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Xavier post game thread.

husky429 said:
Cam, Alex, and often Newton have been slower, less strong, and not as great of leapers as their counterparts. What we have is a much higher skill level and IQ. If YOU haven't seen that, I wonder what you've been watching for 32 games.
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Don't sleep on slower laterally than anyone not wearing St John's unis.
 
6 players scored double figure. 10 player got rebounds. 8 players had assists. How does an opponent win against such a balanced attack?
The whole team better shoot free throws in their sleep tonight.
 
This was a one point game at halftime. Played relatively even.

What in the living hell did Hurley tell those guys, or feed them, at the half? LOL.

Talk about playing with your food.
 
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husky429 said:
Cam, Alex, and often Newton have been slower, less strong, and not as great of leapers as their counterparts. What we have is a much higher skill level and IQ. If YOU haven't seen that, I wonder what you've been watching for 32 games.
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I’ve actually seen it in person 4x times this year. We’ve dominated our opponents physically and mentally. I can only imagine how good we’d be if we actually had better athletes. Give me a break!
 
Want to give a hat tip to the ref crew for that game. They catch a lot of flak around here but that was consistently called throughout and kept the game moving without losing control of the physicality. Top notch work from them.
 
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uconngb said:
We know that your chances of success in college hoops lies with rooting for others. you're welcome
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WhereistheDove? said:
Want to give a hat tip to the ref crew for that game. They catch a lot of flak around here but that was consistently called throughout and kept the game moving without losing control of the physicality. Top notch work from them.
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I agree. If anything, it favored UConn a bit. But you could definitely see a contrast from the regular season games.
 
uconngb said:
I don’t think he’s off base with that at all. We have 4 out of our starting 5 that are not very athletic. If Cam and Newton were just average or slightly plus athletically we’d be talking about two more 1st rounders.
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I've said the same thing. Especially since that offensive breakdown video. I feel that the staff prioritizes smarts. All these kids are learners, and game planners. Steph, SJ and Hass are nasty athletes of the top 7 though
 
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BigErnMcCracken said:
Granted, I had the volume off in my office but was there not a play in the second half where UConn score, Xavier committed a blatant violation on the inbound, and the refs just restarted the possession for X?
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I think they called a delay of game warning on UConn, not 100% sure though
 
UConn77 said:
The first half was ugly and Xavier was pumped. Once we settled in in the second half and Xavier ran out of gas, the Huskies ran away with the game.
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True. Even in the first half, they go up by 10, and our guys out score them by 11 the rest of the half. I really think it does make a difference at the beginning that they played the day before. This is the 2nd game in a row where we got blown away in the first several minutes and then wound up cruising. Probably not an opening you want too often, but this team can really turn the screws defensively while the O figures it out. This seems like one of those teams that is really hard to beat if you haven’t played them before, obviously hard even for most teams that have played them.
 
uconngb said:
I don’t think he’s off base with that at all. We have 4 out of our starting 5 that are not very athletic. If Cam and Newton were just average or slightly plus athletically we’d be talking about two more 1st rounders.
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He's just being obtuse. It's alright though, at least it's a few more posts in the thread. Our post-games have been boring this year because the morons only show up after losses.
 
We looked pretty blah and shot it poorly and still won by 27. On to the next one.
 
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aceboon said:
after that first half I thought this was going to be a redux of the Seton Hall tourney opener in 99, that 2nd half was impressive. Tristen said they were gonna fix things at the half and blow them out in the 2nd and that's what they did.
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I'm way too comfortable watching this team. I wouldn't have even taken much notice if we went down 20-0 today. If Clingan stays on the floor and we stay healthy I'm not worried.
 
Umami Zen said:
29-3.Big East Regular Season Champs with the most wins in BE history.#1 seed in BET and likely for NCAA Tournament. And people are complaining about our non-athletic team? Give me a break.

All they do is win games
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Don't think anyone is complaining. Love our team and they could all be YMCA rejects as far as I'm concerned. Think you are reading too much into a comment that was made.
 
Felt a lot closer than a 27-pt win but that’s what happens when you’re really good.
 
Umami Zen said:
29-3.Big East Regular Season Champs with the most wins in BE history.#1 seed in BET and likely for NCAA Tournament. And people are complaining about our non-athletic team? Give me a break.

All they do is win games
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Hey, I ain't complaining. I think it's a marvel how these guys can outplay teams that have better athletes. Cam outplays almost every better athlete he goes up against and I love watching it.
 
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