MBB: Xavier v. George Washington (November 23, 2017) Continental Tire Invitational

[Muskie]

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Xavier Musketeers (4-0, 0-0) v. George Washington Colonials (2-2, 0-0)

Time: 5:00 p.m.

Las Vegas, Nevada

TV: FS1

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Common Opponents:

G (http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/game?gameId=400991055)eorge Washington defeats Hampton 65-57 (http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/game?gameId=400989901)

George Washington falls to Rider 67-65 (http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/game?gameId=400989902)

[atljar]

Remember when these guys used to be a rival, and used to beat us ? LOL. That was a long time ago. How far we have come.

[GoMuskies]

They've traveled a long way, too. Just in the wrong direction.

[Masterofreality]

Under Mike Jarvis they were the United Nations of College Basketball.

Ygor Mescherakov, Shawnta Rogers, Patrick Ngomba, etc. They were a rival. Still remember Stan Burrells last second jumper when he was a Freshman to beat them in that barn of theirs.

[flatspat]

Under Mike Jarvis they were the United Nations of College Basketball.

Ygor Mescherakov, Shawnta Rogers, Patrick Ngomba, etc. They were a rival. Still remember Stan Burrells last second jumper when he was a Freshman to beat them in that barn of theirs.

Can't forget Alexander Kohl

[GoMuskies]

Can't forget Alexander Kohl

Kuhl

[X Factor]

SirValiant Brown
Pops Mensah-Bonsu

[Blue Blooded-05]

What are the odds that 4 games into the season, both X and GW have played 2 common opponents?

Rider 75
Xavier 101

Rider 67
GW 65

Hampton 60
Xavier 96

Hampton 57
GW 65

[GoMuskies]

Pretty good since those games are all part of the Las Vegas Classic.

[Blue Blooded-05]

They are? Oh... my bad. I just assumed this next game was the first one, since it’s actually being played in Las Vegas.

[X Factor]

Yeah the Rider and Hampton games were part of the Las Vegas Classic, but were called "campus" games.

[GoMuskies]

I assume Arizona State and K-State likewise played mirror games.

[xuinmd]

I remember sitting in loft of the barn they play in and watching them shoot free throws 10minutes after the buzzer to win.

[94GRAD]

I was at a game when T. Penders was coaching and they beat us. With about a minute to go, he pulled his keys out and started jingling them. The student section started chanting- Start, The, Bus!. I gave them a golf clap.

[X-band '01]

Pretty good since those games are all part of the Las Vegas Classic.


Yeah the Rider and Hampton games were part of the Las Vegas Classic, but were called "campus" games.

It's the Las Vegas Invitational.

The teams in the Las Vegas Classic (December) include Nevada, San Francisco, Southern Illinois and Duquesne in the upper half. The bottom half includes UT-Arlington, Lamar, UC-Davis and North Carolina A&T.

[GIMMFD]

I mean GW must not be very good if Rider beat them, and Hampton kept em that close.. sheesh.

[usfldan]

Under Mike Jarvis they were the United Nations of College Basketball.

Ygor Mescherakov, Shawnta Rogers, Patrick Ngomba, etc. They were a rival. Still remember Stan Burrells last second jumper when he was a Freshman to beat them in that barn of theirs.

We had a series with them even before we joined the A-10. I think it was Michael Hawkins who missed two free throws with no time left in OT that would have beat them with Yinka Dare one year.

[Muskeagle]

We had a series with them even before we joined the A-10. I think it was Michael Hawkins who missed two free throws with no time left in OT that would have beat them with Yinka Dare one year.

I watched that game in the only restaurant in town in Keene Valley, NY near Lake Placid. Remember vividly how my wife really wanted to get going...and the game went into OT. She wasn't happy sticking around....I turned out to be unhappy I had! Ughh!

[bobbiemcgee]

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[XMuskieFTW]

It's the Las Vegas Invitational.

The teams in the Las Vegas Classic (December) include Nevada, San Francisco, Southern Illinois and Duquesne in the upper half. The bottom half includes UT-Arlington, Lamar, UC-Davis and North Carolina A&T.

What an amazing field.

[paulxu]

Boy, our RPI took a hit with that W against Hampton.

From 6th to 57th. What will happen with this game?

[ArizonaXUGrad]

Our guys can’t sleep through this game, GW is still division 1. They just need to execute, I don’t want to my first live game since the elite 8 in 2008 to be a stinker.


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[bobbiemcgee]

Boy, our RPI took a hit with that W against Hampton.

From 6th to 57th. What will happen with this game?

17 Kenpom

[GIMMFD]

Boy, our RPI took a hit with that W against Hampton.

From 6th to 57th. What will happen with this game?

We'll have plenty of chances to improve that with Baylor and UC coming up next week, not to mention a tough Big East slate, RPI is the least of our worries now that we're out of the A10

[xukeith]

17 Kenpom

After last year's selection committee and show, I will bow out of looking at XU's RPI this year. I will now officially change my alertness from 17 years monitoring rpi to now watching kenpom.com

[ArizonaXUGrad]

Wife and I are here, I remember why I hate Las Vegas. Bumped into one X fan already.


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[bobbiemcgee]

After last year's selection committee and show, I will bow out of looking at XU's RPI this year. I will now officially change my alertness from 17 years monitoring rpi to now watching kenpom.com

7 BE schools in Top 50 KP, 9 in Top 75.

[X Factor]

Saw X -18 for today's game.

[X-band '01]

BTW, today's game is on 700 WLW; this is the first time this year that Xavier hasn't been relegated to 55KRC because of UC games.

[powerofX]

Got to love Mack’s twitter game day guide today. Still trolling Dayton. Calls out we crushed them last time we played A10. Plus uses the VD blue and red logo.

[GIMMFD]

Got to love Mack’s twitter game day guide today. Still trolling Dayton. Calls out we crushed them last time we played A10. Plus uses the VD blue and red logo.

Hahahahaha I love it, I didn't even notice it until now, ahhh that's beautiful.

[XUFan09]

GW is missing a lot of jump shots badly and getting the high-arcing rebounds.

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[mistabeecee41]

Getting out hustled and out muscled by an A-10 bottom dweller.

Also, the Steve Stricker curse is real. J.P. has been awful.

[bobbiemcgee]

Never thought I say this this year, but give the ball to Q and Scruggs.

[letskeepitreal]

Yup, kind of a lackluster first half? Where’s JP? Like our guard play though.

[X Factor]

That's about 60 minutes of nothing from JP. What the heck? Goodin needs to take care of the ball better and finish with authority. He never should've been blocked from behind. Tyrique can't finish at all so far in the first half.

Only Trevon and Gates have made a three pointer. Need more outside shooters.

[bobbiemcgee]

They can't stay in front of our guards - take it to them.

[XUFan09]

I don't think J.P has necessarily played badly. He's just kind of there putting the pressure on the defense while the lead guard, whether Goodin or Scruggs, attacks a guy that can't stay in front of them and Bluiett and Gates get points in an offense designed around them shooting. Really, J.P. has had a couple of possible three-point opportunities that he chose to drive on instead.

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[mistabeecee41]

GW fucking blows. What the hell are they doing out there

[mohr5150]

This has been a horribly played game. They better get their heads out of their arses.

[XUFan09]

GW fucking blows. What the hell are they doing out thereForgetting to play defense on too many possessions and deciding to give up the ball 7 times in the second half so far.

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[bleedXblue]

GW fucking blows. What the hell are they doing out there

Clearly not interested in the competition

[SkyWalker]

Where's JP ?????

[GIMMFD]

Clearly not interested in the competition

Not at all, hopefully K-State or ASU will give them more of a spark, because it seemed like we slept walk through that win. Can't blame them though, GW was horrible.

[X Factor]

Where's JP ?????

Not sure. Last two games, he's 2-7 from the field. That shouldn't happen to a player like JP. He's also only 2-9 from three on the year, and X is 5 games into the season.

Need JP to play a lot better, like he did at UW, if X is going to win some of the upcoming games against a lot better competition than Hampton and GW.

[bleedXblue]

Not sure. Last two games, he's 2-7 from the field. That shouldn't happen to a player like JP. He's also only 2-9 from three on the year, and X is 5 games into the season.

Need JP to play a lot better, like he did at UW, if X is going to win some of the upcoming games against a lot better competition than Hampton and GW.

hes mercurial for sure

[xdude]

I trust JP will be there when we need him. It's what history tells us.

[whopper]

I recall talk of a bad back vs Wisconsin, sometimes those tweaks linger. Maybe, just maybe, tomorrow off to try to get healthy next week?

[X Factor]

I recall talk of a bad back vs Wisconsin, sometimes those tweaks linger. Maybe, just maybe, tomorrow off to try to get healthy next week?

He was 10-15 from the field at UW and was all over the place. The past two games, it seems like his head hasn't been in the game more than anything physical.

[xu82]

It was a lazy game, but we did what we needed to do. They were not inspired, but did plenty. Don’t try to peak every game. Mack’s best ability in my mind (along with recruiting) is getting them to peak at the RIGHT TIME.

[THRILLHOUSE]

It was a lazy game, but we did what we needed to do. They were not inspired, but did plenty. Don’t try to peak every game. Mack’s best ability in my mind (along with recruiting) is getting them to peak at the RIGHT TIME.

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[xu82]

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Just give me 100 more times to pick up my game?

[GIMMFD]

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I don't even want us to peak yet, I'd much rather have a situation like last year where we played our best basketball in March, until then let's just gel, run some line-ups, let the Freshman get their feet wet. Would I love an undefeated season? Hell yes, but an actual peak? Save that for March.

[XUGRAD80]

They were 18 point favorites, they win by 19. Sure, it wasn’t pretty. But I’ll take 25-30 more like it. It’s darn near impossible to get totally up for every opponent. Sometimes you do win just because of superior talent overcoming lesser talent, even with that lesse talent playing with more emotion. I imagine that tomorrow we may see a more mentally ready Xavier team on the floor.

[Perma Fro]

I don't even want us to peak yet, I'd much rather have a situation like last year where we played our best basketball in March, until then let's just gel, run some line-ups, let the Freshman get their feet wet. Would I love an undefeated season? Hell yes, but an actual peak? Save that for March.

Let’s save that peak for around 11:45 ET on Monday, April 2nd.

[letskeepitreal]

Amen, the good thing is the freshmen and Kanter are getting valuable experience. I like what I see from the guards as well as the bigs and I believe we are pretty deep. We’ll see how good we really are over the next three games.

[xuwin]

I am a little concerned with JP's disappearance on offense the last two games. He doesn't seem to be getting open for the three's this year and his penetration into the lane has been slowed down considerably. Maybe the other guards are just not looking for him for open shots. We are about to play teams that are going to slow down our lane penetration and these new guys are going to have to start showing that they can shoot something besides layups and dunks. So far we have had our way in the lane.

[bobbiemcgee]

I think Mack is trying to get Q more involved in the scoring offense (working!) but takes some touches away from JP. JP will be fine.

[XUFan09]

I think Mack is trying to get Q more involved in the scoring offense (working!) but takes some touches away from JP. JP will be fine.

Yep. Q and Scruggs will be valuable for dribble penetration over the course of the season, and the bigs are also getting plenty of touches early on. They need to rack up some possessions making plays so they are ready to contribute when it really matters (e.g. against Villanova). It's not like J.P. is going to lose his touch or forget how he works within the Xavier offense because he didn't look for his shot much against a couple bad teams.