Game Thread: Xavier v Butler (2/18/2025)

[XUGRAD80]

I’ve a feeling that X is going to see a lot more zone against them when they next play Butler.

[murray87]

Not a thing of beauty but a comfortable win. Was great seeing Quincy and Stanley Burrell in the house.

[bleedXblue]

I’ve a feeling that X is going to see a lot more zone against them when they next play Butler.

Yeah and would expect that the next time around we handle it better. I dont think weve seen any zone this year so its always an adjustment.

[Smails]

Yeah and would expect that the next time around we handle it better. I dont think weve seen any zone this year so its always an adjustment.

Swain was getting a wide open 8-10 foot look against the zone but was reluctant to shoot it. I wonder if he was caught off guard with being in that situation. I imagine he'll work on that range leading up to the next Butler game because it was there all the time.

[Xavier]

Yeah I thought we got good looks out of it. I wouldn’t worry much about the zone from butler. I know saying it now will bite me when we play at butler but hard to believe they have had the best offense in Big East play, at least that’s what the broadcast was saying.

[paulxu]

....and Stanley Burrell in the house.

If he hasn't graduate yet, get him a jersey.

[Xville]

Yeah I thought we got good looks out of it. I wouldn’t worry much about the zone from butler. I know saying it now will bite me when we play at butler but hard to believe they have had the best offense in Big East play, at least that’s what the broadcast was saying.

I always worry about the game at butler. I know it’s silly to say but I literally think they (fans mostly) act like it’s their Super Bowl every year and just pack the house. They see us as a rival, which I don’t at all but whatever.

[murray87]

I always worry about the game at butler. I know it’s silly to say but I literally think they (fans mostly) act like it’s their Super Bowl every year and just pack the house. They see us as a rival, which I don’t at all but whatever.

Butler has become the equivalent of Dayton from the A-10 days.

[muskiefan82]

Butler has become the equivalent of Dayton from the A-10 days.

Yes. This is correct.

[Xavier]

I actually did consider Dayton a rival. Not UC rival but a big conference one I looked forward to. Butler isn’t even that.