If you had told me a month ago that I would be sweating the bubble at all, I wouldn't have believed you. It would have seemed conceivable, but I would have been convinced you were just doing it to shake me. Here we are though.
Xavier is currently positioned fairly well despite having not played fairly well since the Earth's surface was still cooling. They're currently a 10 seed in the bracket matrix and hanging about half a dozen teams above the cut line. The Muskies are definitely in a position where a bid thief or two - or their own continued inability to play basketball - could have them playing in the NIT.