Xavier Fans...

[HuskyHawk]

I don't think Xavier will last long in the top 20. Way too many flaws.

I disagree. Very experienced, veteran team with all the right pieces. They blew out Towson and will have a good shot to beat Florida tomorrow. I think we focus too much on having NBA caliber players and not enough on experience. Xavier will run into teams that are just better, but they will be a tough out for everyone.

 

[browndog319]

I don't think Xavier will last long in the top 20. Way too many flaws.

We want them to stay in the top 20 now.

 

[tentoes4rings]

For the record, Ollie was honing in on that “kill” stuff way back in 2013. That coach isnt some kind of genius.

Unfortunately after 14 the only thing Ollie killed was the offense and the program.

 

[Austin316]

We’re rooting for Florida tonight, right?

 

[UConn_Top_Dog]

Drove back to CT last night in one shot. Got home at 2AM and had to go to work in the morning. I'll run through a brick wall for this team. I "Charles Okwandu" love this team!

 

[Kembacity]

I somehow sat surrounded by Xavier fans. Literally all of them certainly had to show an AARP card to get in. Have you ever seen 70 year old men throw tantrums at refs before, over every play? How about dance and say “bye bye bye” to 19/20 year old kids who foul out? Lastly...Xavier fans actually were getting mad that their own fans were standing and cheering, they’re own fans. They almost fought each other cuz they wanted everyone to sit. Not to mention most of them cleared out during the first overtime because it was getting late, not even kidding.

TLDR; Xavier fans are the worst

When the X fans were really getting annoying and single lone weirdos started their own hate cheers in our direction, I heard a UConn fan say "Xavier fans are just old fat weirdos, thats it" and never have I heard truer words spoken through beer in TD Arena at 1030pm on a Friday night

 

[Kembacity]

Can’t disagree more. They are amazing. Hung out with them post game tonight in Charleston and all they had was love. Tons of “welcome back” about the Big East. Tons of mutual admiration. They are supportive of their guys and they should be. I will root for them in any game they play outside of games with our Huskies. Xavier is first class.

Picture how not like this they would've been had WE won the game...

 

[Slick]

The more rivalries the better, but I will say that there may not have been a fan base (outside of Nova) that was more excited to have us come home than them. Plus, it’s gotta be tough having to come to CT to get there best player (good job Ollie...).

Tons of Xavier fans came over to me in Charleston and told me how excited they were that UCONN is coming back to big east

 

[ThabeetDown]

I was as the game, I had an overall pleasant experience with Xavier fans. I would say the ones over 65 were angry, nasty people but the ones middle-aged heading towards college-age were actually extremely fun to talk with.

FWIW, on Xavier fans on social media also seem great, unlike many AAC fan bases.

Everyone bonded over a mutual hatred of the Bearcats, which is the correct take to have.

 

[MattMang23]

Picture how not like this they would've been had WE won the game...

Ehhh maybe. But I saw them pregame too and they were telling us good luck. They’ve been super cool on Twitter. Probably the happiest fan base that we are back in the Big East and we never even shared a league with them.

 

[MattMang23]

I was as the game, I had an overall pleasant experience with Xavier fans. I would say the ones over 65 were angry, nasty people but the ones middle-aged heading towards college-age were actually extremely fun to talk with

Yeah, I only encountered one unpleasant one. He was about early 60s so right around the demographic you mention. He came up to us in the beer line and asked if it was the line for beer. A guy we were hanging out with saw his X shirt and jokingly was like “no, the Xavier beer line is over there” and pointed at the entrance to the adjacent women’s bathroom. Innocent joke. The guy got all crotchety like he was angry at the joke and was like “women’s bathroom, huh? Who’s up on the scoreboard?” I responded with “how did it feel when you watched Xavier play in the Final Four?” He hmmmphed and walked away, never answering my question.

I suppose it felt foreign to him.

 

[Hogoff]

When the X fans were really getting annoying and single lone weirdos started their own hate cheers in our direction, I heard a UConn fan say "Xavier fans are just old fat weirdos, thats it" and never have I heard truer words spoken through beer in TD Arena at 1030pm on a Friday night

Are you talking about those d bags that were sitting in the corner on the UConn side?

 

[Kembacity]

Yeah, I only encountered one unpleasant one. He was about early 60s so right around the demographic you mention. He came up to us in the beer line and asked if it was the line for beer. A guy we were hanging out with saw his X shirt and jokingly was like “no, the Xavier beer line is over there” and pointed at the entrance to the adjacent women’s bathroom. Innocent joke. The guy got all crotchety like he was angry at the joke and was like “women’s bathroom, huh? Who’s up on the scoreboard?” I responded with “how did it feel when you watched Xavier play in the Final Four?” He hmmmphed and walked away, never answering my question.

I suppose it felt foreign to him.

I had an entertaining experience with this goblin-esque X fan near a beer line. Skinny-fat, as in thin arms/legs but a weird goblin belly, wearing a visor and acting like he was at mardi gras. The most coked up looking I've ever seen a person in my life, he looked like a descendant of the yellow goblin guy from Sin City. He looked disturbed and was like leaning back and forth, grasping on to any X fans that walked by and making them uncomfortable by associating with them.

Later on I was describing this guy to friends I was with and some of them had their own stories of encountering him. I guess he was screaming something incoherent in the stairs between sections on the side opposite the benches. There were some good fans who were fun to jab and joke about hating each other with, but honestly a lot of their fans creeped me out. The barking didn't help, I just didn't understand why a team that doesn't have a dog as a mascot was barking at us

 

[UConn_Top_Dog]

Are you talking about those d bags that were sitting in the corner on the UConn side?

I remember those guys lol. I remember yelling at them at one point "Who is that ugly woman shouting in our direction?" And every time we gestured "4" with our hands they would run out of things to say and shout "AAC". Do those idiots even know we are about to be in the same conference?

 

[Mister P]

What about the UConn fan behind the team bench that got kicked out of the arena during both Thursday and Friday night Games for being drunk and obnoxious to UConn fans.....I did not see him at Sunday’s game unless he was in a different section.

 

[Hogoff]

I remember those guys lol. I remember yelling at them at one point "Who is that ugly woman shouting in our direction?" And every time we gestured "4" with our hands they would run out of things to say and shout "AAC". Do those idiots even know we are about to be in the same conference?

They are going to be fun to hate.

 

[Hogoff]

What about the UConn fan behind the team bench that got kicked out of the arena during both Thursday and Friday night Games for being drunk and obnoxious to UConn fans.....I did not see him at Sunday’s game unless he was in a different section.

I’m pretty sure I saw him trying to get back down to that section, but they wouldn’t let him.

 

[MattMang23]

I don’t know how some of the people around me didn’t get kicked out.

 

[UConn_Top_Dog]

I can confidently say we had the rowdiest fan base in Charleston. Beautiful thing to see the buzz and enthusiasm coming back. We put the country on notice UConn Nation doesn't mess around.

 

[Husk04ies]

What about the UConn fan behind the team bench that got kicked out of the arena during both Thursday and Friday night Games for being drunk and obnoxious to UConn fans.....I did not see him at Sunday’s game unless he was in a different section.

Omg that guy was insane. I had to stop a fight between him and a middle aged woman Xavier fan outside. He went OFF on her and she came over and started chatting with me about how crazy he was. It was a little much.

 

[Husk04ies]

Also, I have never had so much fun hanging out with other UConn fans. I get frustrated with fans at gampel and XL for lack of energy and this was complete opposite. Small arena full of diehard energetic fun and nice Uconn fans. Loved every minute.

 

[Lynyrd]

I had an entertaining experience with this goblin-esque X fan near a beer line. Skinny-fat, as in thin arms/legs but a weird goblin belly, wearing a visor and acting like he was at mardi gras. The most coked up looking I've ever seen a person in my life, he looked like a descendant of the yellow goblin guy from Sin City. He looked disturbed and was like leaning back and forth, grasping on to any X fans that walked by and making them uncomfortable by associating with them.

Later on I was describing this guy to friends I was with and some of them had their own stories of encountering him. I guess he was screaming something incoherent in the stairs between sections on the side opposite the benches. There were some good fans who were fun to jab and joke about hating each other with, but honestly a lot of their fans creeped me out. The barking didn't help, I just didn't understand why a team that doesn't have a dog as a mascot was barking at us

Thanks for the visual. I can’t wait to try and find The Goblin at MSG, hopefully he’ll still have the visor and an 8 ball.

 

[UConn_Top_Dog]

Also, I have never had so much fun hanging out with other UConn fans. I get frustrated with fans at gampel and XL for lack of energy and this was complete opposite. Small arena full of diehard energetic fun and nice Uconn fans. Loved every minute.

Agree it was great! Most fun I have had at games since I was a student in 2004. The best thing about it is anyone making a trip like that is a diehard. The best of the best fans all grouped together. It was like the UConn fan all stars.

 

[intlzncster]

Also, I have never had so much fun hanging out with other UConn fans. I get frustrated with fans at gampel and XL for lack of energy and this was complete opposite. Small arena full of diehard energetic fun and nice Uconn fans. Loved every minute.

People who travel to road games actually give a sh it.

 

[gampelcrazies]

Also, I have never had so much fun hanging out with other UConn fans. I get frustrated with fans at gampel and XL for lack of energy and this was complete opposite. Small arena full of diehard energetic fun and nice Uconn fans. Loved every minute.

Yeah it felt like a NCAA tournament game in there. If this team keeps it up and plays well I think you will see the same kind of excitement at Gampel and XL.

 

[3rdbass]

I really can't stand the Xavier fans for the most part. Alot of the older fans were cool but any of the midage fans were just fat jerks. I asked one fan where are the student or younger fan base? He replied that they only had 4000 students which someone else told me 8000 but either way I saw none and pointed to all the old fans they had. He was mad and told his wife we are just a school of convicts. I said "what"? I then said we are one the top public schools in the nation for education. He said he wasn't talking to me but his wife. I didn't say much more as he was acting belligerent and drunk already had 4 beers in him and was about to get more. This was first half of the championship game. We ended up just moving to the second row across from the florida bench. Alot better experience there amongst florida fans. This incident and the jerky fat Xavier fan yelling "Bobby Hurley" towards uconn fans on Friday night has left a bad taste for Xavier fans. I'm glad Florida beat them and they had better looking cheerleaders too. Lol. I will be very happy when we beat them in the future.

 

[Husk04ies]

I really can't stand the Xavier fans for the most part. Alot of the older fans were cool but any of the midage fans were just fat jerks. I asked one fan where are the student or younger fan base? He replied that they only had 4000 students which someone else told me 8000 but either way I saw none and pointed to all the old fans they had. He was mad and told his wife we are just a school of convicts. I said "what"? I then said we are one the top public schools in the nation for education. He said he wasn't talking to me but his wife. I didn't say much more as he was acting belligerent and drunk already had 4 beers in him and was about to get more. This was first half of the championship game. We ended up just moving to the second row across from the florida bench. Alot better experience there amongst florida fans. This incident and the jerky fat Xavier fan yelling "Bobby Hurley" towards uconn fans on Friday night has left a bad taste for Xavier fans. I'm glad Florida beat them and they had better looking cheerleaders too. Lol. I will be very happy when we beat them in the future.

The Bobby Hurley guy was a complete D bag the entire time