Bubble Watch

[GGGG]

Jamil, serious question, if that win moved Xavier off the "last four in" and in Dayton...someone needs to slip down and replace them..What if that is MU?? How close is MU to falling into Dayton, ASSUMING they aren't already there??

What if that ISN'T MU??

[fjm]

After this Xavier win I am in the make it camp.

Wait. You are willing to bet that MU doesn't make it?
Because I will make a paypal account right now to make an actual bet with you.

[BM1090]

Jamil, serious question, if that win moved Xavier off the "last four in" and in Dayton...someone needs to slip down and replace them..What if that is MU?? How close is MU to falling into Dayton, ASSUMING they aren't already there??

Check my last post in the seed thread. We are still one spot ahead of X, per lunardi who by the way is lower on us than most bracketologists. Our average seed is 9.6 and Fox and SI have us as an 8 seed.

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

Jamil, serious question, if that win moved Xavier off the "last four in" and in Dayton...someone needs to slip down and replace them..What if that is MU?? How close is MU to falling into Dayton, ASSUMING they aren't already there??

Without knowing who Lunardis last 4 byes are, thats hard to say. We'll find out tomorrow. But they're not moving ahead of a team that swept them.

[muguru]

What if that ISN'T MU??

I'm hoping like hell it's not. Somehow I feel like you'd be okay with them in Dayton. To each their own.

[nyg]

What if that ISN'T MU??

Then it's Providence, Vandy or USC per Lunardi.
USC has UCLA tonight I believe, and of course PU/CU.  Vandy destroyed TAM, but we beat Vandy already.

Root for UCLA and CU and wake up tomorrow happy campers for now. 

Most believe we get bid, but now avoid play in game.  Just wish we won today and it would be moot point, but what fun is that.......

[muguru]

Without knowing who Lunardis last 4 byes are, thats hard to say. We'll find out tomorrow. But they're not moving ahead of a team that swept them.

Ask and you shall receive...

Joe Lunardi‏Verified account @ESPNLunardi 9m9 minutes ago

Latest bubble: LAST BYES Providence, Marquette, Xavier, Vandy; LAST IN Southern Cal, Syracuse, Wake Forest,... http://es.pn/2mNtqVD
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[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Jamil, serious question, if that win moved Xavier off the "last four in" and in Dayton...someone needs to slip down and replace them..What if that is MU?? How close is MU to falling into Dayton, ASSUMING they aren't already there??

But it wasn't. Lunardi revealed his updated bracket on TV just now. He said Marquette was his 7th team from the bubble. Meaning we were the 2nd highest of the Last Four Byes.

The reason we weren't freaking out is because we've studied the bubble and realized that there were still at least a couple teams between us and Dayton.

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

Ask and you shall receive...

Joe Lunardi‏Verified account @ESPNLunardi 9m9 minutes ago

Latest bubble: LAST BYES Providence, Marquette, Xavier, Vandy; LAST IN Southern Cal, Syracuse, Wake Forest,... http://es.pn/2mNtqVD
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Well there ya go.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

I'm hoping like hell it's not. Somehow I feel like you'd be okay with them in Dayton. To each their own.

I'm mean, I'd be ok no matter what Marquette's record is. It doesn't really affect me like that. But again, not getting a bye doesn't mean you didn't make the tournament. You can think that if you want to, but its not accurate.

[nyg]

Ask and you shall receive...

Joe Lunardi‏Verified account @ESPNLunardi 9m9 minutes ago

Latest bubble: LAST BYES Providence, Marquette, Xavier, Vandy; LAST IN Southern Cal, Syracuse, Wake Forest,... http://es.pn/2mNtqVD
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Excellent.  Go Creighton........thanks

[GGGG]

I'm hoping like hell it's not. Somehow I feel like you'd be okay with them in Dayton. To each their own.

Oh no.  I would much prefer them not to be in Dayton.

I just don't get your constant worry.  The evidence as it stands now SUGGESTS that they won't be in Dayton.  But you are right.  It's ultimately up to the committee and they may feel differently.  But again, if that's where you ultimately land logically, and there is nothing you can do about it, why let it ruin your weekend?

Tomorrow night, I am having dinner with one of my kids.  On Saturday, I have some errands to run in the morning, but my wife has agreed to make her lasagna for dinner- and its damn good.  I have a nice bottle of Merlot ready and waiting.  Maybe I will make a desert of some type to go with it.

So I will worry about Marquette on Sunday afternoon.  No reason to do it now.

[fjm]

Oh no.  I would much prefer them not to be in Dayton.

I just don't get your constant worry.  The evidence as it stands now SUGGESTS that they won't be in Dayton.  But you are right.  It's ultimately up to the committee and they may feel differently.  But again, if that's where you ultimately land logically, and there is nothing you can do about it, why let it ruin your weekend?

Tomorrow night, I am having dinner with one of my kids.  On Saturday, I have some errands to run in the morning, but my wife has agreed to make her lasagna for dinner- and its damn good.  I have a nice bottle of Merlot ready and waiting.  Maybe I will make a desert of some type to go with it.

So I will worry about Marquette on Sunday afternoon.  No reason to do it now.

Tiramisu?

[GGGG]

Tiramisu?

Nah.  I don't really like it and it's too hard to make.  I'm thinking more of a chocolate hazelnut mousse that I haven't made in awhile.

[94Warrior]

Well there ya go.

If the season ended today, we'd be in.  Problem is, bubble teams are still playing, and their resumes are getting better. Marquette's is not.

Providence, Xavier, Vandy; Southern Cal, Rhode Island, Kansas St, Houston, Cal; Georgia, and TCU  are still alive.   

[thebigjake]

Tiramisu?

Address?

[Jay Bee]

Maybe I will make a desert of some type to go with it.

Wow. Seems like a big task. How much sand will this take?

[wadesworld]

We swept them by an average margin of 15.5 pts.  We have double the number of top 50 wins as they do.  We be fine.

Hey quit being so delusional.

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

If the season ended today, we'd be in.  Problem is, bubble teams are still playing, and their resumes are getting better. Marquette's is not.

Providence, Xavier, Vandy; Southern Cal, Rhode Island, Kansas St, Houston, Cal; Georgia, and TCU  are still alive.   

I'm not worried about any of those teams you just listed besides PC. And I'm not worried about PC, just have a hard time seeing us being seeded above them. But maybe their 2 sub 200 losses make up for their 2 one posession wins over us.

The reat of those teams? We're comfortably ahead of them.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

If the season ended today, we'd be in.  Problem is, bubble teams are still playing, and their resumes are getting better. Marquette's is not.

Providence, Xavier, Vandy; Southern Cal, Rhode Island, Kansas St, Houston, Cal; Georgia, and TCU  are still alive.   

This is true. They are the teams we have to keep an eye on....minus TCU, Cal, Houston, and Georgia. Those teams are so far behind us at this point that they would need to win their conference tournaments in order to pass us....at which point they would become an auto-bid and then the point becomes moot.

People forget, there is very little you can do to improve and damage your resume this time of year. If Baylor beats Kansas State, then all we have to worry about is a bid thief bonanza.

[muguru]

This is true. They are the teams we have to keep an eye on....minus TCU, Cal, Houston, and Georgia. Those teams are so far behind us at this point that they would need to win their conference tournaments in order to pass us....at which point they would become an auto-bid and then the point becomes moot.

People forget, there is very little you can do to improve and damage your resume this time of year. If Baylor beats Kansas State, then all we have to worry about is a bid thief bonanza.

Tell that to Syracuse with McNamara. Went from being OUT before the BE tourney that year..won the thing and got a 6 seed.

[GGGG]

nm

[buckchuckler]

Without knowing who Lunardis last 4 byes are, thats hard to say. We'll find out tomorrow. But they're not moving ahead of a team that swept them.

So.... Butler will be ahead of Villanova?  Not sure about the credibility of that particular metric.  Depends on the tourney, but right now most "experts" had us ahead of Providence, and they swept us.   

[Coleman]

Wow. Seems like a big task. How much sand will this take?

[Herman Cain]

Wait. You are willing to bet that MU doesn't make it?
Because I will make a paypal account right now to make an actual bet with you.

NO  I am saying I am in the camp that says MU WILL make it . I am flip flopping with the course of events.