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Sarcasm aside, not too much to dissect about this game. Xavier is just a better team. Liked our fight...To your point, Xavier is a more seasoned team (especially in their arena), so we were in a position to learn. I don't think that I am drinking the Kool-Aid, but I think that those who feel like we should run the table with 10 underclassmen are being a little ridiculous.
Go Pirates.
Go Pirates.
I don't believe Xavier is a better team. I really believe we played poorly. If we play better at home and get a saner whistle, we can beat those guys.
Catholicman, Please. We are not even close to Xavier. And we will struggle against any team that has a good big man. Farr was like a man against boys. Frank
He was playing against Delgado who was in foul trouble. He was bulling his way to the basket the whole game without ever getting called for a foul. Watch that kid next game around. I guarantee you, with a better whistle, he will not have a game like that in Newark.
Pirated - Good point on the coaching. It is where I am least confident in this current squad. I believe we have the horses, and absent any implosion, I think we are on the right trajectory as long as coaching (or lack thereof) gets in the way. Additionally, please point me to your youtube basketbal
We couldn't sustain the defensive intensity due to foul trouble. However, we do have some real weaknesses in our interior defense.
We get eaten up by veteran bigs like Ochefu and Farr because Delago doesn't get after it defensively and the other two - Anderson and Anthony - just cannot withstand.
I knew we were in trouble from the bigs early in the game when I noticed Farr going into his gradual move to the basket. We should have triple teamed him and gotten at least a jump ball every time he did that.
Boys against men. We played the best we could- X is just better .
Another 2 years and we'll be top tier Big East- if everybody stays and we get a good point guard. But other BE teams have great underclassmen too so we'll have to see.
IW is really playing out of position.
Another 2 years and we'll be top tier Big East- if everybody stays and we get a good point guard. But other BE teams have great underclassmen too so we'll have to see.
IW is really playing out of position.
About what I expected. No one in their right mind would have picked a win at X at the start of the season. The effort was there but our vulnerabilities were on display as well. Inconsistent 3 point shooting (although KC has improved greatly), not enough size, not enough quality depth. A lot of inexperience. Throw in a road game against a top 5 team and you need to play nearly a perfect game to get the W. All that being said we were in the game midway thru the 2nd half.
One vulnerability that X has IMO is its reliance on the 1-3-1. A quality outside shooting team could really tear that apart.
We're right on schedule. The toughest stretch in the schedule is behind us, we've played Nova, Providence, and X on the road already. We're done with Nova. We have chances for four quality wins at home-- G-town, Butler, X, and Providence. There are 11 games left. Can we go 7-4? That gets us in. 6-5? On the bubble.
One vulnerability that X has IMO is its reliance on the 1-3-1. A quality outside shooting team could really tear that apart.
We're right on schedule. The toughest stretch in the schedule is behind us, we've played Nova, Providence, and X on the road already. We're done with Nova. We have chances for four quality wins at home-- G-town, Butler, X, and Providence. There are 11 games left. Can we go 7-4? That gets us in. 6-5? On the bubble.
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Agree completely. Problem is, we can't keep moving him back and forth between the 1 and the 2 and we don't have a pure PG this year or next. I'd still consider having KC and DG bringing the ball up as much as possible and as soon as the next game.
I would bring IW in off the bench. I know he scores and plays defense but he's making offensive mistakes that set us back. And today he struggled badly in the first half. Herky jerky- forcing things. (Goshdurnit I hate the weave?
Need a calming influence out there to start the games and get us the lead.
Need a calming influence out there to start the games and get us the lead.
Hopefully you're being sarcastic. Otherwise, your knowledge of basketball is limited or seen thru pirate blue tinted glasses.
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Exactly what I texted my nephews (Nova fans) during the game X deserves their ranking.
You must not have watched Xavier get destroyed by Nova. Xavier has looked incredibly good at times this year. But they don't handle adversity well.
Xavier will be in. SH will be sweating a Not Invited Tourney birth.
Do you even know what their record is, what the RPI is or where they're ranked?
Yes I am aware of that. I watch a lot of college basketball. Read stats, etc. I never said they were a bad team. It was more about what I was saying about our team. Also, you have to consider that in conference play RPI and rankings are not as meaningful because the teams know each other and have histories against each other.
I would love to be proven wrong but I find it very hard to see X as a top 5 national team.
They have size but that size doesn't compare to the kind of athletic and speedy size that seems to grow on trees in the ACC, SEC, Big XII etc.
Again, I'd love to be proven wrong but neither Villanova nor Xavier have the kind of upside you'd expect from top 5 teams. Unfortunately, even if the RPIs look strong and they get seeded well, these are early Big East exits waiting to happen (again).
Based on the eye test alone rather than computer rankings, we let both games slip away this week. Poor decisions, poor shot selection, selfish play and defensive lapses undermined our excellent hustle, determination, speed and athletic ability. Put another way: our poor coaching undermined our physical talent.
They have size but that size doesn't compare to the kind of athletic and speedy size that seems to grow on trees in the ACC, SEC, Big XII etc.
Again, I'd love to be proven wrong but neither Villanova nor Xavier have the kind of upside you'd expect from top 5 teams. Unfortunately, even if the RPIs look strong and they get seeded well, these are early Big East exits waiting to happen (again).
Based on the eye test alone rather than computer rankings, we let both games slip away this week. Poor decisions, poor shot selection, selfish play and defensive lapses undermined our excellent hustle, determination, speed and athletic ability. Put another way: our poor coaching undermined our physical talent.
