Xavier

This guy deserved far better | Frank Bowen IV/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images It hurts to care this much. A peak behind the curtain here. I’m a guy with four decades in my rearview, I have Pat Kelsey levels of domestic happiness, I don’t wear sweatpants to work, but I have a good job, and I get to coach high school soccer. My life is objectively good. … [Read more...] about Love is pain

Calling on all (Luis)Angels to aid my Musketeers | Photo by Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Are you a Xavier fan hoping to see enough teams torpedo their chances today to get the Muskies in? Same. Here is who to watch. There is a sense in which things could have gone better from a Xavier perspective yesterday. North Carolina and Texas both won and, … [Read more...] about Bubble Watch: Rabbit Out Of The Hat Time Edition

Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images The bubble situation could not be more clear: if Xavier wins this one, they’re in. Well. A season that tipped off five months ago has come to the pointy end, and the whole operation for Xavier could very well come down to these 40 minutes. The injuries, the slow start, the strong finish... it’s all been prologue to whatever story these two … [Read more...] about Xavier v. Marquette: Big East Tournament preview, matchups, keys to the game

West Ham have some work to do to make the NCAA Tournament | Photo by Harry Murphy - Danehouse/Getty Images Almost everyone on the bubble is in action today. Here is who needs to take care of business to get in and who can keep their hopes alive if someone slips up. Three teams from yesterday’s edition who will not be appearing today are Arkansas, Cincinnati, and Ohio … [Read more...] about Bubble Watch: Championship Week Thursday

Get it? Because it’s a bubble? | Photo by Rob Newell - CameraSport via Getty Images Once again, we’re in a situation where this matters. Five years ago today, the world stopped. It was an utterly incomprehensible turn of events. The Big East tournament stopped mid-game, Travis Steele was denied his first bid to the NCAA tournament, and soon sports functionally stopped. … [Read more...] about Bubble Watch: Major conference tournament edition