Brackets and Rankings: 2024-2025

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Originally Posted by xukeith

Remaing games each BE team has to play vs top half of BE

Marq. 6
SJU 6
Creighton 5
UConn 6
Nova 5
Xavier 2

Not including Providence or Georgetown as top half of BE.

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There are 11 teams. You list 6. Is that the top half? Said another way, is this the number of games these 6 teams play against each other?

We’re tied for 5th with Nova right now, 2-3 games behind the pack. I think we gotta get to 4th to be assured of a bid. If we’re in 5th, it’s Bubble City for us.

We need Marquette and St John’s to just win out and help knock Creighton and Ucon down a notch.

Next Creighton game is a must win.

MU & SJU are locks and we went 1-3 against them. We split with UConn.

Losing to Creighton again puts us in 5th place with a 2-6 record against the top 4. Zero chance.

Creighton is 8-2 I think now. UConn I think is 6-4. Might need to catch them to lock up a bid.

Lunardi didn't even move us, which i found interesting:

https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/st...ld-predictions

Bracketmatrix right now has us as fourth team out:

bracketmatrix.com

Not sure if this will pop up correctly or not, but on Barttorvik, you can predict W-L records for your specific team and see what he projects for your team's tourney chances.

I hypothetically put X at 7-2 the rest of the way losing @nova and @butler. Of course this isn't perfect, but he would have X aas first team out in that scenario. I guess what I'm saying is, we better go 8-1, otherwise it's going to just be way too tight.

https://barttorvik.com/teamcast.php?...vier&year=2025

You can play around with different scenarios. It's fun and kinda depressing all at the same time.

Xavier's women don't show up on the latest Bracketology. Very puzzling.

https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/st...ll-projections

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Originally Posted by Xville

Lunardi didn't even move us, which i found interesting:

https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/st...ld-predictions

Bracketmatrix right now has us as fourth team out:

bracketmatrix.com

Not sure if this will pop up correctly or not, but on Barttorvik, you can predict W-L records for your specific team and see what he projects for your team's tourney chances.

I hypothetically put X at 7-2 the rest of the way losing @nova and @butler. Of course this isn't perfect, but he would have X aas first team out in that scenario. I guess what I'm saying is, we better go 8-1, otherwise it's going to just be way too tight.

https://barttorvik.com/teamcast.php?...vier&year=2025

You can play around with different scenarios. It's fun and kinda depressing all at the same time.

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While currently not in, this is a good sign.

Finish strong and we have a chance. The schedule allows for it. Let's do this!

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Originally Posted by drudy23

While currently not in, this is a good sign.

Finish strong and we have a chance. The schedule allows for it. Let's do this!

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Yeah. I think the next three games will determine if x makes the tourney or not. Go 3-0 and x should be dancing. 1-2 and it’s wait until next year. 2-1 and have to win out and I just don’t know if this team can go on that kind of run.

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Originally Posted by Xville

Yeah. I think the next three games will determine if x makes the tourney or not. Go 3-0 and x should be dancing. 1-2 and it’s wait until next year. 2-1 and have to win out and I just don’t know if this team can go on that kind of run.

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I am hoping we win 5 of the next 6. Look at an somewhat improved Maddox/Hugley-led bench, and Foster's play continues to trend upwards. Now, Coach has pledged to use Fletcher gently, and we might see hom easing into more playing time. Also, I believe that Conwell's woes are behind him(please, Jesus)! And Rome shall rise again.


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Originally Posted by Xville

Lunardi didn't even move us, which i found interesting:

https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/st...ld-predictions

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North Carolina still in as a play-in team despite being an absolute shit-show. Just goes to show you don't have to be any good to make the Tournament out of a power conference (as has been pointed out many times here about how flawed the Bubble teams are). Let's hope we can find a way to be minimally competent!

Remaining games each top 6 team in BE current standings have to play vs each other for remainder of regular season.

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Originally Posted by MHettel

There are 11 teams. You list 6. Is that the top half? Said another way, is this the number of games these 6 teams play against each other?

We’re tied for 5th with Nova right now, 2-3 games behind the pack. I think we gotta get to 4th to be assured of a bid. If we’re in 5th, it’s Bubble City for us.

We need Marquette and St John’s to just win out and help knock Creighton and Ucon down a notch.

Next Creighton game is a must win.

MU & SJU are locks and we went 1-3 against them. We split with UConn.

Losing to Creighton again puts us in 5th place with a 2-6 record against the top 4. Zero chance.

Creighton is 8-2 I think now. UConn I think is 6-4. Might need to catch them to lock up a bid.

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Remaining games each top 6 team in BE current standings have to play vs each other for remainder of regular season

https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-col...asketball-poll

Still no love for the smaller conferences, but at least some teams are finally getting noticed. St. Mary's New Mexico, Utah State (they have been getting votes for a while), Drake, George Mason and Zags.

Speaking of the Zags, are they in trouble? Probably not, but this season is not typical for them.