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Any predictions, games worth watching or concerns? Potential 2nd game against Creighton is concerning only in that they know how to beat us and have traditionally been our kyrptonite. Marquette at the 5 seed is crazy.




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this season has been up and down but I think we can win it. Hopefully our fans make the trip. It should be nice weather.

I don’t think St. John’s makes it to the final. It’ll be whoever wins the Xavier/Marquette game
 
Aside from us winning the whole thing, we want Xavier to beat Marquette so that the league gets 5 teams in.

We want chalk the first two rounds.

The only debate for the league and us is do we want Xavier or St. John’s to win the semifinal. Easier final if Xavier wins, but might not be enough to get to the 6-line. It would guarantee Xavier is in the field though. If St. John’s wins, Xavier probably still has a 70% chance of getting in and St. John’s improves its chances of getting a 2-seed. However, the championship game is much more difficult.
 
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I'm really hoping the back to back games(assuming we win Thurs) don't have an adverse effect on Hassan's tendonitis for the big dance. Want to get to Saturday night desperately but have to wonder what 3 straight games will do to Hass, especially if the 3rd game is against the Johnnies. A game against them is even more stressful on a knee injury because of all their pressure D.
 
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RuffRuff said:
They likely need it to get in. Their overall resume is so underwhelming that I do think they need to grab two legit wins to punch a ticket.
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It looked like some of the bracket guys have them as last four in but who knows what the committee will do. But yea, two more wins including one over a top 10 team should get them there.
 
80shusky said:
It looked like some of the bracket guys have them as last four in but who knows what the committee will do. But yea, two more wins including one over a top 10 team should get them there.
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If I'm a committee member and looking at their resume against some of the other bubble teams, I'm going to be underwhelmed given they have zero quality wins OOC, and losses to non tourney teams like Cinci & TCU. It's truly an awful OOC. Maybe they cut them some slack for Freemantle, but right now their bid hinges on splitting with the 2-4 teams in the BE and beating up on the crud. Not what I'd call compelling. If they can go on a run in the BET, maybe we can call them "hot" at the right time, with a healthy Freemantle. If they bow out early, I'm looking at them as just a team that got to play the BE crud on the back end of the season.
 
UConnSwag11 said:
this season has been up and down but I think we can win it. Hopefully our fans make the trip. It should be nice weather.

I don’t think St. John’s makes it to the final. It’ll be whoever wins the Xavier/Marquette game
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I hope you are correct. Because last year ticket prices tanked when the Jonnies tapped out. So hoping we make the final and they don't....again. Then it will be a sea of blue in the garden Saturday.
 
RuffRuff said:
If I'm a committee member and looking at their resume against some of the other bubble teams, I'm going to be underwhelmed given they have zero quality wins OOC, and losses to non tourney teams like Cinci & TCU. It's truly an awful OOC. Maybe they cut them some slack for Freemantle, but right now their bid hinges on splitting with the 2-4 teams in the BE and beating up on the crud. Not what I'd call compelling. If they can go on a run in the BET, maybe we can call them "hot" at the right time, with a healthy Freemantle. If they bow out early, I'm looking at them as just a team that got to play the BE crud on the back end of the season.
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Glad you're not a committee member.
 
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RuffRuff said:
If I'm a committee member and looking at their resume against some of the other bubble teams, I'm going to be underwhelmed given they have zero quality wins OOC, and losses to non tourney teams like Cinci & TCU. It's truly an awful OOC. Maybe they cut them some slack for Freemantle, but right now their bid hinges on splitting with the 2-4 teams in the BE and beating up on the crud. Not what I'd call compelling. If they can go on a run in the BET, maybe we can call them "hot" at the right time, with a healthy Freemantle. If they bow out early, I'm looking at them as just a team that got to play the BE crud on the back end of the season.
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Who would you put in ahead of them at the moment?
 
BFieldHusky said:
Who would you put in ahead of them at the moment?
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The back end of the bubble is so bad that they may default in, but they are at the mercy of any bid thieving of being out. 1-3 of those and they're on the outside. Right now they are fighting with Ohio St, UNC, Texas, Indiana, Oklahoma for the last 1-2 spots. An Ohio St type has a win at Kentucky, which goes miles deeper than anything Xavier has on their resume.

They better hope Memphis and mid majors who have AL berths win their tourney and no P4 bottom feeders make runs.
 
UCfor3 said:
I'm really hoping the back to back games(assuming we win Thurs) don't have an adverse effect on Hassan's tendonitis for the big dance. Want to get to Saturday night desperately but have to wonder what 3 straight games will do to Hass, especially if the 3rd game is against the Johnnies. A game against them is even more stressful on a knee injury because of all their pressure D.
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Here's the plan: we get out to an early double digit lead Thursday and limit Hass' minutes to 20, we again get out quick Friday and limit Hass to 25 minutes, and then can play him up to 30 on Saturday. Then, it's either 4 or 5 days without a game.
 
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FlexOnEm said:
Agree, but if we can’t beat Villanova we deserve to be an 8/9 seed playing Duke in the East.
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Oddly enough losing to Nova might drop UConn to a 10 in the NCAAT.
 
It used to cause a stir when a below-.500 conference team made the tournament. Now Oklahoma is looking strong-ish at 6-12. Crazy.
 

gsmooth said:
Oddly enough losing to Nova might drop UConn to a 10 in the NCAAT.
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And I'm not sure that's necessarily a bad thing. I'd just be concerned it's not enough to get us that far down - feels like we'd likely land on the 9 line, which does us absolutely no good at all.
 
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alphasigko said:
Is our game gonna be shown on Peacock?
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Big East men's basketball tournament bracket​

Wednesday – First Round​

Game 1: No. 8 seed Providence vs. No. 9 seed Butler, 4 p.m. (Peacock)

Game 2: No. 7 seed Georgetown vs. No. 10 seed DePaul, 6:30 p.m. (Peacock)

Game 3: No. 6 seed Villanova vs. No. 11 seed Seton Hall, 9 p.m. (Peacock)

Thursday – Quarterfinals​

Game 4: Game 1 winner vs. No. 1 seed St. John's, Noon (Peacock)

Game 5: 5 seed Marquette vs. 4 seed Xavier, 2:30 p.m. (Peacock)

Game 6: Game 2 winner vs. 2 seed Creighton, 7 p.m. (FS1)

Game 7: Game 3 winner vs. 3 seed UConn, 9:30 p.m. (FS1)

Friday – Semifinals​

Game 8: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 6:30 p.m. (FOX)

Game 9: Game 6 winner vs. Game 7 winner, 9 p.m. (FOX)

Saturday - Final​

Game 10: Game 8 winner vs Game 9 winner, 6:30 p.m. (FOX)
 
RuffRuff said:
The back end of the bubble is so bad that they may default in, but they are at the mercy of any bid thieving of being out. 1-3 of those and they're on the outside. Right now they are fighting with Ohio St, UNC, Texas, Indiana, Oklahoma for the last 1-2 spots. An Ohio St type has a win at Kentucky, which goes miles deeper than anything Xavier has on their resume.

They better hope Memphis and mid majors who have AL berths win their tourney and no P4 bottom feeders make runs.
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Ohio State is 17-14. They are several spots behind Xavier as of now.
 
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