Courtesy of GoXavier.com CINCINNATI --- Xavier University seventh-year head coach Chris Mack has been selected by Sporting News as its midseason pick for National Coach of the Year. Xavier, which was picked to finish fourth in the BIG EAST Conference preseason poll, stands 14-1 overall and 2-1 in the BIG EAST Conference entering its game tonight against DePaul. Xavier’s … [Read more...] about Xavier’s Chris Mack selected by Sporting News as midseason National Coach of the Year
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Signed, sealed, delivered: Xavier Musketeers 2012-13
Counting down the days to tipoff previewing the incoming freshmen of the Atlantic 10. Next up is the Xavier Musketeers. The Musketeers advanced to the Sweet Sixteen with a 10-6 conference record and 23-13 overall. Chris Mack and his staff will need to replace four starters from that team. Mack and his staff welcome six freshmen to Victory Parkway: Semaj Christon, Myles … [Read more...] about Signed, sealed, delivered: Xavier Musketeers 2012-13
Xavier has the opportunity to teach a familiar lesson
By Paul Casey Gotham Placards on lamp posts around the Xavier campus read "A Better Education For A Better World." The weekend's events provide the Jesuit university with the opportunity to fulfill that motto. Saturday's 79th meeting between the Cincinnati Bearcats and Xavier Musketeers unraveled into a disappointing display of testosterone-driven "one-upsmanship." … [Read more...] about Xavier has the opportunity to teach a familiar lesson
Chris Mack Adds XU Grad And Former NBA Standout Aaron Williams As An Assistant Coach
Courtesy of GoXavier.com CINCINNATI --- Xavier University men’s head basketball coach Chris Mack has added 14-year NBA veteran and 1993 Xavier University graduate Aaron Williams as a temporary assistant coach on his staff. Williams will assist Mack while assistant coach Kareem Richardson continues his recovery after recent surgery and a hospital stay. Richardson hopes to be … [Read more...] about Chris Mack Adds XU Grad And Former NBA Standout Aaron Williams As An Assistant Coach
Nicholson etching his name in SBU lore
By Paul Casey Gotham Mark Schmidt remembers it well. He had just finished his first season as head coach with St. Bonaventure, and his Bonnies, who hadn't known a winning season in five years, limped to the finish line with just two victories in Atlantic 10 conference play and an overall record of 8-22. He introduced his recruiting class - the group to which he would stake … [Read more...] about Nicholson etching his name in SBU lore