By Paul Gotham Setting: Atlantic 10 contenders crash at the Cintas Center when Jim Baron's Rhode Island Rams (15-2/3-1) tangle with Chris Mack's Xavier Musketeers (12-6/ 4-1). Plot: Both schools trail Temple (4-0) for the conference lead. Saturday evening's game is the only regular season meeting between the rivals. Sub-plot: Rhode Island and Xavier rank 15th and 16th … [Read more...] about Rhode Island-Xavier: Tale Of The Tape
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UD-XU: A View From The Cheap Seats
By Paul Gotham When life gives you Section 210, Row P, enjoy the view. That's what I said to myself Saturday as I followed the better half up the steps of Xavier University's Cintas Center. I took a look around while we climbed, and then, like a scene from a Three Stooges episode, I nearly toppled over my wife. "N... O... where's P?" It seemed like a simple enough … [Read more...] about UD-XU: A View From The Cheap Seats
Xavier-Temple: Tale Of The Tape
By Paul Gotham Setting: It's a battle for first place in the Atlantic 10 at 1776 N. Broad Street as Chris Mack's Xavier Musketeers (12-5/4-0) take on Fran Dunphy's No. 16 Temple Owls (15-3/3-0). Plot: Both Temple and Xavier bring four-game winning streaks into the tilt. Sub-plot: This is the Musketeers lone road game for the remainder of the month. Xavier is coming … [Read more...] about Xavier-Temple: Tale Of The Tape
Dayton-Xavier: Tale Of The Tape
By Paul Gotham Setting: The Blackburn / McCafferty Trophy is on the line at the Cintas Center Saturday morning when Brian Gregory's Dayton Flyers (13-3 / 2-0) travel south on I75 for an Atlantic 10 clash with Chris Mack's Xavier Musketeers (11-5 / 3-0). The Trophy honors former Dayton coach Tom Blackburn (1947-64) and Xavier coach and athletic director, Jim McCafferty … [Read more...] about Dayton-Xavier: Tale Of The Tape
College Basketball Splinters | January 13, 2009
By Paul Gotham Tough week for the Jayhawks Seven days ago Bill Self's Kansas Jayhawks looked like an unstoppable force. One week later, the Jayhawks' staff might want to spend some time reading the tea leaves. Without a doubt, the Jayhawks will have some say in who wins this year's national title. The degree to which they have that say will depend upon how Self's crew … [Read more...] about College Basketball Splinters | January 13, 2009