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13th year senior Eric Dixon leads Nova | Kyle Ross-Imagn Images Must win games in January are rarely a good sign. Did you know that Xavier has split with Villanova over the last two seasons? I know that’s hard to process, because it seems like the Wildcats have beaten Xavier by 20 every time they’ve played since X joined the Big East. That’s not true. In fact, Xavier … [Read more...] about Xavier v. Villanova: Preview, matchups, keys to the game

Frank Bowen IV/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Someone had to be the hero for Xavier to finally win one of these. I guess that’s how you break out of a shooting slump. I wrote in the last recap that Ryan Conwell had found other ways to contribute when his shot wasn’t falling. After a six-point first half and only one made three, he decided to get … [Read more...] about Ryan Conwell drags Xavier home

Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images Not much at stake here. What's the least excited you've ever been for a Xavier game? Early buy games don't bring much buzz, but there's always that new season feeling of anticipation with them. Aside from that, it's hard to think of many truly meaningless games in recent Xavier history. That's what makes this game against DePaul so … [Read more...] about Xavier v. DePaul: preview, matchups, keys to the game

Been there | Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images It wasn’t always pretty, but my goodness did Xavier need that one. After the “low point” that was the St. John’s game, you’d be forgiven for thinking this team might struggle on the road in Chicago. They did. For about 13 minutes. They then closed the half on a 21-3 run, which basically ended the … [Read more...] about Xavier 77-63 DePaul: Back to the land of the living

Katie Stratman-Imagn Images This is our low point. "This is our low point." That was Sean Miller's main point - or was it a promise? - from the post game presser after St. John's ran Xavier out of their own tonight. You hope he was right. It started the way too many of these have started this year. After the team exchanged tentative early possessions and the score was … [Read more...] about This is our low point