Big East championship week …..

[superjohn]

i would be losing my mind if I was a Xavier fan holy cow

Probably be a good thing for them, Xavier's hand is probably forced to fire Steele now.

 

[87Xfer]

Did they just say Lukosius is a freshman??

 

[bendm]

Xavier going to be sweating it out until Sunday night & praying for no bid stealers.

i dont think theyre even "next 4 out" after this. steele gotta go.

 

[auror]

Considering the stakes of their season with the NCAA tournament and the way they lost that game, that was maybe the worst loss I've ever seen.

 

[UncleSpliff]

Xavier is out. They’re done. Absolutely no chance to make the dance. That’s one of the bigger collapses I’ve seen in a while.

 

[storrsroars]

Lokosius is single-handedly winning this game with more than half of Butler's starting lineup fouled out. Absolutely unreal.

This is why Russia will never retake Lithuania ;-)

 

[gsmooth]

Xavier going to be sweating it out until Sunday night & praying for no bid stealers.

They are out plain and simple

 

[storrsroars]

Out

If no bid stealers and both VCU and Indiana lost their first tourney games... who's gonna replace Xavier?

 

[AntG168]

Feel bad for those guys. What a collapse. They were on the 4/5 line 3 weeks ago

 

[gsmooth]

Their free throw shooting is just absolutely brutal. I'm telling you, the Screamer was throwing them off

Well that speaks poorly of Xavier. They should not allow one fan to throw them off if what you are saying is true

 

[connVA]

Xavier is out. They’re done. Absolutely no chance to make the dance. That’s one of the bigger collapses I’ve seen in a while.

Yup. Lost to a sub-.500 team in a must-win game while already slipping down the wrong side of the bubble. Basically made the committee's decision for them.

 

[HooperScooper]

Wow, what a choke job by Xavier. This game and the last 7 weeks. Steele on the hot seat now?

 

[NYC_HUSKY22]

Looks like it is Paul Scruggs birthday too. Like triple ouch.

 

[superjohn]

Hire Chris Mack back.

 

[Marbles90]

Xavier going to be sweating it out until Sunday night & praying for no bid stealers.

8-12 in conference. They shouldn’t even be considered on the bubble.

 

[gsmooth]

Wow, what a choke job by Xavier. This game and the last 7 weeks. Steele on the hot seat now?

He should be and I have been critical of Steele as I don’t think he is a good coach, but I can’t fault him for the ghastly amount of missed FTs and Paul Scruggs low basketball IQ foul at the end of regulation- that is all on the players.

 

[AntG168]

Oh and PC is going to beat butler tomorrow. It’s just a bad matchup

 

[Matt1010]

Looks like it is Paul Scruggs birthday too. Like triple ouch.

Wonder what happened with him this year, regressed pretty hard statistically

 

[August_West]

I’m sorry im a BigEast fan and all that but X doesn’t deserve to even sniff the tourney.

 

[bendm]

If no bid stealers and both VCU and Indiana lost their first tourney games... who's gonna replace Xavier?

BYU, dayton, vtech, UVa, florida, a&m

 

[gsmooth]

Oh and PC is going to beat butler tomorrow. It’s just a bad matchup

I think so, too, however Butler took them down to the wire at both Hinkle and and the Dunk.
Butler should be somewhat worn down from an OT game and a quick turnaround for noon tomorrow. Providence needs to blitz them out of the gate.

 

[willie99]

Does X have a chance to get back to MSG? I doubt it

 

[gsmooth]

I’m sorry im a BigEast fan and all that but X doesn’t deserve to even sniff the tourney.

They really don‘t. Their slide at the end of the season as well as the choke job in this game should make them NIT bound

 

[MexicoHusky]

Donny really needs to rebrand "mindless basketball"

 

[TRest]

I think so, too, however Butler took them down to the wire at both Hinkle and and the Dunk.
Butler should be somewhat worn down from an OT game and a quick turnaround for noon tomorrow. Providence needs to blitz them out of the gate.

Butler needs PC to miss a million threes, which they will take.