“Tell your sister to stop calling me.” | Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Xavier’s super sophomore has been turning up the production in January, but he’s not even approaching his ceiling. If you watched Xavier take on UConn over the weekend, you could be forgiven for thinking Dailyn Swain was at his basketball zenith. He announced before the … [Read more...] about Dailyn Swain hasn’t even arrived yet
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Victory Sunday Conversation
Good to see Coach Miller happy | Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Your team isn’t playing, our team isn’t playing, so let’s talk Xavier. Brad: What a game. Did a Husky have illicit congress with Dante Maddox’ mother? What a game he had. He was just a lunatic agent of chaos. He doesn’t care where he’s facing, where the basket is, where a … [Read more...] about Victory Sunday Conversation
Xavier v. UConn: preview, matchups, keys to the game
“Hello, coach? I can’t play today, I’m all ouchy.” | Robert Goddin-Imagn Images This is a big one. Xavier has lost eight games this year. They got thumped by Michigan. They got run off the floor at Cintas against St. John’s. Aside from those two games, they’ve played every loss right down to the wire. This is a team with a resume on life support, but the capacity to … [Read more...] about Xavier v. UConn: preview, matchups, keys to the game
Officiating is getting worse because no one cares
“Hey Brian... You suck!” | Jim O’Connor-Imagn Images Oversight is not a thing, because, again, no one cares What do you do for work? Think about it for a second. Put yourself in your place of work, mentally, of course, unless you’re reading this while you’re there. You probably have a boss, you probably have co-workers, you probably have a system in place to assure that … [Read more...] about Officiating is getting worse because no one cares
Xavier v. St. John’s: preview, matchups, keys to the game
Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images Xavier already has one huge Q1 road win in the last week. Can they add another? Last time these two teams met, Xavier was in a spiral. They hadn’t won a game of consequence since before Thanksgiving, they had lost 5 KenPom A games by a total of 17 points at the end of regulation, and they were coming in having lost 4 of 5. The story of … [Read more...] about Xavier v. St. John’s: preview, matchups, keys to the game