Lunardi: XU/Stanford battle for #2 seed

[Xman95]

I'm not an ESPN Insider, so I couldn't read the whole article, but this was the intro to a Lunardi column:

Let's empty the mailbag as best we can:

Should Xavier be a No. 2 seed over Stanford? The SOS [strength of schedule] and records speak for themselves. At the time of this projection, Xavier was No. 24 vs. No. 120 for the Cardinal.

[DARTANYAN22XU]

Stanford's SOS is a joke and XU's RPI is 6. Assuming we win out, we'll definitely lock up a 2 seed.

If the selection committee is deadlocked and can't decide which team deserves a 2 seed, I recommend a battle royal mascot fight: The XU Blob vs. Stanford's frickin' tree.

We bring in Don King to promote it and milk the NCAA corporate partners for all they're worth.

GO X!

[10-20-30]

At the end of the day all things relatively equal...sos withstanding...I'm worried X will get the shaft at the hands of a big 6 team with NCAA history....
I still think X could easily drop either the last game ever at hawk hill...or atleast that little gym...or in the a10 tourney, that would put us at a 3-5 more realistically, win out and it's a 3, lose 1 or 2 and its a 4-6...JMHO

[klark]

I think even if they lose a game, they remain a 3. That is as long as the one game is St. Joe's. They lose to anyone else and I think you're right, 4 may be what they get. On the other hand, win out and it would be hard to argue against them getting a 2. For all the talk of a 1, I believe that is out of the question barring a collapse by one of the big schools.

[muskieman]

Hard to believe that the coaches have Stanford at 8 and X at 11. Then again their last three games should take care of them.

[Daaa Muskies]

Has anyone ever seen Stanford's non-conference schedule? What a joke!
8-18 Harvard W
12-15 Northwestern State W
20-7 Cal. Santa Barbara W
@7-18 Northwestern W
@17-10 Siena L
10-14 Yale W
6-20 Colorado State W
4-21 Sacramento State W
@10-16 Colorado W
14-13 Santa Clara W
@15-11 Texas Tech W* Their "Signature Win"
13-15 Fresno State W

That would be an impressive overall record of 134 - 178.

[XU Mark]

We are getting a 3 seed, thats about right, get a good draw and get to the final 4 ! Im not scared of any team in this tourney!

[10-20-30]

the irony here is stanford is one of a few teams that feature a legit low post presence, or a couple of them...we have not palyed a team with tons of interior size that wants to pack it into the half court offense, the oner thing X lacks is size to compete with these teams AT THEIR GAME...againts a legit front court we need love to step up and be big, this is ok, just not one of x's stong suits... Maybe I'm forgetting someopne but have we played a team with a legit traditional back to the basket big man? beasley is just a player from all over the court...im talking about something a kin to the twins at stanford...


that said, x is just the type of team that could dictate their own style of play and push the ball, renedering those big men useless, but in a slow deliberate man to man game not sure who would mark their #4 or what we would do if love got in foul trouble??

X is deep, just not in the front court and this is a fact

[Daaa Muskies]

Agreed 10-20-30, that's why I wouldn't want to see us end up in the same bracket as UNC or UCLA because they feature two of the best bigs in the nation and I think they could give us problems. X can play with anyone but I would to see them wind up in the same bracket as duke or texas because neither of those teams have a true center which would be a great matchup for us.