Marquette to face Xavier in first round of Old Spice Classic

[77ncaachamps]

http://www.oldspiceclassic.com/pdfs/09Bracket.pdf

Sheesh...

[TallTitan34]

I like that the MAAC teams are always the home team.

[muhoosier260]

i like this, another early opportunity to show this young team what real competition looks like, and for Marquette to prepare for the BE season

[Brewtown Andy]

I was going to complain about not being the primetime game, but 2pm on Thanksgiving is pretty good, right?

[reinko]

I was going to complain about not being the primetime game, but 2pm on Thanksgiving is pretty good, right?

Other than that pesky Lions v. Packers game.   

[{Juggernaut}]

Well who wants to watch the poorest football game on earth... Marquette v Xavier wins in a land slide

[MUeng]

as a die hard packer fan, I must say I will watch the Marquette game that day.

[4thAndState]

I'm curious about when MU's second/Friday match-up will be. Looking at the bracket, it appears that the winner of the MU-X game will play at noon on Friday, drawing the winner of the Creighton-Michigan game. Loser of Thursday's match-up will play the loser of the Creighton-Michigan game at 2:30 p.m. on Friday. Is my assumption correct? Really want to know, because we have already booked air and hotel at Disney in anticipation of seeing Thursday and Friday MU games. Can't stay for Sunday. Thanks for the help.

[CreightonWarrior]

As I student at Creighton and a long time MU fan, I really hope to see a second round matchup between the two schools. They used to play a lot before Crean and I'd always like to see a renewed Jesuit rivalry.

[ecompt]

Playing Xavier and Creighton back-to-back will bring back a lot of memories of the Al days. We always played the Midwest Catholic schools back then.

[77ncaachamps]

I'm curious about when MU's second/Friday match-up will be. Looking at the bracket, it appears that the winner of the MU-X game will play at noon on Friday, drawing the winner of the Creighton-Michigan game. Loser of Thursday's match-up will play the loser of the Creighton-Michigan game at 2:30 p.m. on Friday. Is my assumption correct? Really want to know, because we have already booked air and hotel at Disney in anticipation of seeing Thursday and Friday MU games. Can't stay for Sunday. Thanks for the help.

it's a guaranteed three games for all contestants

[77ncaachamps]

As I student at Creighton and a long time MU fan, I really hope to see a second round matchup between the two schools. They used to play a lot before Crean and I'd always like to see a renewed Jesuit rivalry.

we already have one: Georgetown

but seriously, I like it too.

With Seattle u's program coming back, that's another Jesuit school.

I just wish they come to the west coast and play Santa Clara, Usf, the zags or lmu.

[GGGG]

In looking at the Creighton / MU head-to-head series, it looks at though O'Neill is the one that cut it off...only to make a short reappearance during the late 90s.

http://wiki.muscoop.com/doku.php/men_s_basketball/creighton

I was actually unaware that they have played that often.

[hdog1017]

Should be a good game between the Warriors and the Muskateers.  God will definitely be watching. 

[GGGG]

Should be a good game between the Warriors and the Muskateers.  God will definitely be watching. 

I don't know....lots of long, drawn out prayers on Thanksgiving...  He's gonna be in high demand that day.

[HoopsMalone]

Does Xavier have a lot of talent returning?  How should we feel about this draw?

Looking ahead, Michigan is completely overrated because they beat an overrated UCLA team and played the game of their lives AT HOME, early in the season, and beat Duke last year.  I'm sure we would be bragging about beating Duke too, but it should not necessarily prove much.  They have Manny Harris and some shooters, but are getting way too much love in my opinion.  Creighton always has a good program.  Hopefully we have a better tourney than last year..

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

Does Xavier have a lot of talent returning?  How should we feel about this draw?

Looking ahead, Michigan is completely overrated because they beat an overrated UCLA team and played the game of their lives AT HOME, early in the season, and beat Duke last year.  I'm sure we would be bragging about beating Duke too, but it should not necessarily prove much.  They have Manny Harris and some shooters, but are getting way too much love in my opinion.  Creighton always has a good program.  Hopefully we have a better tourney than last year..

If we beat Duke in a meaningless pre-conference game, we'd hang a banner from the ceiling of the Bradley Center.

[HoopsMalone]

If we beat Duke in a meaningless pre-conference game, we'd hang a banner from the ceiling of the Bradley Center.

haha.  True, but I guess we know that beating Duke before Jan 1 does not mean you have a really elite team.

[dsfire]

Does Xavier have a lot of talent returning?  How should we feel about this draw?

Looking ahead, Michigan is completely overrated because they beat an overrated UCLA team and played the game of their lives AT HOME, early in the season, and beat Duke last year.  I'm sure we would be bragging about beating Duke too, but it should not necessarily prove much.  They have Manny Harris and some shooters, but are getting way too much love in my opinion.  Creighton always has a good program.  Hopefully we have a better tourney than last year..

Looks like Xavier is picked around 15 in most of the preseason top 25s I've found.  I don't know if Michigan should really be up at 11 like they are in Katz's, but at worst they're an NCAA team, which should mean plenty of challenge for us (if we were to face them).

[GOMU1104]

Does Xavier have a lot of talent returning?  How should we feel about this draw?

Looking ahead, Michigan is completely overrated because they beat an overrated UCLA team and played the game of their lives AT HOME, early in the season, and beat Duke last year.  I'm sure we would be bragging about beating Duke too, but it should not necessarily prove much.  They have Manny Harris and some shooters, but are getting way too much love in my opinion.  Creighton always has a good program.  Hopefully we have a better tourney than last year..

You are really underestimating Michigan. Manny Harris and Deshaun Simms are really good. They have their whole team back, plus some good additions. They might be the team to beat in the Old Spice.

[GGGG]

You are really underestimating Michigan. Manny Harris and Deshaun Simms are really good. They have their whole team back, plus some good additions. They might be the team to beat in the Old Spice.

The system that Beilein runs is a very difficult one to defend...especially when you don't have much time to prepare.  That guy can flat out coach and now that he has more of his guys in place, Michigan is going to be a tough match-up for teams all year long.

[Skatastrophy]

The system that Beilein runs is a very difficult one to defend...especially when you don't have much time to prepare.  That guy can flat out coach and now that he has more of his guys in place, Michigan is going to be a tough match-up for teams all year long.

Bringing up an interesting subject:  We've never seen Buzz coach a team comprised of his own guys, and nobody has ever seen our team play before.  If we're any good we could cause some serious preparation problems in the early going this season.

[Hards Alumni]

The system that Beilein runs is a very difficult one to defend...especially when you don't have much time to prepare.  That guy can flat out coach and now that he has more of his guys in place, Michigan is going to be a tough match-up for teams all year long.

step out on them and get a hand in their face.

win.

[MU in Miami]

Anyone from the board plan to go there live? 

Strongly considering going despite it being Turkey day.

[GGGG]

step out on them and get a hand in their face.

And then get killed on their back cuts....