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Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images Xavier went on the road and just flat out didn’t show up in getting pounded by Creighton. We all knew coming in to this week that 1-1 was probably best case scenario. I don’t think anyone was expecting the loss to be like this, though. Xavier was at the CHI Health Center in body, but not in spirit. Brian O’Connell was there in his … [Read more...] about Xavier 67-84 Creighton: Takeaways from a road beat down

Maybe these guys are getting together to figure it out | David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports Xavier is 9-1 in the Big East and 6-3 in Q1 games, but is fourth in the conference in NET. Why? Xavier is quite good this season. They are 9-1 in the Big East, 6-3 in Quad One games, have lost once since their Thanksgiving tournament, and have beaten Marquette, UConn (twice), and … [Read more...] about What is going with Xavier in the NET?

The crowd was loud a lot in the second half, but not at the final horn. | David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports It wasn’t easy, but sometimes that makes it better. This was never going to be easy. Not in Gampel. Not when UConn desperately needed a win. Not when it was 0-0, not when Xavier led by 17, not when the Huskies crowd carried them back in the second half. It didn’t … [Read more...] about Xavier 82-79 UConn: Tough teams win tough games

Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images 0-2 wouldn’t have been the end of the world this week, but we don’t have to worry about that now. Last Wednesday night/ early Thursday morning, I was writing about Xavier sputtering to an embarassing loss to DePaul. In that article, I said that good teams have bad games, and there was no serious reason to sound alarm bells on another … [Read more...] about The Muskies get right with a huge road win

Katie Stratman-USA TODAY Sports Xavier struggled to do much of anything last week. That doesn’t have to set the tone going forward, but it doesn’t get easier from here. That was not a good week for Xavier basketball. The Musketeers entered the week 17th in the KenPom, 18th in the NET, on an 11 game winning streak, and on the two seed line on the Bracket Matrix. They … [Read more...] about Xavier Nation takes a deep breath