Again, roughly half had X in the tourney prior to them losing the first game in the BET. No one updated brackets after that because everything was canceled. Also, no other top conferences even came close to finishing conference tournaments which would have also had an impact.
We weren't making it.
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02-22-2021, 03:39 PM #11
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02-22-2021, 03:42 PM #12
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I’ve seen worse teams get hot and make final fours so I’ll say that. It would be improbable but nothing this year has made any sense so this might as well be the year Xavier breaks thru.
With that said, I think more realistically this team can win a game... just not consistent enough to go on a real run from what they have shown this year.
I said at the beginning of the year that if they just made the tourney, that would be a success and be extremely good for the very talented underclass men to gain some tourney experience
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02-22-2021, 03:51 PM #13
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Fair point on the other conferences not playing, but according to the Cincy Enq article from March 13, the Bracket Matrix survey of final brackets was taken after the BE tourney. In other words, 52% of the brackets still included XU in the tourney at that point. To say that X was categorically out of the running for the tourney is not correct. I remember hearing several analysts saying that they believed X would've been in even if they lost to DePaul - depending on the number of upsets in other conf tourneys.
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/spo...nt/5042653002/
http://bracketmatrix.com/matrix_2020.html
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02-22-2021, 04:10 PM #14
I think I recall on the D&V podcast Mario mentioned that the spreadsheet they've used internally over the years to guide scheduling for getting a bid, seeding, etc. had them in so he felt confident. Definitely would have been close. Obviously doesn't matter and the end of last season on the court sucked either way.
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02-22-2021, 05:13 PM #17
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Depends on how much Steele grows as a coach by the end of the season. This team could be anywhere from a sweet 16 sleeper to not making the tournament at all with the players we have. Just depends on how Steele develops as a head coach and put the players and team in a position to win.
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02-22-2021, 05:23 PM #18
Can’t see him changing much in just a few weeks. Isn’t like we are talking about a couple of months down the road. Only 4 regular season games left and 1-3 BE tourney games. 3-4 weeks max before NCAA tourney starts. He’s pretty much what he is at this point, and remember this will be HIS first time going to the tourney as a head coach too.
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02-22-2021, 06:40 PM #19
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02-22-2021, 08:40 PM #20
So what I’m hearing last year was a crap shoot to make the tournament? With this said, can’t say for certain we missed tournament the last two years. Facts maybe?
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