Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images Xavier hasn’t played a single game outside of Cintas this year; they’ve got a chance to play a couple that will help in March this week. It’s no secret that Xavier hasn’t been significantly tested this year. Wake started the season in the mid-40s in the KenPom; with one more mediocre performance, they’ll drop out of the top 100 entirely. … [Read more...] about Xavier v. South Carolina: preview, matchups, keys to the game
Xavier is off to a historic three-point shooting start
Albert Cesare/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Through five games, the Muskies are burning the nets at a torrid pace unseen in the program's history. As you may have noticed, this year's Xavier team can really shoot it. I mean, really shoot it. After a season in which many facets of the teams offense were underwhelming, Sean Miller retooled on the fly … [Read more...] about Xavier is off to a historic three-point shooting start
Xavier swats aside Siena, 80-55
Albert Cesare/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Xavier starts the Ft. Myers Tipoff in Cincinnati by crushing Siena. We discussed on the podcast and in an article earlier this week (and our brand new Blue Sky account @bannersparkway.bsky.social!) that it is hard to tell exactly how good Xavier is when they keep playing cupcakes. All you can do in buy … [Read more...] about Xavier swats aside Siena, 80-55
Xavier v. Siena: preview, matchups, keys to the game
Before you know it, young people, guys you watched play are going to be coaching. | Rich Barnes-Imagn Images The Muskies are right back to a parade of low-majors with a built-from-scratch Siena team. It doesn’t seem that long ago that I was young, but here we are with Gerry McNamara coaching a D1 basketball team. He’s in his first season as the head man at Siena, and … [Read more...] about Xavier v. Siena: preview, matchups, keys to the game
When will Xavier get tested?
Albert Cesare/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images It’s not that hard to be 4-0 right now. It takes real competition to see how good a team is. There’s a very real sense in which we don’t know much about the Xavier Musketeers at this point. Yes, they are 4-0, but so are 44 other teams including powers like Furman, Longwood, and the mighty Thunderbirds of … [Read more...] about When will Xavier get tested?