Xavier women's basketball 2024-25 thread

[bjf123]

Extend GC!

Are you trying to start trouble here?


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[HomerCecil]

Xavier snapped a 47 BIG EAST regular-season game losing streak, earning the team's first conference win since Feb. 20, 2022 at Butler (W, 73-54). The win at Cintas Center is the team's first home conference win since Dec. 29, 2021 vs Butler (W, 77-55).

Congrats! In all seriousness it has to be a huge relief, and the bottom of the BE is middling enough that there are opportunities for a few more this year.

[Cornbread1190]

Extend GC!

Maybe too little, too late! Is there Chatter that Dr. Colleen M. Hanycz and her executive officers are starting to explore options to move the Title IX programs forward? GC should have put a little more effort in the women’s basketball program. GC only seemed to care back when Neal gave his daughter a spot on the team. That actually bought Neal a few extra years running this program into the dirt!

[HomerCecil]

The 2000 A10 champions were honored last night at the game against Georgetown, shining another big light on how far the program has fallen since then. I didn't even know they were being honored until a couple hours before the game. I saw Reetta Piipari, Nicole Levandusky, Jennifer Phillips and Taru Tuukkannen in the photos, I'm pretty sure. Unclear whether Amy Waugh was invited ... awkward.

Xavier pulled within 33-28 against Georgetown late in the third quarter, but were outscored 30-8 from then on to lose 63-36. It's a good thing they got the win against Butler. Since then, a 7-point loss at DePaul (also promising), a 15-point loss at Villanova, a 29-point loss at home to Marquette, an 11-point loss at St. John's and a 27-point loss to Georgetown. The home game against Providence and the road game at Butler look like possible chances for wins; otherwise it's 1-17, which is at least better than 0-18 or 0-20.

[94GRAD]

The 2000 A10 champions were honored last night at the game against Georgetown, shining another big light on how far the program has fallen since then. I didn't even know they were being honored until a couple hours before the game. I saw Reetta Piipari, Nicole Levandusky, Jennifer Phillips and Taru Tuukkannen in the photos, I'm pretty sure. Unclear whether Amy Waugh was invited ... awkward.

Xavier pulled within 33-28 against Georgetown late in the third quarter, but were outscored 30-8 from then on to lose 63-36. It's a good thing they got the win against Butler. Since then, a 7-point loss at DePaul (also promising), a 15-point loss at Villanova, a 29-point loss at home to Marquette, an 11-point loss at St. John's and a 27-point loss to Georgetown. The home game against Providence and the road game at Butler look like possible chances for wins; otherwise it's 1-17, which is at least better than 0-18 or 0-20.

Amy was invited but couldn't make it because her father isn't doing well.

[HomerCecil]

Xavier nearly made it a sweep of Butler last night, falling in Indianapolis 58-54. Butler is one of four Big East teams with a conference record of either 5-11, 4-11 or 4-12. It's interesting Xavier seems to have better luck against the Bulldogs than anyone else.

The team's net ranking has been hovering around 270 since conference play started, which is better than the 300+ it was last year. They close the season at Marquette and then home against Seton Hall. A win against either of those two is unlikely, so it's looking like a 1-17 regular season finish. This team is marginally better than last year's team, and hopefully they don't lose Meri Kanerva to the portal. She's looking like an all-Big East freshman possibility. We last had one of those two years ago in Fernanda Ovalle, and she chose to return home to Chile after her freshman year rather than stay at Xavier or transfer elsewhere.

Xavier lost its conference games by an average of 27 ppg last season and was last in both points scored and points allowed in league games (scoring 50.4 ppg and allowing 77.6 ppg). This season, Xavier is actually averaging fewer points in conference games -- last at 45.8 ppg -- but the defense has improved and is only allowing 63 ppg, which is ahead of Georgetown, Butler and DePaul. The offense has to get better but those numbers do show improvement from last year to this year.

Also, the Big East is on a pretty noticeable decline on the women's side. UConn will be its typical high seed, and Creighton looks locked into a seed in the 7-10 range. No one else is sniffing a berth unless the world ends and UConn doesn't win the Big East tournament. Marquette, DePaul, Villanova and St. John's have taken big steps back. There is an opportunity for Xavier to become more competitive in the league without getting that much better in the next couple of years.

[GoMuskies]

There is an opportunity for Xavier to become more competitive in the league without getting that much better in the next couple of years.

That's a pretty depressing thought.

Separately, I loved seeing UConn thoroughly dominate South Carolina the other day. I'd like to see UConn get back to the top of the women's college basketball world.

[Xville]

I'd really like to ask GC the question of...what does success look like year to year for the women's bb team? How much time have you spent trying to accomplish those goals? What in the actual f is your plan?

[Section 200]

Do we know who the recruits are for next year? I'm curious if we are going to continue to have an international team or if we are recruting American players. Seems like there should be Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana women that we can get.

[bigdiggins]

I'd really like to ask GC the question of...what does success look like year to year for the women's bb team? How much time have you spent trying to accomplish those goals? What in the actual f is your plan?

The goal should be maintaining Title IX compliance while we pump money to the men's program.