Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images Here we go again, again... Xavier needs to win the next three. If they don’t, there are mathematical ways back onto the bubble but not realistic ones. The season that started with such high hopes will hinge on being able to get hot at the right time at MSG and pilfer the auto bid, Patrick Ewing style. The hole the Muskies have dug is deep, but … [Read more...] about Xavier v. St. John’s: preview, matchups, keys to the game
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Play the whole game
Daniel Kucin Jr.-Imagn Images There is just one key to tonight’s game: play all of it. Joel had one thought to wrap up his preview of tonight’s contest against St. John’s: Play the whole game. I swear if I watch Xavier wilt out of the pointy end of the game after the whole of Musketeer Twitter fires off “Win the war, win the game” one more time, I’m gonna lose my mind. … [Read more...] about Play the whole game
Who should take the blame?
Jerome looks as downcast as most of us feel | Daniel Kucin Jr.-Imagn Images Xavier’s season is in the balance, and no one is happy about it. It’s fair to say that Xavier Nation is in an emotionally agitated state right now. The suggestion that it’s auto bid or bust didn’t go over well, neither did the idea that Coach Sean Miller shouldn’t be painted as the bad guy quite … [Read more...] about Who should take the blame?
Musings about this team
Either a really good coach, or a really bad one. Ymmv | Daniel Kucin Jr.-Imagn Images The more things have changed, the more they’ve stayed the same. There are many takes flying around on where Xavier’s season stands right now. The team was on the cusp of wins at TCU, at UC, at UConn, home against Marquette, and, most recently, at Georgetown. That leaves the team at 0-6 … [Read more...] about Musings about this team
Xavier v. Georgetown: preview, matchups, keys to the game
Good coach? Science lacks the tools to say for certain. | Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images Win this and I'll start to believe in spite of myself. So. Beating Seton Hall was like stealing candy from a baby, both in that it was easy to the point of being apparently slightly mean-spirited and that it didn't really do anything that will impress the selection committee. That win in … [Read more...] about Xavier v. Georgetown: preview, matchups, keys to the game