View Full Version : Game Thread/BE Tournament: Xavier v Butler University (3/9/2022)
HenryMuto
03-09-2022, 06:43 PM
I have no words
KabeX
03-09-2022, 06:43 PM
We can still lose by 5 or 6
bjf123
03-09-2022, 06:44 PM
New and exciting ways to blow games.
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Cornbread1190
03-09-2022, 06:44 PM
Don’t worry.. we have coach Steele.. he’ll pull this one out!
xudash
03-09-2022, 06:44 PM
I have no words
I have two: potential meltdown.
DexterBailey84
03-09-2022, 06:45 PM
And THAT right there sums up the entire career of Paul Scruggs.
There can’t possibly be a dumber 6th year player in the history of this great sport.
Just wow.
HenryMuto
03-09-2022, 06:45 PM
Great shot but went too early 8 seconds left
GoMuskies
03-09-2022, 06:45 PM
That works. Too early, though, after he misses the FT.
Xville
03-09-2022, 06:45 PM
Holy shit! Totally redeem yourself!!!!
X-band '01
03-09-2022, 06:45 PM
So are we happy or pissed that Scruggs potentially saved the season?
Three Point Pete
03-09-2022, 06:45 PM
GLORY BE
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KabeX
03-09-2022, 06:45 PM
Gotta make this FT or we lose.
GoMuskies
03-09-2022, 06:45 PM
So are we happy or pissed that Scruggs potentially saved the season?
Yes
Blue Blooded-05
03-09-2022, 06:46 PM
Great shot but went too early 8 seconds left
He’ll miss the FT and Butler will make a 3
That Scruggs hoop is hysterical!
Xville
03-09-2022, 06:46 PM
Make the fucking free throw…make the fucking free throw
Strange Brew
03-09-2022, 06:46 PM
I’m in a glass cage of mixed emotions..
HenryMuto
03-09-2022, 06:46 PM
Again wtf
GoMuskies
03-09-2022, 06:47 PM
What a moron.
xudash
03-09-2022, 06:47 PM
Paul Scruggs: brilliance followed by stupidity.
Xville
03-09-2022, 06:47 PM
Wtf Scruggs wtf is wrong with you
Lloyd Braun
03-09-2022, 06:47 PM
LOLOLOLOL
Microcosm
HenryMuto
03-09-2022, 06:47 PM
Was a 1 AND 1 and no one moved on the line on the 1st FT
Strange Brew
03-09-2022, 06:48 PM
Here we go again.
KabeX
03-09-2022, 06:48 PM
Better win this in reg.
bjf123
03-09-2022, 06:48 PM
We don’t deserve to win.
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HenryMuto
03-09-2022, 06:49 PM
I said he went too soon........then he missed a FT then because coach said foul up 3 he fouls not knowing.
To lose this game would be so sick.
This game was over multiple times.
Now OT.
Missed a FT and didn't know not to foul. I mean come on.
GoMuskies
03-09-2022, 06:49 PM
I can't believe they didn't get the steal and win in regulation.
I'm just glad Scruggs is out and can't screw up OT.
Xville
03-09-2022, 06:49 PM
Another game x easily should have won but we have a whole lot of stupid on this team
Blue Blooded-05
03-09-2022, 06:50 PM
My eyes are bleeding
Better win this in reg.
Nope! Stupid team, poorly disciplined and choked at the FT line. Time to move on. Even if they win this.
KabeX
03-09-2022, 06:50 PM
Unbelievable. Only parallel I can draw is pre-Burrow Bengal like.
ArizonaXUGrad
03-09-2022, 06:51 PM
Maybe Miller can coach the OT. I am finished.
Xville
03-09-2022, 06:51 PM
Stupid garbage team and staff. Odom not being in right now is incredibly stupid as well.
bjf123
03-09-2022, 06:51 PM
C’ya Travis.
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Strange Brew
03-09-2022, 06:52 PM
Dagger.
KabeX
03-09-2022, 06:52 PM
I mean does anyone really think we're gonna pull this out?
GoMuskies
03-09-2022, 06:52 PM
If we lose, Steele has to be out. Has to be.
muethibp
03-09-2022, 06:52 PM
This team does not seem well-coached.
Xville
03-09-2022, 06:52 PM
Wtf is this lineup? Fire Steele whether win or lose this is insanity
Ben Hur is on until 8:00PM.
Hey! LOOK! We missed a FT!
GoMuskies
03-09-2022, 06:53 PM
Nunge can save us?
ServiceUnavailable
03-09-2022, 06:54 PM
For as long as I can remember, Xavier got better as the year went on. These past few years have been sad.
MAKING a couple is more of a shocker!
Boro Muskie
03-09-2022, 06:54 PM
Win or lose, for the love of everything holy, it's time to move on.
Cornbread1190
03-09-2022, 06:55 PM
Travis don’t practice free throws
Irishjohn68
03-09-2022, 06:55 PM
Win or lose firer Steele now!
Xville
03-09-2022, 06:55 PM
Make fts holy fuck
GoMuskies
03-09-2022, 06:55 PM
Would really suck for Paul to go out like this. But it would be mostly his own fault.
xuphan
03-09-2022, 06:55 PM
Win or lose, for the love of everything holy, it's time to move on.
#DanceorDepart
Xville
03-09-2022, 06:56 PM
Win or lose firer Steele now!
Agreed I’m absolutely done either way
muskiefan82
03-09-2022, 06:56 PM
Guess who isn't good? Go on. Take a second.
GoMuskies
03-09-2022, 06:56 PM
Holy shit we're dumb. Fouling the 90% FT shooter on purpose with 2:20 to play.
Xville
03-09-2022, 06:56 PM
Ballgame! Fire Steele before they get on the plane.
HenryMuto
03-09-2022, 06:56 PM
To lose this game I mean how
GoMuskies
03-09-2022, 06:57 PM
Guess who isn't good? Go on. Take a second.
Ben Hur's fellow chariot racers?
GoMuskies
03-09-2022, 06:58 PM
Guess who isn't good? Go on. Take a second.
Ben Hur's fellow chariot racers?
X-band '01
03-09-2022, 06:58 PM
Ballgame! Fire Steele before they get on the plane.
You'll let him get on the freight elevator?
bjf123
03-09-2022, 06:59 PM
I’m done watching. Pathetic.
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X-band '01
03-09-2022, 06:59 PM
Ballgame! Fire Steele before they get on the plane.
You'll let him get on the freight elevator?
Ben just found out his family is still alive. Best news in quite a while. I wonder how Mr Hur is from the FT line?
GoMuskies
03-09-2022, 07:00 PM
The FTs are ha ha bad.
GoMuskies
03-09-2022, 07:00 PM
At least I'm not there.
Xville
03-09-2022, 07:01 PM
What a joke of a team and staff absolutely pathetic on all fronts. You keep Steele at this point and Greg is a fucking idiot
xudash
03-09-2022, 07:01 PM
Here is where we begin to chuck threes to seal the loss.
HenryMuto
03-09-2022, 07:01 PM
Can't stop 1 FN guy on their entire team ? I can't believe this is going to be a loss. This is stupid beyond reason.
Blue Blooded-05
03-09-2022, 07:01 PM
Simply stunning display of futility
GoMuskies
03-09-2022, 07:01 PM
Nice game Kunk
This is the most pathetic stretch of FT shooting I can ever remember. High school teams shoot better. Are they more tired or scared?
Cornbread1190
03-09-2022, 07:02 PM
Again no help from those popcorn eating assistant coaches.. if Steele does return, he must build a new support staff.
XUBANDGRAD
03-09-2022, 07:02 PM
Feels so good to see kunkel with more fouls than points. Dude is so bad.
KabeX
03-09-2022, 07:02 PM
Well at least there will be no PIG Humiliation.
ArizonaXUGrad
03-09-2022, 07:02 PM
No other words but weeks ago I said this scenario would happen and people didn’t believe me. 18-13 was my prediction and no tourney.
Xville
03-09-2022, 07:03 PM
Lol bring in hunter over Edwards. This staff is such a joke
XUBison
03-09-2022, 07:04 PM
Who said we’re going to the big dance?
GoMuskies
03-09-2022, 07:04 PM
This is a humiliating loss.
Xville
03-09-2022, 07:05 PM
Gtfo Steele and take Greg with you. Joke of a coach. 18 effing wins… getting worse every year
HenryMuto
03-09-2022, 07:06 PM
This is a pretty horrible loss I guess that goes without saying the fact that Scruggs fouled up 2 with 4 seconds left at half court is the most amazingly stupid thing I think I have ever seen. How do you not know your up 2 points you knew you were tied when you scored.
I am sickened. 3 years in a row needing to win vs a bad team in the 1st round and 3 years in a row losing but this loss is so FN stupid. You can't make FT's to seal it and then push off inbounds then you make a miracle shot and miss the FT and then foul on purpose up 2.
I guess no tournament. Sickening.
ArizonaXUGrad
03-09-2022, 07:06 PM
Get on social media, email the AD, he vocal about your displeasure with Steele.
KabeX
03-09-2022, 07:06 PM
No other words but weeks ago I said this scenario would happen and people didn’t believe me. 18-13 was my prediction and no tourney.
Actually I think there were many who said the same thing (or thought so). I certainly was one of them. Don't mean a thing if nothing is down to solve the problem. You're up Mr. Christopher. Do your f'in job.
Cornbread1190
03-09-2022, 07:08 PM
Christopher needs to hire Mark Prosser ! Skip’s son
Greg make it happen!
HAAS_U
03-09-2022, 07:08 PM
Blow the whole thing up. Embarrassing
We went 8-18 from the FT line in crunch time. They had this game won with some makes. That’s an incredible mental collapse. Players are often a reflection of their coaching and leadership. Meanwhile, Butler makes 8 straight.
stammina0721
03-09-2022, 07:10 PM
This is a pretty horrible loss I guess that goes without saying the fact that Scruggs fouled up 2 with 4 seconds left at half court is the most amazingly stupid thing I think I have ever seen. How do you not know your up 2 points you knew you were tied when you scored.
I am sickened. 3 years in a row needing to win vs a bad team in the 1st round and 3 years in a row losing but this loss is so FN stupid. You can't make FT's to seal it and then push off inbounds then you make a miracle shot and miss the FT and then foul on purpose up 2.
I guess no tournament. Sickening.
Steele is disgusting. What a joke. His teams are so unprepared that Scruggs doesn't know the situation and fouls out to put an 89% shooter on the line. Steele isnt it and we all know it. If he is back Cintas will have it's lowest attendance in it's history
Xville
03-09-2022, 07:11 PM
Christopher needs to hire Mark Prosser ! Skip’s son
Greg make it happen!
F that. Sean miller or no one
KabeX
03-09-2022, 07:12 PM
F that. Sean miller or no one
Make that call. They won't.
Xville
03-09-2022, 07:13 PM
Too bad lou isn’t here to tell me how wrong I was about steele and how he was going to take x to the second weekend
Boro Muskie
03-09-2022, 07:14 PM
Do the decent thing and step down.
Xville
03-09-2022, 07:16 PM
Same exact year as last year. I know no one cares but if Steele is here next year, I’m not subjecting myself to this crap. Won’t watch, won’t go and my afo money will be gone. Not a big donor or even remotely close, but I am 100% done.
XUBison
03-09-2022, 07:16 PM
I mean, I would have joked that this was how this game was going to go, never believing it could have actually been this bad. Absolutely incompetent. This is not Xavier basketball. This isn’t Xavier anything.
I’m glad I don’t have to watch them anymore. That’s sad.
KabeX
03-09-2022, 07:17 PM
He won't step down. They won't fire him. And I, like pretty much everyone else, will be full of apathy. Full of apathy - for the first time ever since I've been rooting for this program - going on 40 years.
Cornbread1190
03-09-2022, 07:18 PM
F that. Sean miller or no one
Looks like it’ll be no one then.. Travis Steele back! Go ahead and reorder those season tickets. Lol.
Jumpin_Jamal_Forever
03-09-2022, 07:23 PM
A fitting end to the season of one of Xavier's most under-performing teams in recent history. Have to nominate Coach Steele, again, for the Big East Conference Most Under-Performing Coach. And kudos to Scruggs, ZFree and Jones for the B.E. All Choke Team.
Murph85
03-09-2022, 07:23 PM
Same exact year as last year. I know no one cares but if Steele is here next year, I’m not subjecting myself to this crap. Won’t watch, won’t go and my afo money will be gone. Not a big donor or even remotely close, but I am 100% done.
Ditto to the entire statement.
He won't step down. They won't fire him. And I, like pretty much everyone else, will be full of apathy. Full of apathy - for the first time ever since I've been rooting for this program - going on 40 years.
Pre-Covid, I came to town every year to catch a game at Cintas. I also went to the NCAA tournament games in any reasonable location to follow X. I’ll come to Cincinnati for a Bills game and get my Cincy fix for Dana’s, Zips and Arthurs. And of course I can use my travel funds for something other than a Xavier appearance in the NCAA’s.
They are just painful to watch, and I was one who argued with those quick to jump on Steele. Let it play out, I felt. Well, it’s played out as far as I’m concerned.
ArizonaXUGrad
03-09-2022, 07:28 PM
I just can’t believe Steele is retained. I can’t, same shit just another year and it’s three years running not two. Don’t believe for a second we were in the tourney after blowing it to DePaul. We must have a new staff. He had his time and it was a failure with no positives. It’s time for a new staff.
Double Down
03-09-2022, 07:29 PM
When you come out of a timeout late in the game and the best play you can call is for Fremantle to shoot a three then you really don’t understand the game. It’s time to move on. Steele must go now!
I just can’t believe Steele is retained. I can’t, same shit just another year and it’s three years running not two. Don’t believe for a second we were in the tourney after blowing it to DePaul. We must have a new staff. He had his time and it was a failure with no positives. It’s time for a new staff.
Sadly, I have to agree, but I have no idea how it will turn out. And I was a supporter until proven what a mistake that was.
KabeX
03-09-2022, 07:35 PM
Pre-Covid, I came to town every year to catch a game at Cintas. I also went to the NCAA tournament games in any reasonable location to follow X. I’ll come to Cincinnati for a Bills game and get my Cincy fix for Dana’s, Zips and Arthurs. And of course I can use my travel funds for something other than a Xavier appearance in the NCAA’s.
They are just painful to watch, and I was one who argued with those quick to jump on Steele. Let it play out, I felt. Well, it’s played out as far as I’m concerned.
Same. Although I still live in Cincy, I've followed them all over the place. Many NCAA 1st & 2nd round games. I was at the Hoosier Dome in '93 when Aaron Williams had the best baseline dunk I'd ever seen against IU. Was in Milwaukee against Tubby and the Gophers. Been to A10 & BE Tourneys many times. Took my young son to many of them. He's 17 now and all we seem to do is joke about how bad Steele is and how they're gong to blow this game. I know it's just sports but it really is sad. I will have almost zero excitement for next season if he is still here. Just. Sad.
Xavier
03-09-2022, 07:37 PM
F that. Sean miller or no one
Everything I’ve been told is he isn’t an option. But maybe Greg feels the pressure of his job and takes the “risk” he sees in Sean. Would save his job, everyone would love him- and rejuvenate the fanbase and donations in a split second
whopper
03-09-2022, 07:38 PM
i could not watch as teaching a class and at class end were the missed FT's by Paul, Colby, the non stop on Harris, Scruggs layup but missed FT then the mistake praying that Lukakis would miss one. No such luck and i drove home with the ESPN play by play on passenger seat hoping against hope. All about FTs, by the way that killed us against Florids State. Sad and some good performeances totally negated by FTs. That is all you have to know about the game..we got it inside, got fouled. No dunks as they fouled to force missed from the floor and made them earn it from foul line. We know the rest. Good luck to Paul and Nate, thanks for a fair amount of enjoyment and i deleted DVR without viewing. Damn
markchal
03-09-2022, 07:39 PM
Everything I’ve been told is he isn’t an option. But maybe Greg feels the pressure of his job and takes the “risk” he sees in Sean. Would save his job, everyone would love him- and rejuvenate the fanbase and donations in a split second
I'm convinced Christopher needs to go. If he actually hired Miller, I would reconsider my stance.
Xville
03-09-2022, 07:46 PM
Everything I’ve been told is he isn’t an option. But maybe Greg feels the pressure of his job and takes the “risk” he sees in Sean. Would save his job, everyone would love him- and rejuvenate the fanbase and donations in a split second
If true, I can live with that. I can’t live with another year of Steele. I don’t care who it is except that that person gives Xavier back it’s identity——defense, rebounding, toughness and chip on its shoulder… no one else need apply.
Everything I’ve been told is he isn’t an option. But maybe Greg feels the pressure of his job and takes the “risk” he sees in Sean. Would save his job, everyone would love him- and rejuvenate the fanbase and donations in a split second
Sean is the most sure thing to rejuvenate this program. The program that was strategically developed to be the flagship of the university. He wasn’t bringing in strippers and hookers. He MAY have been doing what is now pretty much legal and above board.
waggy
03-09-2022, 07:48 PM
I'm convinced Christopher needs to go. If he actually hired Miller, I would reconsider my stance.
Agree. This program is broken.
markchal
03-09-2022, 07:53 PM
Really feel bad for Jack Nunge. He was a stellar player this season and deserved better than this.
waggy
03-09-2022, 07:55 PM
I feel bad for all the players. They are not perfect, but they shouldn’t be in this position. They need leadership.
whopper
03-09-2022, 07:56 PM
it is a time for quiet reflection. They know what happened and i doubt many will sleep tonight. God only knows what next year will bring with transfers out and in but NOTHING would suprise me..
drudy23
03-09-2022, 07:56 PM
Colossal meltdown and stupidity. Hallmarks of the last 4 years.
This is the worst 4 year stretch in the modern era since Xavier has been a legitimate player on the college basketball scene. The worst 4 years EVER.
If everything remains status quo, that's a true testament to the people in charge, and is frankly, VERY concerning for the vision and importance of this basketball program.
There's just no other way to put it.
I feel bad for all the players. They are not perfect, but they shouldn’t be in this position. They need leadership.
I have to support this! I LOVE our players, they just need someone who can get them to be their best. We are missing that, apparently.
OTRMUSKIE
03-09-2022, 08:04 PM
I just want to be the first to thank coach Steele for allowing X to bring back coach Sean Miller! We will finally be coached by someone who knows what the F@&K he is doing! I know we are upset they lost but we shouldn't be. Steele did the fans a huge favor. Had he made the dance he prob stays. There is no way in hell he keeps his job now. He is 100% gone I promise. Fire up the BUICK BOIS!!!! It's time to ride again! I'm pumped up!!!! Please turn down the NIT. We are not Dayton even though it appears we are. Good luck in life Mr Steele. I assume you will be Mr Steele from now on bc coach should never be in front of your last name. Unless you team up with the purse brand .
xuphan
03-09-2022, 08:28 PM
He will be the HC at Xavier next year. I am not endorsing Steele but there isn’t much hope Christopher will get rid of him.
T-Time
03-09-2022, 08:32 PM
I just want to be the first to thank coach Steele for allowing X to bring back coach Sean Miller! We will finally be coached by someone who knows what the F@&K he is doing! I know we are upset they lost but we shouldn't be. Steele did the fans a huge favor. Had he made the dance he prob stays. There is no way in hell he keeps his job now. He is 100% gone I promise. Fire up the BUICK BOIS!!!! It's time to ride again! I'm pumped up!!!! Please turn down the NIT. We are not Dayton even though it appears we are. Good luck in life Mr Steele. I assume you will be Mr Steele from now on bc coach should never be in front of your last name. Unless you team up with the purse brand .
OTRMUSKIE, I pray to God you are right! It would be a great day to have Sean be hired back!! I will settle for nothing less than Miller.
GreatWhiteNorth
03-09-2022, 08:39 PM
It’s ALL OVER!
GoMuskies
03-09-2022, 08:43 PM
Will Travis re-live 2021 and attempt to schedule BYU for Saturday night?
OTRMUSKIE
03-09-2022, 08:45 PM
Murray State head coach is a close 2nd. And no way in hell Steele is back.
SM#24
03-09-2022, 08:47 PM
Glad we saved our worst for last.
SemajParlor
03-09-2022, 08:48 PM
We Travis re-live 2021 and attempt to schedule BYU for Saturday night?
On the worst basketball night imaginable this made for a necessary laugh. Well played
KabeX
03-09-2022, 08:50 PM
Colossal meltdown and stupidity. Hallmarks of the last 4 years.
This is the worst 4 year stretch in the modern era since Xavier has been a legitimate player on the college basketball scene. The worst 4 years EVER.
If everything remains status quo, that's a true testament to the people in charge, and is frankly, VERY concerning for the vision and importance of this basketball program.
There's just no other way to put it.
!00%. Reps if I were able.
Backyard Champ
03-09-2022, 08:58 PM
I feel bad for all the players. They are not perfect, but they shouldn’t be in this position. They need leadership.
I feel bad for the players because they play for Xavier and I love Xavier basketball.
But they are the ones who choked this game away. They missed an insane amount of FT’s. They lost their man on defense consistently.
This seasons collapse is on Steele. This loss is on the players.
paulxu
03-09-2022, 09:07 PM
For a season filled with so much promise in the beginning (remember "deep bench"?), what a disappointing end.
coasterville95
03-09-2022, 09:07 PM
I’m almost to @burn it all down and start over@
I’m usually a pretty easy going guy and all, but this last month has sucked so hard. We recruit great players, o doubt about that, but we don’t develop them.
The kill meter is a joke as it sits in 2 in the second half, the authority at the free throw line is gone, shoot even respectable shooting seems to be somewhat for crawling it
Sorry it’s time for Steele to go.
Welp - may I suggest a strong stiff drink or two tonight?
XU basketball may not be dead but it’s on life support
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American X
03-09-2022, 09:45 PM
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SemajParlor
03-09-2022, 10:49 PM
I feel bad for all the players. They are not perfect, but they shouldn’t be in this position. They need leadership.
Agree with this. They deserved better this year.
ArizonaXUGrad
03-09-2022, 11:09 PM
Teams do it, fire him regardless and let him finish off any dumpster fire we find ourselves in. If it’s NIT, let him get roasted by the fans if it’s a home game.
X Factor
03-09-2022, 11:38 PM
"... I'm hopeful we'll be in it because I think we're a team that can advance and really do some damage in the NCAA Tournament."
Travis must think the field is going to be full of Georgetowns.
He's in denial and probably thinks he's a great coach too.
ArizonaXUGrad
03-09-2022, 11:41 PM
I have had enough. He had his 4 years and we have regressed with nothing to celebrate. His time is done and it is time to move on. Every coach should get 4 full seasons. His four were miserable.
SemajParlor
03-09-2022, 11:41 PM
I'm still not over this loss. I think all things considered one of the worst losses I've ever seen by any team, in any sport. That was almost impossible to lose. When Scruggs got called for that offensive in bounds foul I actually started laughing. That was insane.
Yep.
Doesn’t help the coach that he has become delusional.
In his post press conference he said he thought his team played better for 39 minutes. But they were still awful Coach and you allowed their awfulness to happen. If taking bad shots and missing most of them and struggling to keep pace with one of the worst BE teams is acceptable to you, the there’s nothing more Christopher has to hear.
That was about the worst prepared team I’ve ever seen from X. taking terrible shot after terrible shot and making bad passes and stupid fouls. Good thing they have a coach that not only doesn’t fix those things but decides to help out by sitting those who are scoring the baskets and rewarding the reckless, cold shooters with more playing time. Yep. We could have been up big, with better coaching early on. Had he told his guys “I had better not see a bunch of quick 3s. I want you to keep feeding it inside to Nunge.”
How many have tried to open Steeles eyes that he is not doing enough- that he is not playing to his team’s strengths. That he is not setting his team up for success with his choice of lineups and his choice to allow his players to jack up quick threes. Steele just kept nonchalantly telling anyone who would listen that they practice hard and there are a lot of games left to be played. How’s that going for you now Coach?
He has proven he is absolutely clueless. Bye-bye. Sayonara. Auf Wiedersehen. Adios.
GIMMFD
03-10-2022, 04:02 AM
I still can't stomach that shit show of a loss... year after year same story, we had no business losing that game today. Good lord.
UCGRAD4X
03-10-2022, 05:17 AM
I'm still not over this loss. I think all things considered one of the worst losses I've ever seen by any team, in any sport. That was almost impossible to lose. When Scruggs got called for that offensive in bounds foul I actually started laughing. That was insane.
Yep. That was the wrong play, by the wrong player, against the wrong player, at the wrong time, in the wrong game (by the wrong team as well, I might add).
Reminds me of the Bengals - Steelers game couple years back where the game was all but won and about six unlikely things needed to go wrong for them to lose and they all did.
markchal
03-10-2022, 08:24 AM
We should be gearing up to watch a noon game today.
Up 6 with 40 seconds left...man, this really sucks
XUGRAD80
03-10-2022, 09:32 AM
Can anyone name one good thing that this team does on a consistent basis? Can anyone point to a strength and say that it is something they can be proud of it, and count on it, game after game?
defense?
turning the other team over?
running good sets?
fast break points?
rebounding?
shooting? (H**L NO!)
free throws? (are you kidding me?)
taking charges?
steals?
blocking shots?
Being tough?
Being quick?
Being strong?
Being mentally strong?
Good coaching? (If anyone says this my head will literally explode!)
ANYTHING?!!!
Because I can't. Not one single thing can I see that they look back on and say that they did well. This may well be the most disappointing couple of years in the history of Xavier BB. They have consistently under achieved and actually seem to have regressed over each year.
The only thing that I can see as a positive is that more than likely I won't feel the need to watch this team play even one more game this year, and that hopefully I'll never have to watch another Steele led Xavier team take the floor.
Screw the NIT, I won't even watch.
OTRMUSKIE
03-10-2022, 10:25 AM
We are getting a new coach, that's all that matters. You have to look at the bigger picture. Had we won that game X would be miserable for at least another year. That loss needed to happen in order for X to move forward. Of course if Steele isn't fired, well, you can only imagine the chaos that will occur.
xuwillie
03-10-2022, 10:37 AM
We are getting a new coach, that's all that matters. You have to look at the bigger picture. Had we won that game X would be miserable for at least another year. That loss needed to happen in order for X to move forward. Of course if Steele isn't fired, well, you can only imagine the chaos that will occur.
I don't thjnk there's any way you can keep him now. He's lost 90% of all the fans/alumni and probably most of the players after this season
GoMuskies
03-10-2022, 10:54 AM
Xavier was 6.5 point favorites over Butler, and now Providence is a 7 point favorite over Butler. Nuts. We'd have been pick em or +1 vs. Providence if we were playing them today?
American X
03-10-2022, 03:14 PM
The miscues, poor decisions, and failed executions from this game are too numerous to catalogue, so I will highlight my perpetual favorite - The Jerome Hunter Three Point Experience.
Thirty-one games into the season in yet another do-or-die contest, WHY is Jerome Hunter sitting outside the three-point arc? More importantly, WHY would anyone on this Xavier team or anyone drawing oxygen on this earth pass the ball to him? This means it is STILL part of the gameplan and Coach Hoodie is STILL alright with that shot. Just one example of many, but it speaks volumes.
xuphan
03-10-2022, 04:06 PM
I don't thjnk there's any way you can keep him now. He's lost 90% of all the fans/alumni and probably most of the players after this season
Sadly I don’t think he will get fired. I have a gut feeling that we will see Travis back coaching next year. I hope I am wrong.
whopper
03-10-2022, 09:55 PM
Notice Lukakia was 1-11 v providence 0-7 from 3 2-2 from line 4 pts. For some reason he, Coburn (avg 22 v us), Courversier(Depail with 23) all have huge games against us and disappear. No real point but it must be indicative of something .. probably poor 3 pt defense as their damage was mostly from 3 but a mix of drives too
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