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Steven Branscombe-USA TODAY Sports The first day at MSG served up one good game, one predictable one, and Butler losing. St. John’s 76-63 Butler What would be hilarious involving Butler? Would it be the insistence on calling being normal The Butler Way? What if that bit of self-aggrandizing was undercut by two guys going academically ineligible right before the biggest … [Read more...] about Day One of the Big East Tournament

Katie Stratman-USA TODAY Sports Here is what you have been waiting for since March 19th, 2022 Any time the Cleveland Guardians/Indians make the baseball playoffs the best radio announcer in the game, Tom Hamilton, yells, “Cleveland, you will have an October to remember.” It’s a rite that has not in any way been diminished with time. It means, excitement, shredded … [Read more...] about Tournament play starts today

Is he flexing? Is he angry? Does it matter? | Albert Cesare / The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK Sean Miller is low on cards to play, but he has been making all the right calls with a diminished bench. At the end of January, it looked like the sky was the limit for Xavier. At 17-5 and 9-2 in conference, they looked like they were poised to make a run at the league title … [Read more...] about Xavier has, somehow, kept its stride without Zach Freemantle

Katie Stratman-USA TODAY Sports The foot injury that plagued last season for Big Frosty has ended this one. There's no spinning this, Freemantle was a huge part of what made Xavier a team that battled toward the top of the Big East this season and was playing at a level that merited all-Big East consideration before missing the final 9 games. Now he will have season … [Read more...] about Good news for people who love bad news: Zach Freemantle’s season is over.

Albert Cesare / The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK Xavier overcame their own understandable apathy and a really miserable Butler team to end the regular season on winning note. Xavier won this one at something of a trot. Butler is a really bad basketball team. They have one good win this year, a home win over Xavier that required some horrendous officiating at the end to … [Read more...] about Xavier 78-66 Butler: On to the BET after a semi-listless win