We All Love Ed.....but

[XUFan09]

This is one of the bigger things I noticed against Creighton. Tyrique was playing great and getting good position, but more importantly the wings were actually passing the ball in. I know the bigs haven't always played great, but I cannot remember another season where I've seen a team struggle so bad at entering the ball into the post. Also funny that they start doing that, and when we actually convert.. the shots from the outside start to get a little more open and the percentages go up.

I agree about passing into the post being a problem this year. I do suspect that Xavier was also trying to force foul trouble on Patton in the early game with repeated attacks as an explicit gameplan, but it did seem like Tyrique's teammates were also excited to get him the ball again.

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[D-West & PO-Z]

Jesus.

Ha, my thoughts exactly.

[D-West & PO-Z]

In what world are you living in calling Goodin one of the best freshmen we've ever seen? Lmao, he's averaging 4, 2, & 1 on the year. I don't care who was in front of him to start the year, if you're throwing that title on him, then he finds his way onto the court regardless. Q has been great compared to what we expected as of late. I think he can become very good, but to say he's better than Ed right now is absurd. He hasn't been asked to do nearly the same things Ed has had to do. Q has played some good defense as of late, but you're also underestimating Ed on that side of the court. He's saved them many a times on defensive boards and steals. Not to mention his ability in the open court. BTW, we're not the only ones anointing Ed.. take a look at every single national media member that covers the sport for a living

Yeah the XU fans arent annointing Ed a superstar. We arent the ones naming him a likely 1st round pick (before injury).

GEEZ

[gladdenguy]

Some of Q's passes really make me think he could be one of the most special point guards in Xavier history. In the past we have had great point guards but they just seemed to be scorers first (Tu, Chalmers). Dee Davis was probably a pass first point guard but Q just has a whole different physique and what seems to be a so much higher ceiling.

God Bless Quentin Goodin.

[Blue Blooded-05]

OK, the best win that this program has ever had was with Sumner starting at PG against the #1 team in the country and eventual national champions last year. Ed had 19 pts, 9 ast, and 6 reb.

Goodin has definitely earned respect as a player, but this is insane...

Pssssh...

Let's look at where Q's numbers are trending after two starts...

8 points vs. Seton Hall & 15 points vs. Creighton (increase of 87.5%)
1 steal vs. Seton Hall & 5 steals vs. Creighton (increase of 400%)

Assume we win out and go all the way (and you'll soon see why)... we would play 17 more games... all Q has to do is keep his current growth trends, and by my calculations, he will score 656,316 points and get 85,899,345,920 steals in the National Championship game.

Given the way Q has played over 2 starts, I think we can all agree these numbers are very attainable.

[D-West & PO-Z]

This may be the most I've ever disagreed with a post on here. I actually think X fans (and fans in general) underappreciate how good players are at times when they are on "our" team -- see some of the thoughts on Tre on this board or the parade of critiques whenever a player is so much as rumored to be considering leaving early.

Word.

We literally had people arguing Trevon wasnt good enough to play in the BE one year AFTER he was 1st team All BE!!! HAHAHAHA X fans are too good sometimes!

Cant wait for that beer.

[D-West & PO-Z]

What does Goodin have to do to earn this fanbase's respect? I am pretty sure our 2 best wins are with him starting as our PG. Too bad he doesn't make cool dunks like Sumner.

He has our respect. Deosnt mean hes better than Sumner.

I love what Q's doing and how he has stepped up. He isnt better than Sumner. Not even close.

[SemajParlor]

What are they?

I don't feel the need to continue to knock on a poster and fellow X fan that I've never encountered on here. But yeah, I see at least 6.

[bobbiemcgee]

After 2 surgeries, what are the chances he even comes back next year? Acl's don't heal up in 7-9 months, do they?

[X-ceptional]

Pssssh...

Let's look at where Q's numbers are trending after two starts...

8 points vs. Seton Hall & 15 points vs. Creighton (increase of 87.5%)
1 steal vs. Seton Hall & 5 steals vs. Creighton (increase of 400%)

Assume we win out and go all the way (and you'll soon see why)... we would play 17 more games... all Q has to do is keep his current growth trends, and by my calculations, he will score 656,316 points and get 85,899,345,920 steals in the National Championship game.

Given the way Q has played over 2 starts, I think we can all agree these numbers are very attainable.

Math checks out. Although I have to say, I would be a little disappointed with that scoring total. He should be able to convert those nearly 86 billion steals into at least a few more buckets I would hope.