Trevon Bluett is MAN

[Emp]

Would never have expected to see 36 minutes and 9 rebounds in his stat line. That was really a step up game for him. If he can avoid putting pounds back on (ghost of Matt Stainbrook) he's going to be a beast.

Seemed headier all over the court, gets the game. A few rushed shots, but hits the must makes.

[THRILLHOUSE]

He and JP are gonna be fun to watch the next 3 years. For us anyway, opposing teams are gonna hate them.

[Smooth]

Love the new-look Bluiett. I don't have a problem with him shooting threes. Keep shooting, keep driving. He should be our leading scorer (by far) this season.

[TUclutch]

Love the new-look Bluiett. I don't have a problem with him shooting threes. Keep shooting, keep driving. He should be our leading scorer (by far) this season.

Has anyone ever had a problem with Bluiett shooting threes? if so, they're stupid

[MuskieXU]

Completely agree. Even on a team with 7 players who can give you double digits any given night its nice to have a go to scorer when you need a basket. Bluiett has seemed to want that role this year. Love the way hes playing.

[bleedXblue]

I think what's scary is that this team hasn't really shot it well yet from 3. There will be a game soon where they'll shoot 50% + and make 8-10

[Xavier]

They shot 43% in the Michigan game. I consider that shooting it well from 3. If X shot that well all season they will be great.

[Snipe]

Trevon is a baller.

My son goes to Walnut and he said right after last season he would see Trevon running around the track at Walnut Hills High School. Said he looked determined and working hard.

When I heard about the weight loss and his conditioning improvement I was not surprised. It is inspiring that after a successful Freshman year he worked so hard to make put himself in position to make his soph year count. I do not expect a sophomore slump from Trevon.

The future is bright for Trevon. I would like to see him break the Xavier record for the player who played in the most NCAA wins.

Trevon Bluett has the wholesale approval and endorsement of the House of Snipe.

[XfansinKy]

Best step back jumper in the NCAA

[gladdenguy]

Love Trevon. He gets a green light. Could join DWest, Chalmers, Derek Strong, and Tu for my top 5 favorites of all time.

I loved his toughness after JP followed his shot and stole it from Irvin, dished to Trevon, Trevon missed a short shot, then got a tough rebound and got to the line. Trevon should gain a ton of confidence during this non conference slate.

[birdman71]

Love the new-look Bluiett. I don't have a problem with him shooting threes. Keep shooting, keep driving. He should be our leading scorer (by far) this season.

He is great, and may be our leading scorer, but I don't think ''by far''. This team may have our most balanced scoring ever and that will be a huge plus. If someone is injured or has a bad night, there will be 6 or 7 guys to pick them up.

[Muskeagle]

This team has 7 guys who are a legit threat to score 15+ on ANY given night. I know most (none?) will average that much, BUT opposing coaches have to worry about 7 realistic scorers every night.....and that doesn't include Austin who probably will have one 15+ scoring game this year (at least several double digit nights). Bluiett is likely the most consistent of that group and he is definitely a baller!

On a side note, was at a bar with some friends watching the Mich game and someone asked me to name my favorite PG from X. I'm a big Lavender fan....and, of course, Tu is the best since I started school in '87 BUT I mentioned Kimbrough as one of my favs. I went back and looked at the '87-'88 stats. INSANE! We had 5 guys average double figures and ONE of them scored 25+ a night (Larkin). TWO others were at 15+ a game (Hill and Kimbrough). Derek Strong and JD Barnett had 10 a piece. That is 75 points a night from FIVE guys. ridiculous.

[XMuskieFTW]

This is definitely our most balanced team since the 07-08 team(my favorite of all time) where we had 6 guys average between 9.5 and 12.5 ppg along with Love averaging 6 and 6. Those 7 could come up big every night. The crazy thing is this year's team could be that and even more. Very excited to see how the season plays out in terms of balanced scoring.

[xu82]

This is definitely our most balanced team since the 07-08 team(my favorite of all time) where we had 6 guys average between 9.5 and 12.5 ppg along with Love averaging 6 and 6. Those 7 could come up big every night. The crazy thing is this year's team could be that and even more. Very excited to see how the season plays out in terms of balanced scoring.

I may be delirious, but that team seemed to have a lot of 9-14 point guys, where this team has a bunch of guys who could go for 25 on any given night. It just feels different.

[Milhouse]

[QUOTE=Muskeagle;519698]This team has 7 guys who are a legit threat to score 15+ on ANY given night. I know most (none?) will average that much, BUT opposing coaches have to worry about 7 realistic scorers every night.....and that doesn't include Austin who probably will have one 15+ scoring game this year (at least several double digit nights). Bluiett is likely the most consistent of that group and he is definitely a baller!


I get what you're saying. But I don't think Farr will ever be a scoring threat. He's hit 15 twice in his career and that's a career high.


He's at his absolute best when he is not looking for his shot and is a rebounding machine. He seems to be buying into that role nicely.

[XMuskieFTW]

I may be delirious, but that team seemed to have a lot of 9-14 point guys, where this team has a bunch of guys who could go for 25 on any given night. It just feels different.

It is. I'm just saying we probably have a lot of 9-14 ppg guys this year again but each of them with much higher upsides. That 07-08 team had guys who would get there points every game, whereas this team we may have one guy take over one night, and someone else another night. I think when it's all said and done we'll have very balanced stats though.

[xu82]

It is. I'm just saying we probably have a lot of 9-14 ppg guys this year again but each of them with much higher upsides. That 07-08 team had guys who would get there points every game, whereas this team we may have one guy take over one night, and someone else another night. I think when it's all said and done we'll have very balanced stats though.

Gotta love all that upside!

[D-West & PO-Z]

Can I just say I love this title? I'm not sure if it was intentional or not that it say "is MAN" instead of "is the MAN" but I hope it was, I love it the way it is.

[D-West & PO-Z]

I know it is early but we currently have 4 guys in double figures and 7 at 8ppg or more.

[Emp]

Can I just say I love this title? I'm not sure if it was intentional or not that it say "is MAN" instead of "is the MAN" but I hope it was, I love it the way it is.

Trevon is Man. Trevon tough. Trevon Score. Trevon Rebound. Trevon play 36. Me like Trevon.

[Muskeagle]

I get what you're saying. But I don't think Farr will ever be a scoring threat. He's hit 15 twice in his career and that's a career high.


He's at his absolute best when he is not looking for his shot and is a rebounding machine. He seems to be buying into that role nicely.[/QUOTE]

Fair point....but if he keeps rebounding like this (especially offensively) he is a scoring threat on any night. Not like you have to game plan for his offensive moves, but I'd be willing to wager he tops that current career high 2-3 times this year. On a night where Jalen gets into foul trouble and he gets minutes--and therefore rebounds--he will score.

[birdman71]

Trevon is Man. Trevon tough. Trevon Score. Trevon Rebound. Trevon play 36. Me like Trevon.

Mmmm. you smart man. You must go Xavier.

[paulxu]

If Trevon is interviewed after a game and goes all Shaq on me...I'm blaming you guys.

[smileyy]

On a side note, was at a bar with some friends watching the Mich game and someone asked me to name my favorite PG from X. I'm a big Lavender fan....and, of course, Tu is the best since I started school in '87 BUT I mentioned Kimbrough as one of my favs. I went back and looked at the '87-'88 stats. INSANE! We had 5 guys average double figures and ONE of them scored 25+ a night (Larkin). TWO others were at 15+ a game (Hill and Kimbrough). Derek Strong and JD Barnett had 10 a piece. That is 75 points a night from FIVE guys. ridiculous.

Those Gillen teams played at a much much faster pace than the current X teams -- that's part of why there were so many guy scoring so much.

The '89-90 team also had 5 guys in double figures, for a total of 72ppg: http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/xavier/1990.html

[waggy]

16 boards with a bullet.

[waggy]

Trevon Bluiett Earns Spot on BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (http://www.goxavier.com/news/2015/11/23/MBB_1123152828.aspx)

[MauriceX]

I know it is early but we currently have 4 guys in double figures and 7 at 8ppg or more.

6 of those 7 hit double figures tonight. Macura was the one who ended up with the off night and only two points. I am hoping we see 7 guys averaging 10+ at some point this season. It's a long shot, but it just might happen.

[XUFan09]

I know it is early but we currently have 4 guys in double figures and 7 at 8ppg or more.

It helps that so far the average tempo in D1 is up 6.5 possessions per game with the rule changes. Xavier's specific tempo is up 7.9 possessions per game.

[XMuskieFTW]

6 of those 7 hit double figures tonight. Macura was the one who ended up with the off night and only two points. I am hoping we see 7 guys averaging 10+ at some point this season. It's a long shot, but it just might happen.

As of now, Reynolds, Farr, Bluiett, Macura, Sumner, and Myles are all averaging 10+ with Remy at 8.5.

Don't see this sustaining though. Will probably see Macura's and Farr's ppg drop to the 8-9 range and Bluiett's stay higher with a tick up for Reynolds and Myles. Would love to see 4 guys at 10+ and 3 more with 7+ throughout the season. Balanced scoring is a blast.

[Muskeagle]

Damn....looked like Farr was going to get that 15+ for awhile tonight....didn't get touches late. 13 is nice though. I think he is, indeed, becoming a scoring threat.

[XMuskieFTW]

Damn....looked like Farr was going to get that 15+ for awhile tonight....didn't get touches late. 13 is nice though. I think he is, indeed, becoming a scoring threat.

He appears to have added some post moves in the off season that have helped him so far.

[XUFan09]

He appears to have added some post moves in the off season that have helped him so far.

If people remember his sophomore campaign, he already had a lot of those post moves, particularly the lefty hook shot, but he just wasn't really asked to utilize them much since then because he was sharing the post with both Stainbrook and Reynolds.

[Emp]

Thought was assumed: Farr be Man long time.

[Emp]

His shooting has fallen off, but 13 boards last night, while Farr and Reynolds were floundering, is manly.

[bobbiemcgee]

He's averaging 16.2 ppg in BE play. He had 2-3 that looked half way down last nite. Not worried.

[XUMIOH12]

yeah his shooting hasnt really fallen off. Its been pretty consistent all year. His rebounding has been very good though.

[smileyy]

Bluiett is Xavier's best option for being a volume shooter, IMO.

[Emp]

Bump. Not great we lost, but that was a man's performance I will savor fora long time.

[KabeX]

Bump. Not great we lost, but that was a man's performance I will savor fora long time.

That's a damn good bump.

[Snipe]

Incredible performance

[Snipe]

I knew we were in trouble because we were hitting all of our free throws and TB had hit every shot he took and we were still just up 5 or 7

[D-West & PO-Z]

Tre star of the night on SC with Anderson and Bucci

[X-Fan]

I knew we were in trouble because we were hitting all of our free throws and TB had hit every shot he took and we were still just up 5 or 7
Ya, I was thinking the same thing. You knew uc would make 2nd half adjustments to focus more on Trev. They did and no one besides Q was able to step up. Frustrating.

[Emp]

Bump. Gamer!

[D-West & PO-Z]

Just wish he was athletic enough to play in the BE.

[xu82]

Just wish he was athletic enough to play in the BE.

Don't worry, he'll get a participation trophy. And maybe some others.

[GIMMFD]

Tre will end up averaging 20+ per game for the remainder of the season because we'll need him to, and I don't mind that one bit at all. The guy deserves every accolade he will receive.

[XUFan09]

Just wish he was athletic enough to play in the BE.
"I know I'm right. He just managed to be First Team all-BE last year because coaches didn't know to focus on him yet."

Trevon is en route to another First Team selection.

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[Blue Blooded-05]

All he's done in the last 3 games is score 85 points shooting 66% from the floor and grabbed 21 rebounds

[Muskeagle]

Just wish he was athletic enough to play in the BE.

This....and if he would only step up in a big game!

[D-West & PO-Z]

"I know I'm right. He just managed to be First Team all-BE last year because coaches didn't know to focus on him yet."

Trevon is en route to another First Team selection.

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Here are some of the highlights about Tre 2 weeks ago:

"You would think he would be improving as a junior but he's getting worse."

"Maybe I'm missing his stellar Big East play. He's a decent jump shooter at times and can rebound if not in traffic."

"I'm worried The Big East is just too athletic for Bliuett."

"He's slow. Can't get low and defend. Can't go by people. Can't go over anybody. When he's not making his little three point set shot, the rest of his game suffers. He starts out killing weak non conference teams though and everybody loses their minds over him."

"This is The Big East, not the SEC. This league is loaded with big, strong athletes. If Tre proves me wrong, I'll buy both y'all a beer(or a soda) when I make my once a year trip to Cintas."

I can't wait for that beer!

[Juice]

Here are some of the highlights about Tre 2 weeks ago:

"You would think he would be improving as a junior but he's getting worse."

"Maybe I'm missing his stellar Big East play. He's a decent jump shooter at times and can rebound if not in traffic."

"I'm worried The Big East is just too athletic for Bliuett."

"He's slow. Can't get low and defend. Can't go by people. Can't go over anybody. When he's not making his little three point set shot, the rest of his game suffers. He starts out killing weak non conference teams though and everybody loses their minds over him."

"This is The Big East, not the SEC. This league is loaded with big, strong athletes. If Tre proves me wrong, I'll buy both y'all a beer(or a soda) when I make my once a year trip to Cintas."

I can't wait for that beer!

I remember a bunch of the quotes but not the idiots who said them. State your names so we can ridicule you.

[AviatorX]

Here are some of the highlights about Tre 2 weeks ago:

"You would think he would be improving as a junior but he's getting worse."

"Maybe I'm missing his stellar Big East play. He's a decent jump shooter at times and can rebound if not in traffic."

"I'm worried The Big East is just too athletic for Bliuett."

"He's slow. Can't get low and defend. Can't go by people. Can't go over anybody. When he's not making his little three point set shot, the rest of his game suffers. He starts out killing weak non conference teams though and everybody loses their minds over him."

"This is The Big East, not the SEC. This league is loaded with big, strong athletes. If Tre proves me wrong, I'll buy both y'all a beer(or a soda) when I make my once a year trip to Cintas."

I can't wait for that beer!

I think I'm the other guy owed a beer so looking forward to it.

Tre has the second best 4-game scoring stretch in X history going-- behind one David West.

[D-West & PO-Z]

I think I'm the other guy owed a beer so looking forward to it.

Tre has the second best 4-game scoring stretch in X history going-- behind one David West.

Yes you are the other guy!

How did I forget these:

"Trevon doesn't seem to ever show up in a big way in big games."

"I don't mind being called stupid when I know I'm right. I do worry that Big East basketball may be too athletic for him just like I said."

[XUFan09]

What's funny is that we were already right about Trevon before this four-game stretch. He had clearly proven himself repeatedly over the course of his career, but people only saw what they wanted to see. This four-game stretch, though, has just been the icing on the cake.

[scoscox]

Is it just me or is Trevon looking even thinner?

[Emp]

Bum ankle, first ever T, and he hits two in a row to get us the lead. He may need some inbounds tutoring, but he a man.

[scoscox]

the squad has definitely been taking some testosterone supplements recently

[D-West & PO-Z]

Bum ankle, first ever T, and he hits two in a row to get us the lead. He may need some inbounds tutoring, but he a man.

Really good performance with the bum ankle. Still shot well, had a good amount of boards and assists as well.

1st team all BE. No questions.

Still cant wait for that beer.

[Emp]

He wanted to be out there. It was ugly, but I loved and cringed at it.

[XUGRAD80]

Man.....someone needs to lay off the shine before getting on the internet. Where in the wide wide world of sports did THAT ^ just come from?

[Xavier]

Yeah, to try and defend your dumb comments on Tre by using an example of when he had a bad ankle sprain in first three minutes of the game is embarrassing. He was back to back player of week in Big East and well on his way to being a top 3 candidate for Big East player of the year. Hopefully the ankle doesn't hold him back too much moving forward.

[xukeith]

I have sprained many ankles and his ankle/foot wont heal until season ends when he can rest for a month.

I hope he can stay off for 7 days then tape it up and play with pain the rest of season.(Tourney)

[D-West & PO-Z]

Man.....someone needs to lay off the shine before getting on the internet. Where in the wide wide world of sports did THAT ^ just come from?


Yeah, to try and defend your dumb comments on Tre by using an example of when he had a bad ankle sprain in first three minutes of the game is embarrassing. He was back to back player of week in Big East and well on his way to being a top 3 candidate for Big East player of the year. Hopefully the ankle doesn't hold him back too much moving forward.

Wait did the post get deleted? I dont see what you guys are referring to.

[XUGRAD80]

Must have gotten deleted....that will happen when you start dropping f-bombs and making no sense, I guess.

[Xavier]

Wait did the post get deleted? I dont see what you guys are referring to.

Yeah, he was dropping f bombs left and right talking about how insecure you and others were for calling him out. Then said "how many points did tre have against nova? Case closed"

[D-West & PO-Z]

Must have gotten deleted....that will happen when you start dropping f-bombs and making no sense, I guess.


Yeah, he was dropping f bombs left and right talking about how insecure you and others were for calling him out. Then said "how many points did tre have against nova? Case closed"

HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA wow, that is classic.

Who is insecure? Too bad he cant just admit he was way off base with saying Tre wasnt athletic enough to play in the BE.

Yeah the Nova game where Tre could barely walk is the perfect example to prove his point right?

2 home games left...... still can't wait for that beer!!

[XUFan09]

Yeah, he was dropping f bombs left and right talking about how insecure you and others were for calling him out. Then said "how many points did tre have against nova? Case closed"
Oh, the irony of calling other people insecure in this instance. Nothing indicates insecurity more easily than someone refusing to acknowledge that they were wrong when it's obvious that they were wrong. That's basically the only reason people keep bring this up and laughing about it; a man with a bruised ego can't make a concession.

Using as evidence a game where Trevon was seriously hobbled is also just embarrassing.

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