Katie Stratman-USA TODAY Sports Xavier needs to go on an unlikely run to make the NCAA tournament. We've talked for a while now about Xavier's season being on life support. Ever since they lost three consecutive home games - including two Q3 defeats - in December, they've been behind the game in terms of at-large consideration. It's tough to rally from that kind of hit … [Read more...] about Five in a row or four in a row
This is the way the season ends…
God bless Des, he tried. | Katie Stratman-USA TODAY Sports Not with a bang, but a whimper Shape without form, shade without colour, paralysed force, gesture without motion That is actually a couplet from a poem by TS Eliot, not a description of Xavier’s offense in the second half. You can be forgiven for not knowing the difference. This season is over as competition. … [Read more...] about This is the way the season ends…
Sean Miller is not a happy man
Katie Stratman-USA TODAY Sports Xavier’s coach finally said what we’ve all been thinking. “That’s five fouls in a row.” That’s what Sean Miller said to the referees last night in what was, frankly speaking, a horribly officiated game. While Des Claude and Quincy Olivari absorbed contact on every drive and Devin Carter got the kid glove treatment he has come to expect, … [Read more...] about Sean Miller is not a happy man
How realistic are Xavier’s at large chances?
Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports The Musketeers have some very heavy lifting to do I am not, by nature, a negative person. Sure, that’s the role I play on the podcast and how the rest of the staff here sees me, but I always think the best will eventually happen. No point in getting too down when the next dawn is just around the corner. I went to an NIT game once and … [Read more...] about How realistic are Xavier’s at large chances?
Xavier v. Providence: preview, matchups, keys to the game
Eric Canha-USA TODAY Sports Not a lot of gloss on this one; Xavier has to win. It has been a week. Last time out, Xavier needed to win at Seton Hall to keep the season rolling; instead, they failed to show up and got obliterated before it was clear they were even present. Now they’re staring down the barrel of a basically impossible stretch of games, a need to go 5-1 … [Read more...] about Xavier v. Providence: preview, matchups, keys to the game