Big East Conference Games Thread - Jan '25

[alexd]

Xavier up 10 at SJU at the half.
SJU 1/9 on three's of course.

 

[superjohn]

Xavier up 10 at SJU at the half.
SJU 1/9 on three's of course.

Xavier is really good right now and they look like a tournament team. We're really going to be up against it on Saturday night.

 

[aceboon]

Xavier is looking like the team they were expected to be at the start of the season

 

[Hoophound]

The speed, energy and defense in this game looks foreign to me. Our team does not play like this.

 

[aceboon]

I wonder if DH will modify the defensive strategy vs St Johns considering how poorly they shoot 3s

 

[Hamms30]

St. John's gets away with murder on defense

 

[aceboon]

Empty trips are starting to pile up for Xavier, this is playing out like Xavier vs Marq from Saturday

 

[Hoophound]

I’d like to see Xavier win here so they don’t come out so crazy against us.

 

[AntG168]

Id much prefer Xavier to win here.

 

[aceboon]

Xavier getting strangled to end this game

 

[caw]

Xavier getting strangled to end this game

If there is a coach to complain about getting mugged in a game this week it's Miller. SJU is hacking like crazy.

 

[AntG168]

St John’s defense is impenetrable

 

[AntG168]

Xavier is doing the UConn MSG thing where we shoot from the NBA 3. Take a step in to the college 3. I know it’s tempting

 

[aceboon]

Refs finally decided to start calling StJ for fouls

 

[king conn]

Let's root for 5 overtimes here

 

[AntG168]

An Xavier win would be good for the conference

 

[uconngb]

St John’s is gonna be REALLY tough for us

 

[Kolumbo]

An Xavier win would be good for the conference

I would have written " A Xavier win..." because I always pronounce it with a Z sound.

 

[Hoophound]

We’ll be lucky to score 60 against SJU without Liam.

 

[auror]

St John’s is gonna be REALLY tough for us

The matchup.... no good. Maybe Hurley is saving the zone for that game.

 

[AntG168]

The matchup.... no good. Maybe Hurley is saving the zone for that game.

I don’t hate the matchup. Our defensive weakness is guarding the 3 point line. St Johns is the worst shooting team in the country. We’re actually not bad at guarding the rim. We’d need Taris to have a big game on the glass.

This is with Liam healthy in mind.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Xavier plays so much hero ball. This would really piss me off if I was a Xavier big.

 

[CTBasketball]

I don’t hate the matchup. Our defensive weakness is guarding the 3 point line. St Johns is the worst shooting team in the country. We’re actually not bad at guarding the rim. We’d need Taris to have a big game on the glass.

This is with Liam healthy in mind.

Dribble penetration will be a problem vs. the Johnnies.

 

[Hoophound]

Xavier plays so much hero ball. This would really piss me off if I was a Xavier big.

It will work against us though. We can’t guard anyone. We’re in for a very challenging stretch and I don’t feel too good about it. Time for our guys to step up and show us something.

 

[AntG168]

Dribble penetration will be a problem vs. the Johnnies.

Touche. We do guard the rim well though. I don’t think they’re the worst matchup. I hate the Marquette matchup a lot more.