Rather than herald the job this guy did with five players we’re panicking? No. | Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports Two losses in a row do not a season ruin, nor do they spell oncoming doom Well then. It took approximately zero minutes after the conclusion of last night’s game for the Twitter hysteria to begin. If it wasn’t people tweeting praying hands and worrying about … [Read more...] about Xavier is still absolutely fine
Renovations coming to the Cintas
Albert Cesare/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK The best home court in college basketball is going to get a little bit better I’ve been to a lot of places to watch college basketball. I’ve been places as small as Georgetown College’s cafegymatorium and places as big as Conseco Fieldhouse to watch ten dudes run up and down the court. Small places have their charms (except … [Read more...] about Renovations coming to the Cintas
Super Bowl Sunday Conversation
Grace Hollars/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK When the world was watching football, we talked basketball. Brad: The refs are going to take headlines from that game, and they should. It was an incorrect application of Rule 15.2.a that led to that final call. It's a complicated rule, but there were three people being handsomely rewarded to know it, and they evidently … [Read more...] about Super Bowl Sunday Conversation
Rule 15.2.a and the state of officials in college basketball
Robert Goddin-USA TODAY Sports College basketball has a serious problem, and now it is impacting games. I need to start this with a caveat. I’m aware that Xavier played horribly on Friday. They were trash in almost every facet of the game against a team that is horrible. Butler is going nowhere, Thad Matta isn’t the guy, they’re a mostly irrelevant program. Xavier lost … [Read more...] about Rule 15.2.a and the state of officials in college basketball
Xavier has everything go wrong at Butler
Robert Goddin-USA TODAY Sports It was another road game against a Big East cellar dweller and another night to forget for the Muskies Coming off a week off, still without the services of Zach Freemantle, Xavier looked like a team that needed a break, not a team that just got one. A sluggish start on offense coupled with a typical start on defense to put X in a hole … [Read more...] about Xavier has everything go wrong at Butler