Xavier game thread

[mayfairskatingrink]

This game does not define MU. If it was us, we'd be St. John's. We are not.

So Why are we so inconsistent. It's like we're the youngest team in the league... wait, we are.

It's a roller coaster this year folks

Then what are the "ups" in this roller coaster?

Beating a barely top 25 Seton Hall? 

There's nothing else.

[🏀]

Wojo needs to gameplan to get Sam some looks. 2 shots is not going to do it.

Sam was probably the most flat footed MU player tonight.

[nyg]

This game does not define MU. If it was us, we'd be St. John's. We are not.

So Why are we so inconsistent. It's like we're the youngest team in the league... wait, we are.

It's a roller coaster this year folks

Yes and this will be last year for a long time that the "we are young, we are inexperienced excuse can be used".

Will not miss Bluitt, Macura, O'Mara and Kanter next year. 

[Class71]

Wheels have fallen off and Wojo has no answer. Worst game in years. Blame it on Buzz.

[MUBigDance]

Like how Theo is playing. Aggressive on D. Big man of the future if he can avoid 5 by end of any given game.

[MUEng92]

Screw it. Howard should just start chucking it from 30'

[GoldenZebra]

overall bad game. Hopefully they turn it around Sunday however what I saw tonight I dont think so.

[nyg]

Interesting.  Sam been on bench almost entire second half with Froling getting minutes. Not like Sam needs a rest after nine days.  His arm can't be tired, he has taken two shots.

[#UnleashSean]

This game does not define MU. If it was us, we'd be St. John's. We are not.

So Why are we so inconsistent. It's like we're the youngest team in the league... wait, we are.

It's a roller coaster this year folks

Xavier had a young and inexperienced macura and blueitt when  they were kicking our ass 3 years ago.

[SaveOD238]

Could Sam be sick?  We know Markus was sick last week, and I'm pretty sure they're roommates.  Pretty easy to pass the flu when you're sharing a sink

[MUBigDance]

2 in 1 game

[Lennys Tap]

Assuming we'll learn later tonight or tomorrow that sam is sick. Can't figure any other reason for his play.

[SaveOD238]

It's 81-65 right now.  We've only made 6 threes.  If we had made our average of 11, it would be 81-80.

[skianth16]

You can tell Froling is able, the shots just need to start falling.

For all the stats that get thrown around on this site, so many people just continue to ignore every shooting statistic for Harry. He has not proven himself to be a shooter. At all. His numbers are downright bad. There must be a huge difference between the way he shoots in practice and the way he shoots in games for him to not be getting yanked when he launches threes. But until he's able to shoot above 30%, I'll continue to say he should not be shooting from outside.

Where he has looked good on offense is putting the ball on the floor. He does a nice job beating bigs off the dribble and getting to the rim. That should be the way he looks to score when he gets the ball on the perimeter.

[MUEng92]

This defensive effort would be less embarrassing if all five guys stayed on the offensive side of the half court line

[NickelDimer]

It's 81-65 right now.  We've only made 6 threes.  If we had made our average of 11, it would be 81-80.

The math doesn't work that way

[4everwarriors]

Major ass kickin', aina?

[muhoops1]

I should probably purchase Wed night tickets at MSG AGAIN.

[skianth16]

It's 81-65 right now.  We've only made 6 threes.  If we had made our average of 11, it would be 81-80.

It doesn't quite work like that. We obviously wanted to get to the rim in the first half, so we took fewer threes than normal (I'm assuming, haven't checked the stats). This wasn't just about having a cold shooting night.

[MUBigDance]

Xavier had a young and inexperienced macura and blueitt when  they were kicking our ass 3 years ago.

Ok I'll bite. Must be a troll post right? You must know the class of those guys and the results of our X games right...

Oops correction you said 3 yrs ago...sure. But I don't care. The fact stands

[willie warrior]

Seen some stuff against Wojo. He's got some things to work on for sure. But we will see the sweet 16 in the next two years.

Yes, the same old mantra, there is always the next two years---every year.

[4everwarriors]

Big tyme trap game. Musta bin lookin' ahead ta 'Nova, hey?

[Stretchdeltsig]

Why can't we defend a layup?  Why can't we defend the rim?  Why are we a joke defensively?  We need better coaching defensively.

[cheese ball chaser]

It's 81-65 right now.  We've only made 6 threes.  If we had made our average of 11, it would be 81-80.

The thing is, Xavier did an excellent job of running us off the 3 point line and making sure we didn't get any open looks

[chapman]

Some anti-troll on a bad night:

We lost 89-70.

Creighton's a pretty good team.  They lost there 92-70.