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    The bigger issue at this point is continued winning. I think for NCAA tourney purposes a win at Butler would help immensely. One win in the BE tournament would then lock it up in my opinion.

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    Bad loss last night at Butler, but they drew DePaul at home in the tournament. I think their hopes of a first round NCAA bye is out the window.

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    It was a rainy night at the match last night. X came frustratingly close in the first half several times. Butler put 2 goals in the net in the last 25 minutes. It was a close game before that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Muskie View Post
    It was a rainy night at the match last night. X came frustratingly close in the first half several times. Butler put 2 goals in the net in the last 25 minutes. It was a close game before that.
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    What does Xavier have to do to even get in the tournament at this point? I mean are we win if we lost to Depaul? I think we would be cutting it pretty damn close.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Xville View Post
    What does Xavier have to do to even get in the tournament at this point? I mean are we win if we lost to Depaul? I think we would be cutting it pretty damn close.
    It would be close, but I think the quality wins would over take the quality losses, let's just hope they get some momentum, beat DePaul, beat Georgetown somehow, and either Butler/Creighton and get a first round bye. Optimism guys!!!

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    Well, I think the DePaul win puts them solid in the field. I think they have to win out to get a top 16 bye and that would be close. I think there are something like 16 first round byes right?

    Quote Originally Posted by GIMMFD View Post
    It would be close, but I think the quality wins would over take the quality losses, let's just hope they get some momentum, beat DePaul, beat Georgetown somehow, and either Butler/Creighton and get a first round bye. Optimism guys!!!

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    RPI as of this morning is 45. That's very borderline to get in the tournament.

    Beating Notre Dame and Creighton are definitely positives (as is the team's 6-2-1 record away from home), but some of the losses (Providence #61, Virginia Tech #105 and at #176 Lipscomb) will hurt. Lipscomb is in the bottom 50 of the RPI, since there are only 206 programs with men's soccer.

    I'd feel a lot better about their chances if they can win at Georgetown on Thursday in the Big East semis.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ArizonaXUGrad View Post
    Well, I think the DePaul win puts them solid in the field. I think they have to win out to get a top 16 bye and that would be close. I think there are something like 16 first round byes right?
    Yup, top 16 seeds get a bye. I think we beat Georgetown, and we would get another home game in the NCAA tournament.

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