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Sam Greene/The Enquirer-Imagn Images The Muskies didn't look great on Monday; they could use to step it up on Friday. When I think of a buy game, my mind goes to See Davis dropping 22/4/15 on an entirely overmatched Fairleigh-Dickinson team or Xavier combining to shoot 12-21 from deep in doubling up Morehead State. What I don't think of is trailing at the half to a … [Read more...] about Xavier needs to take a step forward tomorrow

This picture is old, but this guy balled out and deserves the recognition. | Albert Cesare/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Xavier never really got up through the gears, but a win is a win. So, perhaps that was not the blowout we all wanted to see, but a win is a win. This one was not pretty at that start, or through the middle, and the ending was not … [Read more...] about Xavier 78-69 Texas Southern

Xavier was supposed to go on a run after the last time these two teams met | Christopher Hanewinckel-Imagn Images Basketball is back! The Cintas will be rocking tonight whne the season finally tips off. The air has chilled, the sun has started setting at 5pm, the holidays are just around the corner, and college basketball has entered the fold to carry you through all of … [Read more...] about Xavier v. Texas Southern: Preview, players, and keys to the game

Brad Penner-Imagn Images Xavier will contest three buy games before getting to anything resembling the meat of the schedule; this is the last of those. Jackson State has the resume of a buy game, and I don’t just mean in terms of current results (since they don’t have any). They have more D2 tournament wins (4) than they do national tournament wins at the D1 level (2). … [Read more...] about Know Your Non-conference Opponent: Jackson State

Robert Goddin-Imagn Images These guys lost a lot, but they didn’t lose their coach If you thought Seton Hall would follow the Xavier mold of winning the NIT and then keeping that core together for another run, you were tragically wrong. Last season, the Pirates exceeded expectations by a considerable amount. They didn’t light up the non-conference schedule, but were a … [Read more...] about Big East Team Preview: Seton Hall