Central Connecticut vs Long Island

[xubrew]

Big fight at the end of the game. Should make ESPN, which means...well...we all know what that means.

This was much bigger. Happened in the handshake line, and apparently fans spilled out onto the court.

[paulxu]

Reflection Time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[coasterville95]

They will blame us somehow! They will determine one of the fans that rushed the court and joined the fight had a third cousin twice removed who attended a Xavier game and thus their attitude led to the Melee. :)

[BlueGuy]

Connecticut is so big, that they have regional schools. Never heard of Central Conn.

[XULucho27]

I can see the headline now:

Xavier brawl incites atmosphere of violence in NCAA; Sparks Central Connecticut - Long Island fight.

[Xaviertutu52]

any video of this brawl? Clearly they are all awful kids

[X-band '01]

Connecticut is so big, that they have regional schools. Never heard of Central Conn.

I've only heard of CCSU because they played Ohio State in Lexington right before Xavier-BYU back in the 2007 Tournament.

At least they picked a good time to have a fight - the entire media is too preoccupied with the Super Bowl to give a damn right now.

[LadyMuskie]

I can see the headline now:

Xavier brawl incites atmosphere of violence in NCAA; Sparks Central Connecticut - Long Island fight.

The article will then focus on how Tu's words during the Shootout and in the post-game press conference on December 10 caused the fight tonight between these two schools. This Tu Holloway fellow needs to be stopped!

[paulxu]

I go to ESPN front basketball page...not one word can I find about this fight.
We were so lucky to be on that page in one form or another for 2 straight weeks.

[Masterofreality]

I go to ESPN front basketball page...not one word can I find about this fight.
We were so lucky to be on that page in one form or another for 2 straight weeks.

Amazing since the fight occurred in BESPN's Connecticut back yard.

[paulxu]

I can't even find anything on this supposed fight on Google.

[sgarcia]

What fight?

[BlueX]

Only mention I see of it is on a ccsu messageboard where 1 poster asks about it. Strange that even the recaps of the game don't mention it.
http://ccsufans.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2265&sid=9fa50dc687e7ff7949cb679fc1130b23

[paulxu]

Brew, where did you get your info on fight, fans on court, etc.?

[Juice]

Brew, where did you get your info on fight, fans on court, etc.?

Jeff Borzello of CBS Sports was tweeting about it

[Cheesehead]

I smell coverup.

[paulxu]

Probably has a lot to do with Feinstein's comment of us being on the national stage doing things the right way to now being reviled....vs. 2 small schools.

I was looking at a top recruit in Iowa's story on a local Iowa paper. There was a high school game where a fight broke out. The way they reported it was that it was broken up before it could go Cincinnati-Xavier. Will take us till next year until it's gone, and I'm not even sure then if we do good.

[xubrew]

Apparently there is no video of it. I heard about it second hand from someone that was covering it. Although it was second hand, I have absolutely no reason to think this person would be making it up. I'm pretty certain that it happened. It has gotten next to zero coverage, though.

[STL_XUfan]

I go to ESPN front basketball page...not one word can I find about this fight.
We were so lucky to be on that page in one form or another for 2 straight weeks.

Not to mention that ESPN went back to the archives on Saturday to show a 2 minute all out brawl from an old MU v. kU game in order to show the greatness of the rivalry.

[Masterofreality]

Not to mention that ESPN went back to the archives on Saturday to show a 2 minute all out brawl from an old MU v. kU game in order to show the greatness of the rivalry.

Self-serving bastards.

[waggy]

In todays media news, if there is no vid it might as well have not happened. But even if there were it probably wouldn't get the play that X did, because well, they ain't The Show.

[GoMuskies]

If two low-majors fight and no one cares, did it really happen?