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Every Big East team (aside from DePaul) played UConn closer than any team has played them in the tournament. Just the best league in the country; a comical failure by the committee to only put 3 Big East teams in.
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Mick Cronin and first weekend exits. Name a more iconic duo.
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I remember when we were Xavier (OH). Now we're one letter and everybody knows.
BLUE RIBBON PRESEASON TOP 25
1. Mich St
2. UK
3. KU
4. Duke
5. UF
6. L'ville
7. Maryland
8. Nova
9. UVA
10. Gonz
11. TX Tech
12. UNC
13. S Hall
14. Colo
15. Utah St
16. Ore
17. Davidson
18. Auburn
19. X
20. St Mary’s
21. Memphis
22. Purdue
23. Tenn
24. Ohio St
25.VCU
#NOHOUSTON
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Congrats to league's best defender, who managed to hold Tyrique Jones to 38 points and 28 rebounds on 15-21 shooting in their two meetings!
𝘿𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝘼𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙄𝙩 𝙄𝙣 𝙃𝙞𝙨 🏠
@SetonHallMBB
's Romaro Gill adds some more hardware with the
#BIGEASThoops
Defensive Player of the Year recognition!
#HALLin
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"I kept telling our guys, just take their soul. Take their soul." Fair to say Coach Steele wasn't messing around tonight.
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Xavier > OSU > Duke > Gonzaga
See you all at the parade.
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Impossible to not be misty eyed at that Coach Hayes interview
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Nope. College basketball ratings on ESPN were up 21% last year, on Fox up 9%, and on CBS up 5%. More people watched St. Peter's than watched any NBA finals game. Tournament TV ratings were highest since 1994, social media engagement set new records. So, all wrong, Jim.
The relevancy of college basketball feels like it's at an all-time low point.
Which rule change would you make 1st to improve it? 🤔
Options include:
- Push season back
- 24-second shot clock
- Require 3 years like 🏒 &⚾
- Reduce TOs
- Reduce charges
- Move to quarters
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Kunkel and Boum check out for the last time as Xavier players. We're grateful to have watched these two.
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Sports Illustrated had Xavier picked to finish 7th. Andy Katz had them 7th. CBS had them 8th. The coaches had them 6th. Travis Steele has them 3rd.
He might have been the right hire.
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From an NIT 2 seed to an NCAA 3 seed. Not bad at all.
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Chanting "a**hole" at JP for 40 minutes like the Wisconsin crowd did is just daring him to prove it. He never disappoints. Don't tap the glass if you don't want punched on in garbage time.
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If you think this season was a failure because of tonight's loss, kindly unfollow us. We know Xavier is headed to the NIT. If you watched a team that lost 4 starters, a vital bench piece, and the winningest coach in program history play the way these guys played down the stretch
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Xavier wins 72-71. Refs clowned all over that last minute. Creighton fans pissed, and they should be.
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Not only is this my favorite
@EdmondSumner
moment, it's one of my favorite Xavier moments ever.
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Thank you to
@quincyolivari
for a season of magic. It would have been amazing to this young man in the tournament, but he provided some great moments. That game at DePaul was an all timer, but it's the way he connected to the community that will make him beloved here forever.
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Wow. Final Four describes both where Mick Cronin is headed and what UC's roster is down to.
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I've been unabashed in my love for Adam Kunkel since he got here. Watching him cry at the end is a reminder of why I love this sport so much and how unbelievably cruel it can be. Godspeed,
@AKunK05
.
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Providence won the conference, Villanova is the better team.
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The NIT doesn't mean too much to me, but these kids sure do. They fought their hearts out through some tough circumstances, and they deserve to go out as winners.
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If you’re Kansas here you just tip your cap, right? Every Xavier fan in the nation is having flashbacks.
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You'd have to imagine this will hurt Virginia's KenPom ranking
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We can now *officially* confirm that Mario Mercurio, Jeremy Growe, and Matt Jennings will remain at Xavier.
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Paul Scruggs has torn his ACL and will require season ending surgery. It wasn't the end he deserved at all. Godspeed, Paul.
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Not sure why this is stunning. Loyola won the 1963 NCAA Tournament, which is obviously still relevant today.
Loyola stuns No. 5 Florida 65-59, improving to 9-1 overall
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Wins are wins are wins are wins are wins are wins are wins are wins are wins are wins are wins are wins are wins are wins are wins are wins are wins are wins are wins are wins are wins are wins are wins are wins are wins are wins are wins are wins are wins. Just keep winning.
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I don't know either guy, but...
Dahmir Bishop played 110 minutes this season and is now pursuing his next opportunity.
Don James played 40 minutes all of last year, stuck around, and had something of a moment tonight.
Situations differ. I hope each guy made the right decision.
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Is Mick Cronin 4-8 in Crosstown Shootouts because he tries to talk like it's any other game, or does he try to talk like it's any other game because he's 4-8 in Crosstown Shootouts?
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My favorite moment of the game - other than when we won - was Zach Freemantle throwing Carlton when he thought he had a wide open dunk, then outrunning him in transition for an easy layup. What a frickin stud.
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"It'll be like a home game for Cincinnati," they said. They were right.
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Naji Marshall, who had been playing basketball for free, is moving on to getting paid to play basketball. Some people have responded to this news by becoming Mad Online. Our editorial position is that Naji should do what he thinks is best and we wish him massive success.
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Xavier announces Travis Steele is the new head coach of the defending Big East champions. Steele will be officially introduced at a press conference next week.
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That was the last we will see if Adam Kunkel, Souley Boum, and likely Jack Nunge as Xavier players as well as maybe a couple of other players. These guys have been fun to follow as players but also as people who have shown their dedication, passion, and enthusiasm for the game.
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I don't know if you all have Instagram, but JP posted a video of Tre walking and Tre posted a video of JP finding Tre at a distance in a crowd and throwing him an X. I have to stop crying before I go to work today.
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Don’t let all the Cronin inspired Twitter feuding distract you from what is genuinely important today: Xavier pounded Cincinnati. Again.
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Coach Steele and The Seven Musketeers just beat a top 30 KP team in a neutral arena. For now that's a massive Q1 win and an answer to the ever present cloud of haters.
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Saying goodbye to JP Macura is almost impossible to do.
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The announcer just said "he's known for his energy defensively" about Freemantle.
Hahahahahahaha.
No.
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Every Big East team is in the KenPom top 100. That’s what a major conference looks like.
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Kyle Guy just did essentially the same thing to Culver that was called on his three against Auburn. Not at all shockingly, there was no whistle this time.
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GOD IN HEAVEN, WE DID IT. SEAN O'MARA YOU BEAUTIFUL BASTARD
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When Xavier is at home, the game is on a Fox channel and not preempted by anything. When Cinci is, good luck finding the game because they are ESPN's 437th-highest priority.
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A lot of things you could point to, but Naji's fourth foul was the killer. Inexcusable call in my opinion. Gillespie clearly slid under him, but refs love to call charges. You hate to see a team with so much heart get jobbed by officiating, but you just did.
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Some clown on ESPN just said "Xavier's playing without Zach Freemantle, so they are vulnerable, especially in the frontcourt."
I guess someone hasn't heard of Big Rome.
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Zach Freemantle swats a shot in a big way and stares down the victim so hard he catches a tech. Hella soft officiating.
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Kyky Tandy, I'm delighted to report, is averaging 17 PPG this year. I hope the kid ends up being able to look back on his college career with contentment.
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Xavier gets Texas A&M in the NIT final on Thursday. A&M is coached by Buzz Williams, who thought they should have been in the NCAAs. They'll play slow and try to do it with defense. X has been playing very fast and scoring well. One more time for Team 100.
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A good reminder that these guys are just college kids trying to play some ball.
Caught up with Nate Johnson by XU's team bus. Told me he broke down and cried after Xavier's loss at Marquette, wondering "what's wrong with me?"
Cool to see the smile back on his face today.
Talk about breaking out of a shooting slump: 5-7 from 3 pt range
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2020 wing CJ Wilcher commits to Xavier. Wilcher is a 6'5" borderline top 100 player who is one of the best pure shooters in the class. He's a great fit alongside 2020 PG Dwon Odom; Coach Steele and the staff are putting together another special class.
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Not thugs. Tough guys on the court. Left for dead a month ago, Xavier has ripped of 6 of 7 to finish tied for 3rd in the Big East. What a team. Next up: three in three at MSG.
#ZipEmUp
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15 days ago, Xavier was 112th in the KenPom, down 5 with a minute left at home against Creighton. They're 72nd now. Kick down the door. Run the table.
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Also, Naji is officially the heir to JP's throne with that totally unnecessary dunk at the end. Love it.
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Everything must end badly, or else it would not end. This season ended badly, but what an incredible run it was.
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LeBron's the best ever, Cleveland is the greatest city in the world. Good night, everyone.
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It's Selection Sunday and we're gonna hear Xavier's name called.
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I think JP should get a 5th year of eligibility because I am emotionally incapable of accepting that he is leaving.
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He's gonna be a menace at Georgetown.
Kennesaw State head coach Amir Abdur-Rahim to the KSU faithful: “Keep your head up.”
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Kenny Smith just said that the key to stopping Xavier's offense is to "double the point guard in the back court, double the shooting guards, and double the post." I'll give it to him, I bet that would do it.
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I clowned hard on the FDU coach saying he could take down Purdue after the play-in game. Full credit, my man; you knew.
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There's a beat in here where the Cintas goes silent and the ball is in the air that is college ball at its best. A 6-2 kid with mullet is lining up a shot in an already decided meaningless game and no one can even breathe to make noise. I love this sport so much.
BRAD COLBERT!
His first career FG is a three…and it’s Xavier’s 10th three of the game.
Cintas gets free
@ChickfilA
nuggets tomorrow. The scenes!
@BradC0lbert
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Jonas Hayes leaves Xavier undefeated and having earned a spot in the heart of Xavier Nation forever. Good luck, Coach.
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Probably my favorite thing about Tre is how he's better than everyone else at basketball
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If you had told me in December that another team would hire Travis Steele before Xavier's postseason run was over, the hemispheres of my brain would have fused.
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Hard to dislike Villanova. Tip your cap and hope to get there one day.
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Easy.
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Remember when
#52
used to have like 6 points at the U8 and announcers would talk about how anonymous he had been, then he'd drop a dozen and completely close the game?
@the1paulscruggs
just did that. When Xaver needed him, the senior leader dropped 10 points in 3 minutes...
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Jack Nunge makes what we assumed official. On IG he said "Because 4 years wasn't enough but 7 was too many." That seems a fittingly humorous send off from a genuinely good guy. We'll miss you, Jack.
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Just gonna go on record here that I love Quentin Goodin.
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Anyone with something bad to say about this team can say it to someone else. Brutal luck this season, and they never stopped fighting.
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Wild that the 319th-toughest schedule in the nation didn't get them ready for playing the most heated rivalry game in the most hostile venue in D1 basketball.
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According to urban legend, if he says it one more time, Mick Cronin shows up to cry at the post game presser
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Today, at the end of the season March 24th, Xavier is 99th in the nation in AdjD. At the beginning of play on February 13th, they were 199th. That's incredible.
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Fun fact: Zach Freemantle was 11 when Tu Holloway told the world our motto. He walked off the court today Zipping 'Em Up. That's a culture of toughness that transcends individuals to define the program.
They clearly listened! Not too many Steele critics tonight- we get a nice break from them. Great win. Another one that will never get old, between the
@jnunge24
show and the
@zachfreemantle
zip em up exit, this one will be remembered for a long time!
#Xavier
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Xavier is 19th in the NET. The last time they were this high this late in the season was... never.
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Love this kid. It can't be easy to sit there and answer those questions, but he shows a lot of class. Coach Mack's leadership also shines through here.
J.P. Macura: "I feel like this team was the best team I've ever been a part of and for us to lose this early, it just feels terrible."
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If a romantic partner treated me the way Xavier does, my friends would stage an intervention to get me out of such a toxic situation. Not sure why I keep voluntarily doing this to myself.
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If Sean Miller's availability is what precipitated the parting of ways with Travis Steele and if Xavier then doesn't get Sean Miller, there will be *serious* questions to answer.
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Xavier has had some great one season players. I'm not sure any of them have captured the fan base quite like Quincy Olivari or been able to rack up points as quick as he can. He's special in every possible way a kid can be.
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Final thought for the night: I'm blessed to be able to write about my favorite team with my brothers. Even on the bad days, that's a good, no, a great thing.
Thanks to all of you who read and listen for indulging four dudes who just love college ball.
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It's good for fans to be passionate, but if the result of a college basketball game has you telling people to kill themselves, maybe reevaluate. Our guys not old enough to rent cars yet did their best. Butler's guys not old enough to rent cars yet did their best.
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This tweet belongs in a museum.
Come on
@CoachMickCronin
... you don’t EVER have to worry about your safety at Cintas Center. Security here is top notch! Look how fast they responded when an opposing coach charged at student-athlete
@JPMacura
!
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Absolutely puts the lie to the ridiculous takes about
@jpmacura
and also highlights the quality of people
@makinde_london
and
@23Abell
are as well. This program is quality.
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A couple things here: first, Quincy Olivari is 1 of 1. An absolute gem of a human being who deserved better this year. Hurley was trying to show love; Quincy turned and recognized the gesture even in a brutal moment for him. He's a great dude.
If this is the last time we see Quincy Olivari in a Xavier uniform:
It has been a pleasure. Great ballplayer. Better person.
The Big East will always be rooting for you
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Xavier's first opponent this season, Jacksonville U, was 247th in the KenPom last year. Or, as we like to think of it, better than two teams from the American.
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God bless Ben Stanley leading the celebrations. What a dude.
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Apparently
@MedcalfByESPN
is reporting that Jonas Hayes will stay at Xavier as Associate Head Coach next year. Huge for X in my opinion.
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Former Xavier commit Samari Curtis chooses against having his offensive game develop in college.
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Quincy Olivari is headed to Xavier
X grabbed one of the most battle tested scorers in the portal as the roster shuffle continues.
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Miller, to Colby: "Meet the challenge, I'm not taking you out."
Dang.
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Haven't cried tonight but would like to? Try this.
TELL ME WHAT I CAN DO TO MAKE IT BETTER, JP
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I'm going to briefly hijack Joel's coverage of this NIT game to say that Paul Scruggs is one of my favorite players to ever wear the uniform. I'd take him on my team any day, and I hope against hope he gets to play again. The dude is a warrior and should be remembered as such.
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Kyky Tandy and Colby Jones are the latest Xavier players to recommit to the program under Sean Miller.
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How great was that win over Arizona in the Sweet 16?
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It's like a shot from the AAC tournament.
In Cincinnati, where it’s raining for winless Bengals-Cardinals.
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Big East teams by coach tier list
Definitely have their guy:
Xavier
UConn
Marquette
Creighton
Have their guy but he's 1,000 years old:
St. John's
Probably have their guy:
Butler
Providence
Might have their guy or their Travis Steele*:
Villanova
Seton Hall
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