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
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Sunday Conversation: Gearing up for the BET
Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Brad: I’m a huge Dante Maddox guy so I may be biased here, but did he change this game today? Freemantle and Conwell were excellent, but Dante somehow quietly racked up seven assists and no turnovers and brought his special brand of energy. Joel: Well... he played 17 minutes and Xavier was +11 with him on the … [Read more...] about Sunday Conversation: Gearing up for the BET
Big East Tournament Preview
Brad Penner-Imagn Images The best conference tournament in college basketball kicks off Wednesday. We tend to focus on Xavier here. That is, after all, what our reason for existence is. Starting this week, though, college basketball tips over the top of the hill and starts a down hill sprint to the Final Four. It’s worth taking a quick breath here at the start to see … [Read more...] about Big East Tournament Preview
Xavier is too good to leave out of the NCAA Tournament
Let this guy have a Sweet 16 run. | Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The Muskies have shown their strength over the last 15 games. There might be teams with better resumes near the bubble, but there isn't a better team there than Xavier. Sure, the Muskies are 1-9 in Q1 games this year, but there are plenty of reasons to ignore that mark. X … [Read more...] about Xavier is too good to leave out of the NCAA Tournament
Xavier v. Providence: preview, matchups, keys to the game
He walk around like Teezo. | Eric Canha-Imagn Images The hard work is done, but even the lowest hurdle can be stumbled over. When these two teams met in the middle of February, I led the preview by saying the game didn't matter. In fact, I asserted that none of Xavier's remaining games mattered except home to Creighton, and that one only mattered if it was a win and all … [Read more...] about Xavier v. Providence: preview, matchups, keys to the game