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PostPosted: 03/07/10 9:48 am    ::: 2010 A-10 Tournament Reply Reply with quote
Top 4 seeds advance to the Semis:

#1 Xavier faces #4 Charlotte in the first game today (on CBS-C at noon). Xavier should take this one. I'd be surprised if it was all that close.

2nd semi has #2 Dayton (Go Flyers!) facing #3 Temple (2:30 on CBS-C). Flyers beat the Owls in the regular season, but Dayton was playing at home. On a neutral court, it could IMO go either way. Could be a real interesting game to watch. These are 2 pretty evenly matched teams, and both should make it to the NCAAs this year regardless of the outcome.
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PostPosted: 03/07/10 12:52 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Xavier has not been playing well lately, mostly because of turnovers. They're tied with Charlotte at 21 at halftime. 14 of the 49ers' points are off XU turnovers.
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PostPosted: 03/07/10 3:11 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Seriously Xavier is considered the 5th best team in the country Question
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PostPosted: 03/07/10 7:30 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
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Seriously Xavier is considered the 5th best team in the country Question

today (at the A-10 tourney) was the first time I saw them play LIVE this season, so admittedly I'm not an expert. but a #5 ranking?!!! NOT if today was typical of their performance.

I just came from the ACC tourney yesterday, and the ACC's best, Duke, and FSU (with a healthy Monroe) are way better...even though they are both behind X in the rankings.
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PostPosted: 03/07/10 7:49 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Well, today was obviously one of their worst performances of the season. They beat Charlotte by 20 a couple of weeks ago. They've been bad lately, but they also haven't lost since 2009. Are they 5th — probably not — but it's not like there's much of a difference between the teams ranked 5-15, and the rest of them have all lost games since X has.
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PostPosted: 03/07/10 8:17 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
ripleydc wrote:
umbeta1455 wrote:
Seriously Xavier is considered the 5th best team in the country Question

today (at the A-10 tourney) was the first time I saw them play LIVE this season, so admittedly I'm not an expert. but a #5 ranking?!!! NOT if today was typical of their performance.

I just came from the ACC tourney yesterday, and the ACC's best, Duke, and FSU (with a healthy Monroe) are way better...even though they are both behind X in the rankings.


Unfortunately, you usually move up in the polls when the teams ahead of you lose. It really has nothing to do with the entire body of work and who you play throughout the season. The RPI is much more representative of where teams stand and how good they are in my opinion. As a Xavier fan, I can honestly say that this is not a #5 team. They are probably a 10-15 team. X's RPI is about 13, which is probably where they should be ranked.
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PostPosted: 03/07/10 8:31 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
HomerCecil wrote:
Well, today was obviously one of their worst performances of the season.

then that explains a lot about my reaction to seeing them today. I kept thinking while watching them that as a top-10 ranked team they MUST be better than they were today.

but, in any event, they won and they advance to face Temple tomorrow (who beat my team, Dayton, in OT in the other semi-final) for the A-10 title. congrats to Xavier & Temple.
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PostPosted: 03/07/10 9:25 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
snowstormxu wrote:
ripleydc wrote:
umbeta1455 wrote:
Seriously Xavier is considered the 5th best team in the country Question

today (at the A-10 tourney) was the first time I saw them play LIVE this season, so admittedly I'm not an expert. but a #5 ranking?!!! NOT if today was typical of their performance.

I just came from the ACC tourney yesterday, and the ACC's best, Duke, and FSU (with a healthy Monroe) are way better...even though they are both behind X in the rankings.


Unfortunately, you usually move up in the polls when the teams ahead of you lose. It really has nothing to do with the entire body of work and who you play throughout the season. The RPI is much more representative of where teams stand and how good they are in my opinion. As a Xavier fan, I can honestly say that this is not a #5 team. They are probably a 10-15 team. X's RPI is about 13, which is probably where they should be ranked.


+1. I agree that a 3 seed is probably fair if they win tomorrow, or a 4 if they lose. I do think that they've not played as well in the past couple weeks as they were playing in January and early February.
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PostPosted: 03/08/10 5:21 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Xavier jumped out to a 14-0 lead on Temple in the first 5:00 of the championship game; now 16-6 Musketeers.
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PostPosted: 03/08/10 5:25 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
HomerCecil wrote:
snowstormxu wrote:
ripleydc wrote:
umbeta1455 wrote:
Seriously Xavier is considered the 5th best team in the country Question

today (at the A-10 tourney) was the first time I saw them play LIVE this season, so admittedly I'm not an expert. but a #5 ranking?!!! NOT if today was typical of their performance.

I just came from the ACC tourney yesterday, and the ACC's best, Duke, and FSU (with a healthy Monroe) are way better...even though they are both behind X in the rankings.


Unfortunately, you usually move up in the polls when the teams ahead of you lose. It really has nothing to do with the entire body of work and who you play throughout the season. The RPI is much more representative of where teams stand and how good they are in my opinion. As a Xavier fan, I can honestly say that this is not a #5 team. They are probably a 10-15 team. X's RPI is about 13, which is probably where they should be ranked.


+1. I agree that a 3 seed is probably fair if they win tomorrow, or a 4 if they lose. I do think that they've not played as well in the past couple weeks as they were playing in January and early February.


I've seen them play a few times. But I know if I'm a 13 or 14 seed this would be the team that I would want to play since you know the game will be close. Looking at their wins they all seem pretty close so you know you could at least a have of getting the upset.

It's to bad the mid-majors couldn't schedule at least a tough OOC game in February instead of the easy cupcakes in conference.
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PostPosted: 03/08/10 7:06 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Xavier escapes 57-55 in OT



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PostPosted: 03/08/10 7:07 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Evidently Temple hasn't changed much from when Staley was the head coach. They can't play offense for their lives and have to win games in the 50s and 60s.
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PostPosted: 03/08/10 7:13 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
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Evidently Temple hasn't changed much from when Staley was the head coach. They can't play offense for their lives and have to win games in the 50s and 60s.


It's still mostly Staley recruited players.



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PostPosted: 03/08/10 7:14 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Carbon copy of Xavier's previous few games. They're still winning, but barely.
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PostPosted: 03/08/10 7:34 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
You look at them and think they should be better, but they def have some problems. I mean, their twin towers should be able to dominate and they do...sometimes. And their guards look good....sometimes. They have big lapses. Not sure about the coaching but based on every thing else, it looks suspect.
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