Xavier Post Game Thread

[WhereistheDove?]

They got away with a handful of moving screens during the game. On one their big took out two of our players, John Hannah would have been impressed. They also did a ton of grabbing under the basket that wasn't called.

We got away with a bunch too. The refs largely let people play for most of the game. The end was a travesty though.

 

[freshler40]

The call on ball off Reed was correct. What they didn't call was the defender hitting Reeds arm

Amen, the first correct call is a foul but of course the refs missed that.

 

[Kemba429]

Perseverance. Great conference opener W

 

[RuffRuff]

That foot wasn’t planted he was guarding, cutting him off with his cut with his knee which is a foul all day.

A defender has rights to his space on the floor. That was closer to ankle level, and Liam tripped across his lower leg as the defender was sliding.

We got away with a bunch too. The refs largely let people play for most of the game. The end was a travesty though

They def did, and fine if you’re letting them go but then don’t call one on Tarris that was no more egregious than what Xavier was throwing.

 

[TedStriker]

Ross didn't touch him. The Xavier player ran through what appeared to be a pick by another Xavier player, and the ref thought, "well nobody's that freakin stupid, so it had to be Ross creating contact..."

This is what I saw as well. X player was setting up a screen and his own player ran into him and the foul was called on Ross.

 

[Purple Stein]

This is great news as far as Ross being a lockdown defender. We need to shutdown some of the perimeter 3 pt shooting going forward

Ross did a great job on number 21 down the stretch. He has found his identity on this team and that's great news.

 

[3rdbass]

Team roles seem to be rounding in to form. Would like for Stewart and Ross to produce more offensively but will take the defensive boost they give in the meantime.

They’re starting to look more and more confident out there.

Stewart just had 10 points against Gonzaga. He is the guy we put in when we need more offense and Ross when we need D. In this game we needed Reed more as our D was suspect. They will both get their opportunities. Ross doesn't really have any offensive game I have seen.

 

[gars44]

Ross didn't touch him. The Xavier player ran through what appeared to be a pick by another Xavier player, and the ref thought, "well nobody's that freakin stupid, so it had to be Ross creating contact..."

Agree

 

[Giddyup5]

Gampel wishes it had a crowd like the XL tonight. They willed this team to victory. Too bad it's relegated to the back markers for the rest of the string.

Sorry.

There are plenty of Civic center games that warrant a lot of praise. The place was close to dead until the last 4 minutes and overtime.

I love the Civic Center. But Baylor blew that out of the water in terms of this year. I’ve been to at least 20 civic center games where the crowd has been much better.

We all know your opinion on this topic. When you make comments like this , you lose credibility.

 

[Deleted at users request]

Stewart just had 10 points against Gonzaga. He is the guy we put in when we need more offense and Ross when we need D. In this game we needed Reed more as our D was suspect. They will both get their opportunities. Ross doesn't really have any offensive game I have seen.

Yup and he had 2 today.

It’s weird because Ross moves like he should have a better offensive game. He just doesn’t. But hope it develops as the season goes.

 

[Nick2005]

We look slow. We are not a top team right now.

 

[BFieldHusky]

A defender has rights to his space on the floor. That was closer to ankle level, and Liam tripped across his lower leg as the defender was sliding.

You are wrong.

 

[BlueWolf25]

Sorry.

There are plenty of Civic center games that warrant a lot of praise. The place was close to dead until the last 4 minutes and overtime.

I love the Civic Center. But Baylor blew that out of the water in terms of this year. I’ve been to at least 20 civic center games where the crowd has been much better.

We all know your opinion on this topic. When you make comments like this , you lose credibility.

I was going to say the same thing. The crowd was great at the end of regulation and OT, yes. But man I was disappointed in it before that point

 

[Bomber36]

Not cool

Hey, it still hurts a bit.

 

[RuffRuff]

Agree

Held the guy a bit as he was slipping through the pick. Ticky tackish when you’re letting them play.

 

[Bomber36]

Yeah I remember Donyell. 20-20 on free throws vs St Johns in the Big East tournament

You always remember the ones that are missed.

 

[RuffRuff]

I was going to say the same thing. The crowd was great at the end of regulation and OT, yes. But man I was disappointed in it before that poin

They do always play AC/DC at just the right time at the XL, gotta give them that. That must really get the insurance crowd adrenals going.

 

[HCCForever]

Agree w this. Homerism is always going to skew each sides view of the refs. But the last 5 min of the and the OT was a film on bad refereeing. Just awful refereeing. Objectively

Bill Raftery and Seth Davis agree with the assessment of bad refereeing. After one bad call, one of the referees was staying close to Dan waiting for a reaction. IMO, the ref should have just walked away.

 

[JMick]

Bill Raftery and Seth Davis agree with the assessment of bad refereeing. After one bad call, one of the referees was staying close to Dan waiting for a reaction. IMO, the ref should have just walked away.

He followed him into the huddle lol it was ridiculous

 

[Dove]

That's exactly what I said in the chat.

Oh yeah!!! I remember that!!!

 

[Bomber36]

They do always play AC/DC at just the right time at the XL, gotta give them that. That must really get the insurance crowd adrenals going.

“That's just, like, your opinion, man.”

 

[Huskyforlife]

He followed him into the huddle lol it was ridiculous

I was asking why the ref would walk Dan down like that, just walk away bozo.

 

[JesusAllen11]

Yup and he had 2 today.

It’s weird because Ross moves like he should have a better offensive game. He just doesn’t. But hope it develops as the season goes.

Ross is a 4yr guy for reason. He will be awesome then now he is an amazing role

 

[Huskyforlife]

Reed won't come off the bench again for UConn, what a beast. Now we just need Nowell to work his way back into the lineup to backup Diarra.

 

[UCTitleTown]

What kind of drugs were the refs on?

They were AI controlled robots. The video monitors were controlling them.

 

[nomar]

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

 

[djct1999]

Worst officiating that I can remember.

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

Wasn’t that put to rest a while back? That’s so two titles ago……

 

[HCCForever]

Good game but stressful. Diarra had a nice game. His only turnover was a crosscourt pass that was easily stolen. He needs to clean that up. In addition, he never seems to handle the last minute of a half well. He had the ball at the end of the first half and missed a layup.

Solo looked good as well. He had that key steal in OT that could have been an intentional foul since he would have had an uncontested layup/dunk. He went to the rim more than usual with at least one dunk and other layups.

I loved the shot of Liam on TV during OT when he was on the bench after a great defensive play by UConn. It looked to me as if he was thinking how wild Big East games are. Exciting and stressful game. Many key contributions from the team.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

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

Absolutely an example of a close game won, with Dan Hurley looking not at all rattled. Winning two consecutive NCs obscures the reality that he does not a lot of experience doing this. It is a big deal, and worthy of appreciation. On par with notching his highest ranking true road game ever against a "P5" opponent in an arena where the team had never before lost an out of conference game. Which came after beating a (then) higher-ranked power conference opponent (Baylor), and before beating a higher-ranked opponent in a close game (Gonzaga).

This has been a good stretch.

The foul call on Ross with 9 seconds left in regulation was BS. The Xavier player (Maddox?) threw his head back when he brushed his teammate who set the screen and got the call, Ross didn't touch the him. It smelled of a make-up call but the call on McNeeley was legit.

Exactly.

I was a bit relieved however as I was worried X would launch a contested three and hit it.

I felt the same.

I also don't get how they missed McNeeley getting tripped at the end of regulation.

"It was an accident."

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Wasn’t that put to rest a while back? That’s so two titles ago……

No, the two titles didn't have close games