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Boston Red · 01-22-2011, 04:03 PM

Xavier played a really good first half and is only up by 2, so that makes me nervous. On the other hand, surely Temple has to cool off from 3. Great game so far.

Oxilon · 01-22-2011, 04:20 PM

This has been a great game. Hope these two meet again in the A-10 championship. I may be looking ahead, but I can see both of these squads getting an at-large bid (in the case that neither wins the A-10 championship)

reds1869 · 01-22-2011, 05:22 PM

Xavier is a different team since the Shootout. It seems the light switched on in a big way after that humiliation and I am really enjoying this squad. Chris Mack and his staff are amazing.

Matt700wlw · 01-22-2011, 05:44 PM

Xavier may never lose again.

dabvu2498 · 01-23-2011, 11:22 AM

Those throwback unis are the best.

Revering4Blue · 01-23-2011, 12:28 PM

It has kind of fallen under the radar, but the Musketeers are doing this without three-point ace Brad Redford.

Since we are discussing the Atlantic 10, props to the Duquesne Dukes. the last time they were this good, Norm Nixon was playing for them.

reds1869 · 01-24-2011, 01:31 PM

12 votes in this week's AP poll (good for 32nd), 3 in the Coaches Poll (37th). Nice to see the X Men getting some love from the pollsters in a rebuilding year. Hopefully they can take care of business and crack the Top 25 before heading to Athens for a huge road tilt with Georgia.

reds1869 · 01-29-2011, 05:28 PM

I hoped to beat Richmond, but I didn't imagine a victory by that margin. Well, actually I did with my second win in a row on the Xavier Hoops Pick the Score contest.

dabvu2498 · 02-02-2011, 09:34 PM

Strange, strange ending to this game.

reds1869 · 02-02-2011, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by dabvu2498

Strange, strange ending to this game.

Definitely bizarre. The refs had no clue what they were doing with the technical. That was a terrible loss. How do you go on the road and rout Richmond only to lose to Charlotte?

Hoosier Red · 02-02-2011, 10:47 PM

Well you probably figured you were going 1-1 on the road trip right? Part of it is the regression to the mean, a smaller part is probably getting an inflated sense of self.

reds1869 · 02-03-2011, 06:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Hoosier Red

Well you probably figured you were going 1-1 on the road trip right? Part of it is the regression to the mean, a smaller part is probably getting an inflated sense of self.

A bigger part would probably be going eight minutes without a made field goal. Just a guess, though.

dabvu2498 · 02-03-2011, 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by reds1869

A bigger part would probably be going eight minutes without a made field goal. Just a guess, though.

Your best player going 3-17 (0-8) doesn't help.

reds1869 · 02-03-2011, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by dabvu2498

Your best player going 3-17 (0-8) doesn't help.

True, although Lyons stepped up his game to offset Tu's clunker. Other than Jamel the rest of the team forgot to show up.

Hoosier Red · 02-03-2011, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by reds1869

A bigger part would probably be going eight minutes without a made field goal. Just a guess, though.

The bigger part was the regression to the mean certainly. They missed a ton of shots they normally make.
I tried to make the point about the swelled heads as delicately as I could because it's not an overarching problem, but I think it's natural to fall into a sense of "Well we beat Richmond by 25, now we can relax."
The margin for error really is slim that any feelings like that can mean the difference between a 25 point win and a loss.

01-22-2011, 04:03 PM	#151
Boston Red Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Braintree, MA Posts: 1,947	Re: Xavier Basketball Xavier played a really good first half and is only up by 2, so that makes me nervous. On the other hand, surely Temple has to cool off from 3. Great game so far.

01-22-2011, 04:20 PM	#152
Oxilon Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 2,133	Re: Xavier Basketball This has been a great game. Hope these two meet again in the A-10 championship. I may be looking ahead, but I can see both of these squads getting an at-large bid (in the case that neither wins the A-10 championship) __________________ That hit was plenty fair. Atleast by a quarter of an inch. -Steve Stone

01-22-2011, 05:22 PM	#153
reds1869 We Need Our Myths Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Overlooking GABP Posts: 4,198	Re: Xavier Basketball Xavier is a different team since the Shootout. It seems the light switched on in a big way after that humiliation and I am really enjoying this squad. Chris Mack and his staff are amazing.

01-22-2011, 05:44 PM	#154
Matt700wlw Making sense of it all Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 26,149	Re: Xavier Basketball Xavier may never lose again. __________________ An excited shade of Red

01-23-2011, 11:22 AM	#155
dabvu2498 Yay! Join Date: May 2006 Location: Middletown, Ohio Posts: 7,266	Re: Xavier Basketball Those throwback unis are the best. __________________ When all is said and done more is said than done.

01-23-2011, 12:28 PM	#156
Revering4Blue All Fired Up Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,424	Re: Xavier Basketball It has kind of fallen under the radar, but the Musketeers are doing this without three-point ace Brad Redford. Since we are discussing the Atlantic 10, props to the Duquesne Dukes. the last time they were this good, Norm Nixon was playing for them.

01-24-2011, 01:31 PM	#157
reds1869 We Need Our Myths Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Overlooking GABP Posts: 4,198	Re: Xavier Basketball 12 votes in this week's AP poll (good for 32nd), 3 in the Coaches Poll (37th). Nice to see the X Men getting some love from the pollsters in a rebuilding year. Hopefully they can take care of business and crack the Top 25 before heading to Athens for a huge road tilt with Georgia.

01-29-2011, 05:28 PM	#158
reds1869 We Need Our Myths Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Overlooking GABP Posts: 4,198	Re: Xavier Basketball I hoped to beat Richmond, but I didn't imagine a victory by that margin. Well, actually I did with my second win in a row on the Xavier Hoops Pick the Score contest.

02-02-2011, 09:34 PM	#159
dabvu2498 Yay! Join Date: May 2006 Location: Middletown, Ohio Posts: 7,266	Re: Xavier Basketball Strange, strange ending to this game. __________________ When all is said and done more is said than done.

02-02-2011, 10:47 PM	#161
Hoosier Red Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 6,883	Re: Xavier Basketball Well you probably figured you were going 1-1 on the road trip right? Part of it is the regression to the mean, a smaller part is probably getting an inflated sense of self. __________________ When people say that I don’t know what I’m talking about when it comes to sports or writing, I think: Man, you should see me in the rest of my life. ---Joe Posnanski

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