Game Day Article from Cincinnati Enquirer

[real chili 83]

"Massive Implications"

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/college/xavier/xaviersports/2023/02/14/big-east-basketball-standings-no-16-xavier-visits-no-11-marquette/69898114007/

[Goose]

real

It is a big one tonight. Thoughts?

[Ellenson Guerrero]

Screw them for picking that picture to pair with the article, unless they wanted to highlight Nunge fouling.

[tower912]

... the next game is always the most important...

[real chili 83]

real

It is a big one tonight. Thoughts?

Agreed Goose, huge game.  Kolek will eat them alive. SOTG

First place for another week.  Unbelievable this season.

With Omax off his game, intrigued with the idea of starting Gold.  Not likely to happen....why mess with a winning formula.  I'd be ok with a very short leash for Omax instead.

Hoping "good" Joplin shows up tonight. That is always fun to watch.

Going in to Omaha with almost a week off should be fun too.

At this point, we are playing for seeding. Wow.

You taking the grand kids to Real Chili for a post game snack?  Start em young!

Bring home a W!

[brewcity77]

That is the most boring, vanilla preview I can imagine. Almost painful to read.

[Uncle Rico]

That is the most boring, vanilla preview I can imagine. Almost painful to read.

Is it well researched?

[real chili 83]

Or excellent?

[Herman Cain]

"Massive Implications"

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/college/xavier/xaviersports/2023/02/14/big-east-basketball-standings-no-16-xavier-visits-no-11-marquette/69898114007/

Thanks for posting. Excellent article .

[lessthannick11]

They must have a bad marketing team with an article like that

[Goose]

real

I think we bring home the win tonight. Should be a great time. Wish you were down here for it.

[MuggsyB]

This game is ENORMOUS and it's IMPERATIVE we drop the hammer.  How's everybody feeling and holding up?? 

[Goose]

Muggsy

I am jacked up and could not be happier to see MU playing this big of game on 2/15.

[MuggsyB]

Muggsy

I am jacked up and could not be happier to see MU playing this big of game on 2/15.

I'm ready to go right now!  Been up since 4:30. 

[Dr. Blackheart]

Court storm?

[Scoop Snoop]

This game is ENORMOUS and it's IMPERATIVE we drop the hammer.  How's everybody feeling and holding up??

Oh that's right. We have a game today. Maybe I will watch some of it, but not while Jeopardy is on. Who are we playing?

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

real

It is a big one tonight. Thoughts?

I went grocery shopping this morning and my total was exactly $77.77!!!  That's gotta be a sign we're gonna beat Xavier and get Owens to commit.

[NCMUFan]

Have to say Omax over Gold.
Omax is a two year starter at MU and this is a big game.
But then again, I am only the arm chair head coach.

[real chili 83]

I went grocery shopping this morning and my total was exactly $77.77!!!  That's gotta be a sign we're gonna beat Xavier and get Owens to commit.

Got my Wordle on second guess. Good sign.

Saving one guess for Nattie.

[CountryRoads]

This game is ENORMOUS and it's IMPERATIVE we drop the hammer.  How's everybody feeling and holding up??

Feel really optimistic about it and I think MU knocks 'em out early like UCONN did to us where the game was between 10-20 pretty much the whole way. That's just my gut feeling though and Xavier is a very formidable opponent.

It doesn't quite match the magnitude of the '09 UCONN game, but this is one of the bigger regular season games in the last 20 years IMO. It's awesome to know that the latest iteration of the Big East can still have prime time matchups like this.

[Scoop Snoop]

Feel really optimistic about it and I think MU knocks 'em out early like UCONN did to us where the game was between 10-20 pretty much the whole way. That's just my gut feeling though and Xavier is a very formidable opponent.

It doesn't quite match the magnitude of the '09 UCONN game, but this is one of the bigger regular season games in the last 20 years IMO. It's awesome to know that the latest iteration of the Big East can still have prime time matchups like this.

The very fact that we are very much in the fight for first place rather than struggling late in a season and hoping to just hang on is huge. .

[94Warrior]

Feeling good about this one.  Heading down to Fiserv after work.  Heading to Omaha on Sunday. 
Go Warriors!

[Dr. Blackheart]

Got my Wordle on second guess. Good sign.

Saving one guess for Nattie.

Wordle Fail

[StillWarriors]

Have to say Omax over Gold.
Omax is a two year starter at MU and this is a big game.
But then again, I am only the arm chair head coach.

Agreed. Even when not at his best, OMax's size and mobility defensively creates issues for other teams. Xavier can be prone to turning the ball over, and OMax's presence defensively at the point when applying some extended pressure can hinder X getting into its half-court offensive flow. That offense is solid even without Freemantle, so disrupting it from the start could have a significant impact.

Interesting to see the article cite Kunkel as a potential impact player. I was thinking this morning that I suspect MU will devote a lot of focus to Boum, which could free up Kunkel as a wild card who could step up. Colby Jones is very capable offensively, but he is such a Swiss Army knife type player that he is not typically in attack mode as a scorer other than in stretches. I expect some high low action where X will look to go over the top of the defense to Nunge. We also need to keep Hunter off the offensive boards. He isn't the offensive player Freemantle was, but he does the dirty work and is also a better defender than Freemantle.

Should be a great game. Warriors by 8.

[wadesworld]

Hope I can feel Fiserv rocking all the way in MO.