Xavier Post Game Thread

[storrsroars]

Thankfully we went 20-21 from the charity stripe. Needed every one of those.

 

[Dove]

A gritty and gutty win. Our boys are going to win many ways this year.

 

[3rdbass]

Wow Diarra a 11 assists and 1 turnover and great D. He needs someone to help him run the offense. He is going to tire down. Nowell has to play. Loved that Karaban came alive at the end and into OT. He needs to be more consistent and I love his blocks. I love having an inside guy who can score in Reed. D is still suspect but this team is coming around and won a big game against a great shooting team in Xavier.

 

[TheShot1990]

Alex and Solo noticeably went to the basket more

Ross very solid minutes – learning his role, defense and rebounding. Did he block that 3 pointer from Conwell with 10:40 left in the first? He blocked another 3 in the second.

Post defense was money

Refs call 2 hand checks, but then McNeeley gets thrown on the floor and you miss that???

What would we do without Hass?

 

[Tenspro2002]

Other teams might have fallen apart in the face of that otherworldly shooting and ref show. That showed real toughness and maturity for a lot of new pieces.

 

[JungleLobo]

Might as well just pack the paint and forget about the 3 point line, teams can’t do much better than 65% with it wide open and least they can takeaway the 2

 

[specialisthusky]

Gutsy win. Team played tough and dug in during OT. X was shooting over 60% from three after regulation. Would prefer that trend ends ASAP.

Xavier came prepared and executed way better than I expected without Freemantle.

 

[TheHorde]

We did no favors for ourselves in Maui, it came Down to Liam’s over the back calls…but today….I truly thought I was watching HS JV refs the final 6 minutes+OT

They were abhorrent in both situations. I don’t understand how these crews have jobs and get repeat work and don’t seem to have any ramifications for their poor grades.

 

[controlfade]

Character building game for this team.

 

[Dibbie]

What an insane game. I’m starting to think we’re snake bitten from 3 on D. There were lapses, but a lot of them were tough shots. Just not sure how it happens every game.

 

[TheHorde]

Diarra 11 assists 1 TO - wow.

He played an ungodly amount of minutes. The first free throw of two late in OT was a tired shot. He was definitely gassed.

 

[superjohn]

We had a really ugly long stretch in the first half with McNeeley on the bench. It turned into an amazing game, X was making contested stepback three after contested stepback three and we always responded. McNeeley makes our offense go. Some of those dimes to Reed when we got him on the move were beautiful. Reed is a beast, he's a more physically impressive Sanogo when it's all said and done. Solo didn't shoot great but he's an incredibly clutch shooter, he seems to always make the big shot. I thought he played his most complete game. He's a baller. AK made huge plays in OT.

That was a lot better than our Big East season opener last year.


I'm sick as a dog, so glad we stepped up and took that win.

 

[AntG168]

After Maui these guys have no fear in the face of defeat. They’ve tasted their own blood and are tougher because of it.

 

[El Obrero]

Nice win. Lots of positives.
Defense a big negative

I totally disagree. They played very tight defense tonight. To me,that was the second most encouraging thing about this game. (The first being that they won a close game.) Xavier shot the friggin lights out tonight, but almost all of those shots were contested, from what I watched. Even Solo Ball stood out to me on defense a few times tonight!

 

[Bomber36]

My goose is cooked. Love the win, but not sure I can take the stress all year.

 

[HuskyFich]

Observations:

Solos Defense in the second half and OT was the best we’ve seen all season.

Reed needs 15-20 touches a game minimum.

AK does extremely well when Liam is in the game, but becomes doubled constantly when not.

Hassan was magnificent, moved the ball all game long.

Youssif with big minutes again!

Hustle plays all game.

Xavier made so many tough shots, I couldn’t believe it. Kudos to them for making it a really tough game.

 

[Bomber36]

Observations:

Solos Defense in the second half and OT was the best we’ve seen all season.

Reed needs 15-20 touches a game minimum.

AK does extremely well when Liam is in the game, but becomes doubled constantly when not.

Hassan was magnificent, moved the ball all game long.

Youssif with big minutes again!

Hustle plays all game.

Xavier made so many tough shots, I couldn’t believe it. Kudos to them for making it a really tough game.

Good stuff here.

 

[Dibbie]

What would we do without Hass?

We would have more losses. Nowell needs to get healthy and get PT, as we need a backup PG

 

[El Obrero]

Tarris Reed is a certified beast!

 

[Padutch5]

Worst officiating that I can remember.

I think we can put the "Hurley can't win close games" notion to rest.

Worst since two of those refs did their last game at XL. What is the process for reviewing and counseling refs in the Big East. Whatever it is, it isn’t working.

 

[aceboon]

Other teams might have fallen apart in the face of that otherworldly shooting and ref show. That showed real toughness and maturity for a lot of new pieces.

69-64 after Xavier went nuclear from 3 and they bounced right back, recovering from that and then exploding again after Gonzaga had tied it 55-55 was reminiscent of last year's team responding to runs.

 

[GoConn]

That was fun. A gritty win!

 

[nashusky109]

Hurley won another close game! They kept fighting even though it was awful down the stretch... not to be that guy but whats the excuse for the crowd this time? Back to back champs, Big East Home opener, close game.... all i heard was lets go huskies at some points. Are the students too used to winning, or do they just not get "it", is it the the TV broadcast and it was wild in there, or is that a product of the XL center?

The students bring the juice.. in my opinion they didn't bring it today the way i'm sure a lot of people were expecting. Karaban, Hurley, the Social Media team, McNeeley, Diarra, pretty much everyone has said countlessly they need the fans. Hurley was outspoken when they went to Kansas last year and truly saw what court advantage looks like. Ready to be flamed but all you have to do is go back and watch replays of older teams to know what I'm talking about.

 

[BFieldHusky]

Pat Driscoll. Guy is a joke. I could tell from the upper deck that ball was off the Xavier player.