XAVIER vs WEBER ST

[MADXSTER]

2023 vs 2024

#2 Xavier University Musketeers (27-5) RPI 7, SOS 30, KENPOM 15, KPI 7

Big East RPI 4, Conference 15-5, Home 15-1, Away/Nuetral 12-4


vs #15 Weber State Wildcats (26-8) RPI 108, SOS 288, KENPOM 132, KPI 61

Big Sky RPI 27, Conference 18-3, Home 13-1, Away/Nuetral 13-7



Location: St Louis
Friday March 18th 2016 at 9:20pm EST
Television: TNT
Radio: 55KRC-AM with play-by-play from Xavier Hall of Famer and former Musketeer standout Joe Sunderman ('79). Analysis will be provided by Xavier Hall of Famer and XU all-time leading scorer Byron Larkin ('88).

[X-band '01]

It's probably going to be 55KRC on the radio since UC and Saint Joe's are playing at the same time on Friday night.

[XUMIOH12]

hoping we can get out to an early lead and get a lot of players some playing time.

[X-band '01]

If they can get Bolomboy in foul trouble, Weber is going to be playing extremely uphill.

[XMuskieFTW]

If they can get Bolomboy in foul trouble, Weber is going to be playing extremely uphill.

Bolomboy only averages one foul every 14:21 which is really good for someone who is the focal point of their team. Hopefully playing with bigger, more imposing forwards and quicker guards will make that foul count rise.

[GIMMFD]

Bolomboy only averages one foul every 14:21 which is really good for someone who is the focal point of their team. Hopefully playing with bigger, more imposing forwards and quicker guards will make that foul count rise.

I think as long as we keep both of them from going off we'll be fine!

[muskiefan82]

If they can get Bolomboy in foul trouble, Weber is going to be playing extremely uphill.

I hope and pray that this is not an actual game plan.

[smileyy]

Bolomboy only averages one foul every 14:21 which is really good for someone who is the focal point of their team. Hopefully playing with bigger, more imposing forwards and quicker guards will make that foul count rise.

This could also suggest that he ... plays less defense that he could ... in order to stay in the game as one of their two primary offensive options.

[XUFan09]

This could also suggest that he ... plays less defense that he could ... in order to stay in the game as one of their two primary offensive options.
I've heard that he's a good defender too.

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[XfansinKy]

X is the biggest, strongest, most athletic team Weber St will play this year. I'm hoping our guys go out and get going up n down the court and just play.

[Xuperman]

Andy Mac has a thorough scouting article over on Musketeer Madness. There big guy is consistent. 24 double doubles in 34 games ( 3rd nationally). My concern is the 6-2 junior SG and his impressive shooting range. He jacked up 240 3's and 44% of them went in, so I expect him to try a " Tre Campbell" to get off to a early lead.

[XUMIOH12]

Andy Mac has a thorough scouting article over on Musketeer Madness. There big guy is consistent. 24 double doubles in 34 games ( 3rd nationally). My concern is the 6-2 junior SG and his impressive shooting range. He jacked up 240 3's and 44% of them went in, so I expect him to try a " Tre Campbell" to get off to a early lead.

not as difficult to guard against a guy like that when he is the only one who can truly drain 3s

[Xuperman]

Actually it looks like he is not the only deep ball threat. I dug a little deeper and they have a deep bench w/ 9 players getting significant PT. They launch about 24 3's per game as a team. Senglin is the main chucker but this Richardson guy heaves about 5 per game in 20 minutes and the others make up the other 12 or so. Don't anticipate a problem but as we all know, everyone seems to shoot the deep ball better than the numbers against us.

[markchal]

Is it naive of me to think our entire starting 5 is better than theirs? I don't know how competitive their conference is, but if you threw Jalen on this team, wouldn't he be athletic/skilled enough to win conference POY? I would hope we can play this team m2m and just play our game, and it should be enough for a comfortable W. Just don't want to see us come out flat.

[XUMIOH12]

Is it naive of me to think our entire starting 5 is better than theirs? I don't know how competitive their conference is, but if you threw Jalen on this team, wouldn't he be athletic/skilled enough to win conference POY? I would hope we can play this team m2m and just play our game, and it should be enough for a comfortable W. Just don't want to see us come out flat.

but would St. Johns win their conference?

[muskiefan82]

That's an interesting question, but I would find it hard to believe they would win it. Top half though.

[chico]

I'm not so sure about their 3-point ability. Weber ranked 10th in turnover rate (18.7 percent), 10th in 3-point shooting (34.6 percent) and 11th in free throw shooting (66.3 percent) in their own conference. Weber State's overall schedule was 347th nationally in terms of opponents' defensive efficiency, meaning the Wildcats posted subpar numbers despite playing a slew of soft defenses.

[XUMIOH12]

I'm not so sure about their 3-point ability. Weber ranked 10th in turnover rate (18.7 percent), 10th in 3-point shooting (34.6 percent) and 11th in free throw shooting (66.3 percent) in their own conference. Weber State's overall schedule was 347th nationally in terms of opponents' defensive efficiency, meaning the Wildcats posted subpar numbers despite playing a slew of soft defenses.

yeah Weber St will come out and play with all they have, but their best game still might not beat Xavier's worst

[Pluto]

Andy Mac has a thorough scouting article over on Musketeer Madness. There big guy is consistent. 24 double doubles in 34 games ( 3rd nationally). My concern is the 6-2 junior SG and his impressive shooting range. He jacked up 240 3's and 44% of them went in, so I expect him to try a " Tre Campbell" to get off to a early lead.

Paging Remy Abel... Sounds like a Dunham type player to me.

[XUFan09]

Paging Remy Abel... Sounds like a Dunham type player to me.
He's the perfect player for Remy to guard. And Farr and Reynolds are great counters to their big.

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[waggy]

Senglin looks better than Dunham to me. He also has the green light to shoot anything. He took a number of questionable 3's in their tourney final. But what worries me is sometimes those bad shots go in, and they're basically indefensible.

[muskiefan82]

I refuse to be concerned about Weber St. Frankly, if X loses to Weber State then we really need to think about how good this team really was/is. I have no concerns. they have a couple of decent players, one who might be quite good, but X has athletes up and down the bench who would start in their league. I think we'll be okay

[X-ceptional]

Agreed, 82. I know the coaching staff and players are taking this seriously, as they should. And of course, "anything" can happen... that's why they play the game. That being said, as a fan, I cannot bring myself to worry about this game at all.

[bleedXblue]

I like we are late on Friday as the team will have seen already some upsets and know that no one can be overlooked.

[nuts4xu]

Xavier has never played Weber State, but came within 5 points during the NCAA tournament in 1995.

St Patrick's Day, 21 years ago this Thursday, we played an Allen Iverson led Georgetown team without 2 of our top 7 players. Skip Prosser suspended Pete Sears and DeWaun Rose for some sort of altercation that happened at a Clifton bar the weekend before. Mark Smydra was forced to guard Iverson during the end of the first half, and we still gave them a good game. Had we beaten Georgetown that day, we would have faced Weber State, with a shot to make our second sweet 16 in school history.

Obviously it never happened, but that loss stung for a long time.

http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/boxscores/1995-03-17-georgetown.html

[ArizonaXUGrad]

I was in the pep band that year. Tough one to swallow with the suspensions.


Xavier has never played Weber State, but came within 5 points during the NCAA tournament in 1995.

St Patrick's Day, 21 years ago this Thursday, we played an Allen Iverson led Georgetown team without 2 of our top 7 players. Skip Prosser suspended Pete Sears and DeWaun Rose for some sort of altercation that happened at a Clifton bar the weekend before. Mark Smydra was forced to guard Iverson during the end of the first half, and we still gave them a good game. Had we beaten Georgetown that day, we would have faced Weber State, with a shot to make our second sweet 16 in school history.

Obviously it never happened, but that loss stung for a long time.

http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/boxscores/1995-03-17-georgetown.html

[muskiefan82]

Now; however, I look to this game and think, wow, Skip always did the right thing EVEN WHEN IT HURT. It sucked then, but it is part of what and who Xavier is supposed to be.

[xu82]

This game can't happen soon enough.

[HenryMuto]

This is going to be a lot harder game then most of you think I believe. Of all the 15 seeds this is not the one I wanted to play. This team has a couple of stars and anytime you have stars you always have a shot to pull an upset. Still think X wins but I think it won't be a blowout.

I am still pissed at the committee for putting both Kentucky and X in the same region and neither one is the South. I want both teams to make the final 4 damn it and there is no way to do that now. Here is hoping they both can get to the Elite 8 and let the chips fall where they may then.

[XUFan09]

This is going to be a lot harder game then most of you think I believe. Of all the 15 seeds this is not the one I wanted to play. This team has a couple of stars and anytime you have stars you always have a shot to pull an upset. Still think X wins but I think it won't be a blowout.

I am still pissed at the committee for putting both Kentucky and X in the same region and neither one is the South. I want both teams to make the final 4 damn it and there is no way to do that now. Here is hoping they both can get to the Elite 8 and let the chips fall where they may then.
We match up well with their stars. Remy can guard Senglin very well, as he's the exact kind of guy Remy has shut down on multiple occasions. Farr can go toe-to-toe on the glass with Bolomboy, as we watch a battle of two of the best rebounders in the nation. Reynolds is just a notch worse than Bolomboy/Farr on the glass (which is still really good) and overall is a very similar player.

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[GoMuskies]

This is going to be a lot harder game then most of you think I believe. Of all the 15 seeds this is not the one I wanted to play. This team has a couple of stars and anytime you have stars you always have a shot to pull an upset. Still think X wins but I think it won't be a blowout.

I am still pissed at the committee for putting both Kentucky and X in the same region and neither one is the South. I want both teams to make the final 4 damn it and there is no way to do that now. Here is hoping they both can get to the Elite 8 and let the chips fall where they may then.

I, on the other hand, hope UK loses in the first round, and when they get home find that the university has burned down.

[Masterofreality]

I, on the other hand, hope UK loses in the first round, and when they get home find that the university has burned down.

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[xu82]

I, on the other hand, hope UK loses in the first round, and when they get home find that the university has burned down.

Except for maybe the outhouses. I mean, you gotta go.

[AviatorX]

This is going to be a lot harder game then most of you think I believe. Of all the 15 seeds this is not the one I wanted to play. This team has a couple of stars and anytime you have stars you always have a shot to pull an upset. Still think X wins but I think it won't be a blowout.

I am still pissed at the committee for putting both Kentucky and X in the same region and neither one is the South. I want both teams to make the final 4 damn it and there is no way to do that now. Here is hoping they both can get to the Elite 8 and let the chips fall where they may then.

Are you seriously a UK, OSU, and Xavier fan?

[xu82]

Are you seriously a UK, OSU, and Xavier fan?

I bet he ran out of room for UC and VD.

[xavierj]

This is going to be a lot harder game then most of you think I believe. Of all the 15 seeds this is not the one I wanted to play. This team has a couple of stars and anytime you have stars you always have a shot to pull an upset. Still think X wins but I think it won't be a blowout.

I am still pissed at the committee for putting both Kentucky and X in the same region and neither one is the South. I want both teams to make the final 4 damn it and there is no way to do that now. Here is hoping they both can get to the Elite 8 and let the chips fall where they may then.

Xavier is not losing to 2 good players and a bunch of very average, young role players. See Providence.

[GIMMFD]

Is it Friday yet? I'm just ready to watch our boys play again damnit.

[GoMuskies]

Are you seriously a UK, OSU, and Xavier fan?

He's a regular on the Wichita State Board as well.

[XUMIOH12]

I, on the other hand, hope UK loses in the first round, and when they get home find that the university has burned down.

lol nice

[XUMIOH12]

Are you seriously a UK, OSU, and Xavier fan?

haha thats quite the (mostly) awful combo

[X-band '01]

He's a regular on the Wichita State Board as well.

Takes brass balls for a UK fan to post regularly over there, I'd imagine.

[novachap]

Good luck X, I think we all can agree that meeting in the "rubber" game would be an awesome outcome!

[muskiefan82]

Good luck X, I think we all can agree that meeting in the "rubber" game would be an awesome outcome!

There's a joke here, but I will rise above.

[novachap]

There's a joke here, but I will rise above.
Yeah, but you know... that Catholic Education thing.

[X-ceptional]

Of all the 15 seeds this is not the one I wanted to play.

I definitely get what you're saying, but there is not one single 15 seed that I wouldn't want to play as a 2 seed. Obviously 2s have been upset before, but there is a reason X is where X is and they are where they are. Cue "They are who we THOUGHT they were!"

Looks like Weber State has had a season to be proud of, and they have some solid players. It's just different. Their good season comes to a close tomorrow.

[X-ceptional]

And I should clarify that doesn't necessarily mean we are going to boat race them like we did to vd. But I am supremely confident in Mack and the X Men to get the job done and move on.

[UCGRAD4X]

There's a joke here, but I will rise above.

...and Dez is gone, so.....

[vee4xu]

Tomorrow night against Weber State is one where if X defends well, meaning they turn defense into points, don't turnover the ball, share it resulting in a high amount of assists/baskets made, get offensive rebounds they win going away. If you sprinkle in that 1-3-1 as a change of pace when JP enters the game, it will be a long night for Weber. The list I just offered should be a given considering the delta in talent between the two teams. If some of these things listed don't happen, or happen as well as hoped, they still win on depth and talent. One post somewhere here says that Weber State goes 9 deep. Well, X goes 9 to 10 deep and when you compare rosters, not only is X's starting five better, their players 6-10 are superiorly better than Weber. And I'll say that just based on faith alone and not checking rosters. They have no one coming off the bench rated as highly as Macura, Gates and O'Mara.

[waggy]

News Conference: Wisconsin / Xavier / Pittsburgh / Weber St. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrbvyS8r5e4)

[bobbiemcgee]

Weber St coach called us eggs in the presser, so we have to beat the hell out of them for that.

[xu82]

Weber St coach called us eggs in the presser, so we have to beat the hell out of them for that.

That sounds fair enough.

[UCGRAD4X]

Weber St coach called us eggs in the presser, so we have to beat the hell out of them for that.

Yeah, I was kinda on the fence until that...

[XUMIOH12]

Weber St coach called us eggs in the presser, so we have to beat the hell out of them for that.

did Mack retaliate by calling them "Webber State"

[Xuperman]

Oh man, that would be hilarious if he could do it with a straight face!

[UCGRAD4X]

News Conference: Wisconsin / Xavier / Pittsburgh / Weber St. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrbvyS8r5e4)

Announcer: "As advertised, head coach of Xavier is here. Chris Mack! We're going to ask him to make a short statement about his team being in St. Louis and then he'll take questions."

Mack: "I'm excited our team's in St. Louis. Questions?"

[GIMMFD]

Let's beat their ass tonight!!! I'm pumped!

[Jesuit4Life]

https://twitter.com/XavierMBB/status/710994234598293504

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[KabeX]

OK boys and girls. I'm in a loud bar in Berlin trying to get CBS sports steam to work. Gonna cost me lots of data but as long as the right team wins...

[kellernr]

2 guys hurt for weber st. 1 guy down and 1 guy limping off the court. Haven't seen a replay yet to see what happened. X up 8-5

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[GoMuskies]

That was an impressive dunk by Weber.

[kellernr]

That was an impressive dunk by Weber.
Ya. He smoke jalen on that. Farr already has 7 rebounds.

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[GoMuskies]

Farr is killing these guys. He'd be the greatest player in Big Sky history.

[GoMuskies]

All this...and Sumner is kind of playing bad.

[kellernr]

All this...and Sumner is kind of playing bad.
Definitely looks like a freshman out there.

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[GoMuskies]

Myles Davis has been bad, too. If we get our guards going, we'll really be cruising.

[kellernr]

Ya. Davis has been telegraphing his passes.

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[X-Men]

Dusty Baker in for Weber State. I like our chances.

[mistabeecee41]

Need to step on their throats. Get it back to 15 before the half

[GoMuskies]

O'Mara played too long. He was awful.

[kellernr]

Farr was tearing it up to start the game and now he looks lost out there.

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[sirthought]

Farr made the worst pass ever.

[GoMuskies]

I think Mack was trying to avoid using the zone. Couldn't.

[kellernr]

Did sumner use the tear drop shot all year? I don't remember him trying it that much throughout the season. Has come up short every time tonight with it.

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[kellernr]

He needs to drive the lane and kick it out for a three or take it strong to the rim.

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[sirthought]

He needs to drive the lane and kick it out for a three or take it strong to the rim.

Agreed. They should drive and dish to take advantage of our shooters.

[GoMuskies]

That was Marquette all over again.

[Masterofreality]

Wow, what a big dagger by JP.

Weeeeeeeeber has nobody other than Bolomboy. Nobody

[XMuskieFTW]

The Soulcrusher makes its return!!!!

[XU 23]

Shouldn't Dusty Baker be managing his baseball team?

[coasterville95]

Just got back from the Futbol game. I know. FC Cincy over the X
Men 2-0.

Like being up 11. I suspect our depth will start wearing them down in the second half.

[mistabeecee41]

I don't remember Sumner taking any 1 footed 10 foot floaters all season and he's taken 2 in the first half. He's nervous.

[X Factor]

I don't remember Sumner taking any 1 footed 10 foot floaters all season and he's taken 2 in the first half. He's nervous.

He had a three pointer that was half way down and popped out. I was hoping he would make that and maybe that would get him going.

[X-Men]

Clark Kellogg needs to see a doctor for his eye. Get that man some antibiotics!

[sirthought]

Clark Kellogg needs to see a doctor for his eye. Get that man some antibiotics!

Didn't Seth Davis have pink eye last year?

[sirthought]

Bearcats have the early lead.

[GoMuskies]

Finish them!

[GoMuskies]

It's disturbing that Weber is running a layup line.

[mistabeecee41]

1st war goes to them. Continuing to give them hope.

[HenryMuto]

Weber State is no joke they have some great players.

[paulxu]

Come on Muskies. Tighten up.

[coasterville95]

Do I need to go back to the soccer field.

[GoMuskies]

Thank God for the 21-6 start. Other than that we've basically been playing like warmed over ass.

[GoMuskies]

And thank God for Farr. Saving our bacon.

[mistabeecee41]

2nd war. Weber St.

Have a bad feeling this one stays close.

[XMuskieFTW]

Defense is struggling. Weber state has had some ridiculous shots fall, but still we are letting them get too decent many looks.

[mistabeecee41]

One score against the zone and he cans it. Layup after layup against the man, we keep using it.

[Roach]

I don't know why Mack is using the 1-3-1. Our biggest advantage over Weber is size, but the zone is putting one of our bigs out of position for rebounding. Consequently, Weber State has had a number of annoying second chances. Throw in the 3s they've hit and the crap shots that fell, and you have a single digit game. So annoying.

[paulxu]

Have I ever said I hate sloppy passes?

[Roach]

Our turnovers are absolutely maddening. So many stupid passes.

[HenryMuto]

Jalen Reynolds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mistabeecee41]

Weber St 3-0 in wars this half.

[smileyy]

Jalen Reynolds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Omfg

[GoMuskies]

This is a shitty performance, but all that counts in the Tournament is surviving and advancing. Hopefully we still manage to do that.

[sirthought]

This game is far too close. I had expected them to play much more composed on offense and much tougher on defense. Keeping the faith, but sweating.

[XMuskieFTW]

This is a shitty performance, but all that counts in the Tournament is surviving and advancing. Hopefully we still manage to do that.

This. So frustrating though.

[paulxu]

Kaiser is 3-3 tonight. Maybe he should shoot more often?

[GoMuskies]

Hopefully good start and good finish and we can forget that creamy middle.

[sirthought]

Now they are starting to play defense like I expected.

[paulxu]

Somebody direct me back to that video that was posted about "Let's March."

I can't find the damn thing.

[GoMuskies]

Now they are starting to play defense like I expected.

Weber missed a couple of big open ones, too. They'd been making all their open shots this half. Hopefully they're tired.

[RoseyMuskie]

Quite happy Buick is the sponsor of the tournament. Good omen.

[kellernr]

Quite happy Buick is the sponsor of the tournament. Good omen.
The Lexus already broke down

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[coasterville95]

I hate when showboating goes wrong.

Time to stomp on throats guys.

[coasterville95]

Yes, very few fouls. Nice fluid game. Enjoyable

[HenryMuto]

Good win tonight against a decent Weber State team. Now have a clear path to the Elite 8 just need to beat Wisky and possibly Michigan.

[X-Men]

Somebody direct me back to that video that was posted about "Let's March."

I can't find the damn thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBbHRLxi5_Q

[GoMuskies]

28 wins! Beat Wisky!

[XMuskieFTW]

2009 rematch. I'm down for the same scoreline as last time.

[XfansinKy]

Remy shuts down another shooter.

[GoMuskies]

I had forgotten that Wisconsin was Sean Miller's last win at Xavier.

[xu82]

I fear Whisky scoring all of 16 points in an entire half of college basketball is a way to sand bag us. It's all part of their greater plan.

[xufan2020]

Big Game James, damn glad to know ya!

[paulxu]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBbHRLxi5_Q

Thanks!

[Masterofreality]

Yep. Here you go Sunday:
�� GAMETIME ALERT ��
Musketeers will be the second game on Sunday, tipping at approximately 8:40 p.m. ET on TNT.

[Caveat]

Lot of Wisky fans tonight -- will be loud on Sunday. Enjoying a victory beer at the hotel outside the Scottrade Center (which is a dump).

Let's March!

[X Factor]

Thought Jalen was really solid tonight. He played good post defense and did some nice things on offense - he put that Weber St guy on a poster!!!

[nasdadjr]

I gotta say I have not seen a big guy with the foot work bolomboy has in a really long time. That is a special player and I hope my pacers draft him

[Masterofreality]

Just gotta post this.

Obviously Big Game James was spectacular last night, but I have to give my Game Award to Remy Abell. He was everywhere doing everything last night. Forget the fact that he scored in double figures, he did a tremendous job on guarding Sengelin..mostly Mano on Mano. To that and still score, besides providing leadership showed me tons last night. Here's hoping for another legendary Senior run for our two guys.

[UCGRAD4X]

Just gotta post this.

Obviously Big Game James was spectacular last night, but I have to give my Game Award to Remy Abell. He was everywhere doing everything last night. Forget the fact that he scored in double figures, he did a tremendous job on guarding Sengelin..mostly Mano on Mano. To that and still score, besides providing leadership showed me tons last night. Here's hoping for another legendary Senior run for our two guys.

Gotta admit - I cringed and uttered and "oh no" at least one of his shots, but, as usual, turned out to be icing on the cake - defensive gem per usual by Remy.

[WSUcatfan]

Congrat's Xavier and good luck in the rest of the tourney.

[Masterofreality]

Congrat's Xavier and good luck in the rest of the tourney.

Thanks and welcome. Don't be a stranger.

[WSUcatfan]

I tried to post 2-3 times before the game but the mod's never approved my posts, oh well. Looks like your guys are in a nail-biter with the Badgers, (who beat the Wildcat's 81-74 back in the 2003 NCAA tournament). We're pulling for you, need a big 2nd half to put them away.

[X Factor]

I tried to post 2-3 times before the game but the mod's never approved my posts, oh well. Looks like your guys are in a nail-biter with the Badgers, (who beat the Wildcat's 81-74 back in the 2003 NCAA tournament). We're pulling for you, need a big 2nd half to put them away.

Thanks. I was impressed with Bolomboy. Dude is an absolute load!! Hope you guys make it back to the NCAA tourney next year too.