X will Dance due to Covid
Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2021 2:21 pm
X wont make the initial field, but we will be one of the four at large replacements and slide into a high seed after Covid knocks out a few qualifiers.
Book it.
Book it.
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tacitus wrote: ↑Sat Mar 13, 2021 2:05 amFor this to happen,
1) A team in the field of 68 has to withdraw from the tournament, but few teams would be willing to do that unless it is forced upon of them; unlike the regular season, in the post season most teams will go on with depleted rosters;
2) A team also has to withdraw at least 2 days prior to the first tournament game; that means by next Tuesday evening;
3) Enough teams have to withdraw so that the Committee goes far enough down their list to wherever they have X;
4) Xavier cannot be in covid protocol itself.
Also... what happens if Xavier has already accepted a bid to the NIT when they get an invite to the Big Dance? Can they play in two tournaments?
The NCAA was very vague about the possibility of replacements. All they said is that there would be no replacements as from 48 hours prior to the first tip off.
So it would have to happen on Sunday, almost immediately after the field is announced. Very unlikely overall...
As far as I know, there have been no public statements about replacements beyond that no replacements will be made after the 48-hour threshold. This seems to imply that replacements will be possible from Sunday evening through Tuesday evening. But nothing about such a process has been made public. If they do do this, they will have to have a rather long list of 10 or more teams ready to go. Maybe they will have a "first four out" and "next four out." Maybe they will say conference tourney runner ups automatically replace auto bids. Everything is speculation now and whatever they do will be controversial.basket wrote: ↑Sat Mar 13, 2021 4:53 amtacitus wrote: ↑Sat Mar 13, 2021 2:05 amFor this to happen,
1) A team in the field of 68 has to withdraw from the tournament, but few teams would be willing to do that unless it is forced upon of them; unlike the regular season, in the post season most teams will go on with depleted rosters;
2) A team also has to withdraw at least 2 days prior to the first tournament game; that means by next Tuesday evening;
3) Enough teams have to withdraw so that the Committee goes far enough down their list to wherever they have X;
4) Xavier cannot be in covid protocol itself.
Also... what happens if Xavier has already accepted a bid to the NIT when they get an invite to the Big Dance? Can they play in two tournaments?
The NCAA was very vague about the possibility of replacements. All they said is that there would be no replacements as from 48 hours prior to the first tip off.
So it would have to happen on Sunday, almost immediately after the field is announced. Very unlikely overall...
So on Sunday will the NCAA announce a "waiting list"? If not they should!!!