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The first ESPN bubble watch came out today. Big East is as follows:

Locks: Villanova
Should be in: Xavier, Providence
Work left to do: Seton Hall, Butler, Georgetown.

They also mentioned several times that they like Creighton a lot but can't justify including them on the bubble while their RPI is around 100.

Well, with wins over 'Nova and Xavier in the next 7 days, the Bluejays will be back in the bubble mix.

I don't know what else X needs to do to be considered a lock...weird.

I can't believe Iowa is a lock. Any team which loses to Dayton shouldn't be a lock.

If Xavier beats Marquette on Saturday and Michigan can beat Iowa to end the year, then X will have a huge leg up on Iowa if they are in contention for 1 spot on a seed line. Xavier would be 4-0 against common opponents and Iowa would be 2-2.

Hall2012 wrote:The first ESPN bubble watch came out today. Big East is as follows:

Locks: Villanova
Should be in: Xavier, Providence
Work left to do: Seton Hall, Butler, Georgetown.

They also mentioned several times that they like Creighton a lot but can't justify including them on the bubble while their RPI is around 100.

This is abjectly hilarious where Xavier is concerned. When was the last time that the Number 5 team in the Country, and higher than that in the RPI, not a lock at this time of the year? This team has the most -7- wins over top 50 RPI teams in the US! And they are still not a lock.

ESPN is a joke anymore...and horrifically biased against the Big East. But we all knew that already.

Masterofreality wrote:

Hall2012 wrote:The first ESPN bubble watch came out today. Big East is as follows:

Locks: Villanova
Should be in: Xavier, Providence
Work left to do: Seton Hall, Butler, Georgetown.

They also mentioned several times that they like Creighton a lot but can't justify including them on the bubble while their RPI is around 100.

This is abjectly hilarious where Xavier is concerned. When was the last time that the Number 5 team in the Country, and higher than that in the RPI, not a lock at this time of the year? This team has the most -7- wins over top 50 RPI teams in the US! And they are still not a lock.

ESPN is a joke anymore...and horrifically biased against the Big East. But we all knew that already.

Nothing to see here. He only lists a total of 5 schools as "locks" and says X is as close as possible without being a lock. Let the fun happen!

Lock = "Lose out and still be safe"

0-10 would mean: 19-12 Overall, 9-12 vs Top 100, RPI about 50. And of course, a 10-game losing streak. That's not safe.

BUMP...

no updates since at least 3 Feb? Here's a take:

Technically SH and Prov are a coin flip...either can claim "should be in" status, but both have
a difficult stretch run. I still contend the BE will get 5 in the tourney, but 9-9/10-8 conference
record is required.

NCAA Locks: Villanova, Xavier
Probably in: Seton Hall
Bubble: Providence, Butler, Creighton
out: Marquette, Georgetown

So with that...Villanova, X, Creighton, SH, Prov (in order) get bids.

Discussion?:

gtmoBlue wrote:BUMP...

no updates since at least 3 Feb? Here's a take:

Technically SH and Prov are a coin flip...either can claim "should be in" status, but both have
a difficult stretch run. I still contend the BE will get 5 in the tourney, but 9-9/10-8 conference
record is required.

NCAA Locks: Villanova, Xavier
Probably in: Seton Hall
Bubble: Providence, Butler, Creighton
out: Marquette, Georgetown

So with that...Villanova, X, Creighton, SH, Prov (in order) get bids.

Discussion?:

Providence isn't on the bubble. They beat DePaul and St John's will be in.....
If anything Seton Hall is closer to the bubble. They need 1 win out of @ Georgetown, PC, X, @ Butler.

Butler needs to win 3 games out of Creighton, @ Georgetown, Seton Hall, and Marquette.
Creighton needs to win 4 games out of @ Butler, Marquette, St John's, @ PC, @ X.