by Paul Casey Gotham Setting: It's Blue and White Night at the Cintas Center as Sean Miller and his ninth-ranked Xavier Musketeers host Fran Dunphy and the Temple Owls in an Atlantic 10 match up. Plots: XU enters tonight's contest 19-2 overall and 7-0 in the A10. Saturday's 82-80 victory over UMass was the Muskies tenth consecutive. Temple has won three of four … [Read more...] about Tale of the Tape: Temple at Xavier
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Three Musketeers lead Xavier over UMass
by Paul Casey Gotham C.J. Anderson, Derrick Brown, and B.J. Raymond combined for 64 points as the Xavier Musketeers endured a pesky UMass Minutemen squad for an 82-80 victory Saturday at the Cintas Center. Brown’s free throws with six seconds remaining gave the Musketeers an 82-79 lead, and the Musketeers improved to 7-0 in the Atlantic 10 and 19-2 overall. Brown led all … [Read more...] about Three Musketeers lead Xavier over UMass
Tale of the tape: Xavier at L.S.U.
by Paul Casey Gotham Setting: The Pete Maravich Assembly Center is the scene for this pivotal non-conference matchup as Sean Miller's #15 Xavier Musketeers (16-2 / 5-0) travel south to take on Trent Johnson's Louisiana State University Tigers (15-3 / 3-1). Plots: LSU rides a 17-game home-winning streak into the contest. The Tigers are coming off an 81-57 triumph over … [Read more...] about Tale of the tape: Xavier at L.S.U.
Xavier over Rhode Island – all in a night’s work
No doubt when Sean Miller's Xavier Musketeers answer the dinner bell, they travel to the dining hall behind the Cintas Center like the rest of the student body at the Jesuit school in southwest Ohio. From time to time the Muskies may grab a snack or two from the various eateries in the Gallagher Student Center. After watching them on the hard wood, it wouldn't be difficult … [Read more...] about Xavier over Rhode Island – all in a night’s work
Geez…that shook the bushes
NCAA Men’s hoops served up a feast on Saturday including two match-ups pitting top ten teams. On the surface these contests could appear as nothing more than games in December, but don’t be mistaken these battles will serve as a gauge of things to come. For now though the weekend’s events shook up the rankings. Then #6 Duke proved to be less than gracious in their home away … [Read more...] about Geez…that shook the bushes