn't want to wish that on X, but it sure would be interesting. Lose tonight, and two to DePaul, and they're probably not even worthy of the NIT bid that would be forthcoming.

[Omaha1]

Go X!

Yep. Don't have a great feeling for jays in Milwaukee this weekend.

[Jet915]

Go X!

Yep. Don't have a great feeling for jays in Milwaukee this weekend.

We are gonna get clobbered if they play like they are at X right now.

[ecasadoSBU]

marquette!!!!!!!!

[kayako]

How often do we see a freshman shoot 50/40/90 for the season?

Because Howard's poised for a 50/50/90 season! Unbelievable, not sure I've seen anything like this.

[Jet915]

Man, I sure hope X can beat Depaul twice. Those are gonna be dogfights...the question will be, if X beats Depaul twice and then loses the next BET game, are they in? Their numbers say yes, but they way they have been playing say no.