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Long way still to October |
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May 03, 2012 - 9:32 AM - by Muskie
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Long way still to October
By WKRQ59
“Keep the Tums handy when you consume food for thought,” Joey Hartburne
Spent much last month plowing through the well fertilized fields of both Xavier related chat rooms, especially the threads regarding Mark Lyons, Rasheed Davis and Kareem Richardson. Excuse me while I try to get the odor out of my nostrils.
While I read, I came to several conclusions:
1)It is the off-season at its ugly best, or worst.
2)Some of us have way too much time on our hands, me included.
3)Ironclad opinions changed radically between February and May.
4)Hatred born in a classroom 20 years ago remains, no matter what. (read more)
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Sweet Melancholia--The Offseason |
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Apr 02, 2012 - 8:12 AM - by Muskie
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Sweet Melancholia--The Offseason
By WKRQ59
Each year at this time, I suffer a sweet melancholia. My favorite season of the year, the college basketball conflicts, is about to end and I'll be faced with almost seven months of rumour, speculation, false-carding, extreme hype of incoming freshmen and potential recruits and often unrealistic expectations of the season to come that is known as The OffSeason.
Having survived realistic threats to the destruction of my eternal optimism experienced by close association with Xavier's 3-23 season of 1972-73 which featured lowlights of 4, 6 and 13-game losing streaks, the older I get, the more I fret over our beloved Musketeers' future and the hope renewed each off-season for a Final Four no matter how impossible it may seem.
To quote the late Gilda Radner in her wonderful role of Emily Litella on Saturday Night Live, "It's Always Something." If it's not some big-6 university coming to steal our coach, or a budding superstar (see David West, Derrick Brown, Jordan Crawford or Tu Holloway) pondering a jump to the NBA, it's a player transferring or a committed recruit having a change of heart. (Read More)
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Baylor too much for Xavier |
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Mar 24, 2012 - 10:15 AM - by Examiner Guy
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Coming back from double-digit deficits finally caught up with Xavier.
After erasing double-digit deficits in their first two games of the NCAA Tournament, the Muskies could not overcome an 18 point Baylor cushion, falling to the Bears, 75-70 in the regional semi-finals in Atlanta Friday.
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