Game Thread: Xavier vs. Butler (March 9, 2017) Big East Tournament Quarterfinal

[Wheelhouse]

Glorious win, ladies and gentlemen. Glorious win.

[X Factor]

Awesome win for the boys!!!

Thought we were going to see another second half collapse when the turnover parade started, but they found a way to get it done.

Sean's had a really good tournament so far.

[Snipe]

Was wondering about his lack of PT as well

[usfldan]

There's this on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/PBrennanENQ/stat...55406110085122

Pat Brennan‏
@PBrennanENQ

Also talked to RaShid Gaston afterward, who said he's fine. Slight discomfort. You'll recall he left the floor for a while in 2H.
11:23 PM - 9 Mar 2017

[nasdadjr]

It is so sweet, beating Little Brother v2. We also cause them to continue their winless streak in the Big East tournament.

And how sweet it is to read their message board, which presently is in meltdown mode.

Loser Huckleberry's.

Please provide link

[XfansinKy]

When coach Mack picked Baldwin to shoot free throws, I thought, "What is this man thinking choosing an 82% free throw shooter." I read this morning coach Mack considering all 4 but chose Baldwin because he was tired, he had played and played hard almost the whole game. He was also a freshman who had a lot of pressure on him. He clanged it. Coach Mack may frustrate fans at times, and he's not a "rah rah!" type coach(than what I personally like about him), but never say the man can't think fast on his feet. In my opinion, last night's coaching cemented him as the best part of Xavier basketball.

[Xavier]

I think in this thread someone mentioned Mack said he had only shot 36 FT's all season, too. Incredible.

[nasdadjr]

You were not kidding. Those Butler fans are in nuclear meltdown mode

[XfansinKy]

What was impressive for me was he went through the options of who to put on the line quickly. That's impressive and imo the kind of thing that makes good coaches great coaches.

[GIMMFD]

You were not kidding. Those Butler fans are in nuclear meltdown mode

I don't know about you, but it makes me smile so much to know they're going crazy over there.