Xavier vs. Minnesota

[xu_fan]

Minnesota took down TCU today 61-56 so the muskies will take on the Gophers tommorrow at 3:30pm, I believe. Bring on another BCS team, huh? Does anyone know anything about them?

[XU-PA]

Current rpi=75
5-1 now with wins over TCU, North Dakota State, Colorado, UI Chicago and Lamar, loss is to Utah. The best win is Lamar 105rpi so they really haven't been tested,
They've got size across the board, while none of their starters or key subs will match size with T and Amber, their starters are 5-10, 5-11, 5-11, 6-1 and 6-2.
As a team they are averaging 75 ppg, the starters average only 52 of those.

With that much size I can't see them running much, donm't recall Minn ever being a running team. Their top two subs are of the running size though, maybe that's what they bring to the game, those 2 players are their number 4 and 5 scorers while the last 2 starters are their #6 and 7 scorers.
They go 7 deep, 2 guards combo for PG and between them put together 8 assists and 4 tournovers per game, they net 14 ppg together. the #2 position, again a pair split the time they score about 10 per game and account for more turnovers than assists. Their frontcourt averages 38 ppg which is close to ours, but they don't have nearly the shooting accuracy and not nearly the ability on the boards. Our frontcourt is averaging 26 rpg, theirs 14.
Should be a good game, on paper the Musketeers dominate them at every position whether it be speed or size. We only outscore them by a couple ppg but we've played a much tougher schedule.