A sight for sore eyes | Frank Bowen IV/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images February drags on as Xavier tries to run the table Congratulations, friends, on living through the first 100 days of February. Grimly, 100 more lie ahead. It defies logic that the daytime hours are growing longer but somehow there is more sullen grey, but here we are. It won’t be 20 … [Read more...] about Checking in
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Xavier v. Butler: Preview, matchups, and keys to the game
Boo this man | David Butler II-Imagn Images Xavier needs this one because Xavier needs all of them. Butler is just here to spoil the fun. You’re probably going to get tired of reading this if you haven’t already, but Xavier cannot afford to lose this game. After the loss against Villanova that I’m going to blame on influenzas A and B, anything resembling a margin for … [Read more...] about Xavier v. Butler: Preview, matchups, and keys to the game
Xavier dishes out a perfunctory beating to move past DePaul
He'd be so good at pointing out the emergency exits on a commercial flight. | Aaron Doster-Imagn Images Couldn't lose, didn't. On to the next. What's the most dissatisfied you've ever been after watching Xavier win by 19? I don't think today's demolition of DePaul ticks that box for me, but there were points in the game where I would have heard a case for it. Things … [Read more...] about Xavier dishes out a perfunctory beating to move past DePaul
Xavier v. DePaul: preview, matchups, keys to the game
Matt Marton-Imagn Images Xavier hosts DePaul in the most must-not-lose of must-win games. In a sense, this is the store brand version of the Providence game that Xavier just won. While against the Friars Xavier took on an opponent led by a fairly new coach and a roster decimated by injuries, against DePaul they'll take on a team in its first year with a new coach and as … [Read more...] about Xavier v. DePaul: preview, matchups, keys to the game
Xavier v. Providence: previews, matchups, keys to the game
Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images This game doesn’t matter. This game doesn’t matter. Neither does Saturday against DePaul, or next Tuesday against Butler. The road trip to Seton Hall? Also meaningless. The next game that matters is Creighton at home, on March 1st. Win that game, and suddenly all of these results are crucial... if they were all wins. Even then, it can all be … [Read more...] about Xavier v. Providence: previews, matchups, keys to the game