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Message: [QUOTE="JerseyAlum, post: 5146016, member: 13593"] Xavier is 8-3 and headed to Hartford for a Wednesday night tilt with our Huskies. They have played Michigan, TCU, and Cincinnati and lost all 3. They have beaten Wake Forest and otherwise beat up on some truly lesser teams. Starters: [LIST] [*]Zach Freemantle, 6'9" 225 lb 5th year forward takes most of the shots, not especially great at the 3, but averages almost 17 a game on 2 pt shooting. He can be fouled and is not a great (65% ish) free throw shooter. [*]Ryan Conwell, 6'4" 215lb Junior guard is their best shooter and hits > 40% from 3. [*]Dayvion McKnight, 6'0" 190lb 5th year point guard is their facilitator. He averages ~16 a game. [*]Dailyn Swain, 6'8" 220lb Sophomore guard is a role player, mainly rebounder, and not a big threat. [*]Marcus Foster, 6'5" 215lb Senior guard is a transfer from Furham who has a lesser role @ Xavier but can shoot the 3 and be a pesky offensive player but not their main weapon. [/LIST] Off the bench they have 3 guys who play > 10 min: [LIST] [*]John Hugley IV - 6'11", 270lb senior forward - role player, foul guy, avg ~5 pt a game [*]Dante Maddox, Jr - 6'2" ,200lb senior guard - journeyman on 3rd team ~5 pt a game [*]Jerome Hunter - 6'8", 225 senior forward who comes off the bench against better teams but started vs some lesser teams. [/LIST] So they run 4 guards and a forward without a traditional big man 5 (Hughley is maybe an option for them but I doubt they will start him). They also are prone to bouts of bad shooting and can turn the ball over. Keys will be exploiting mismatches on offense, hitting 3s, winning the battle of the turnovers, and not fouling out. XL will be rocking though! [/QUOTE]

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