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Xavier Post Game Thread

superjohn said:
We always play hard which is nice but there's just glaring holes on this team and they are badly exposed with no McNeeley. Fingers crossed he comes back somewhat soon or this will be a lost season. We're not getting close to enough from AK in Mc's absence and there's some guys on this team who aren't giving us anything in a lot of these games.
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Not having someone that can get a shot for himself kills us at the end of close games.

It’s pretty clear to me that Alex is nowhere near 100%. His lateral movement looks really labored.
 
boog204 said:
Based on what? I just don’t get it. He’s as bad as Solo defensively and he has more zero point games than double figure games. Why does everyone think he is so much more productive than he actually is? I just don’t get it.
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He was a former top 50 recruit, plus athlete, shooting 50% for his career and has shown some flashes. It’s also called not over-reacting after a god awful game by him.
 
Palatine said:
Too many no shows. Ross, Stewart, Reed combined for 5 points.
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Stewart iced by Hurley once again. How many points can the guy put up from the bench? Not that he played great while he was in because he didn’t..

Ross’ lack of situational awareness is staggering. The game has yet to slow down for him.
 
YearoftheHusky said:
Another game we win with McNeeley. The sky is not exactly falling.

Sidenote, some of victory laps you guys are taking after a road loss is really truly weird.
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Except he’s not coming back for a couple weeks.
 
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BigErnMcCracken said:
In fairness to him that was an absolutely ridiculous call. You can make that call on every possession of every game.
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He caught it on his hip, in real time I thought it was a definite carry, different from carries they usually don’t call.
 
We don’t deserve to be ranked. Hopefully this is a wake up call for Hurley, the self-proclaimed, “Best coach in basketball”. Do Better !!
 
boog204 said:
Going into this year people raved about depth. We’re actually not deep at all. Zero consistency from the bench.
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It was a deep team on paper, hasn’t panned out that way. Reed, Ross, Stewart, Mahaney, even Karaban are all underperforming against expectations. Team is just so inconsistent and they can’t afford guys having an off night during McNeeley’s absence
 
The last time out hurt, we had the rebound and were in the flow of the game the time out had us come back with a short clock and we struggle at times to get the ball in
we may not have scored but that timeout hurt
 
uconngb said:
They both should go. Not only have they not stepped forward, they have regressed.
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Hurley gambled heavily on the sophomores making a big leap instead of getting help in the portal (they had another scholarship in their pocket) and he's getting burned for it. Plus the miss on evaluating Mahaney. Then McNeeley is out a month plus. As much as everything went right last season, everything is seeming to be going against them this season so far.
 
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I Bleed Blue said:
This team is really infuriating to watch. How do we not get Solo or Aidan that last shot when both are having good games??

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They were being held which if you are wearing a xavier uniform is a foul
 
Would love to have the victory and not waste Mahaney's breakout performance. I saw something in the way they responded to Xavier's continual punches on the road.

They didn't quit and even could have won it even with AK on the bench at the end. This is clearly a March built team especially with Liam being out. We're getting closer to our Tourney readiness.

Just saying this team is good without McNeeley, that's one good thing confirmed tonight. We're going to be just fine, I saw Championship players tonight, the Championship plays are coming soon. It's close!
 
HooperScooper said:
Hurley gambled heavily on the sophomores making a big leap instead of getting help in the portal (they had another scholarship in their pocket) and he's getting burned for it. Plus the miss on evaluating Mahaney. Then McNeeley is out a month plus. As much as everything went right last season, everything is seeming to be going against them this season so far.
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Yup. Like I said, complete misevaluation of multiple players.
 
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boog204 said:
We are awful in the last shot situation because our entire offense is running movement/sets for a jump shot. We have no one currently playing who can create their own shot.
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Aidan Mahaney beat his man to the hoop with 16 secs, when Dan Hurley called a timeout. He can get to the hoop anytime he wants. What happens when he gets there is another issue. AM must be given the benefit of the doubt. This was the AM we need.
 
At least we can relax a little bit now knowing the regular season Big East title is lost. Just get healthy and try to get better for the post season.
 
Kitaman said:
Would love to have the victory and not waste Mahaney's breakout performance. I saw something in the way they responded to Xavier's continual punches on the road.

They didn't quit and even could have won it even with AK on the bench at the end. This is clearly a March built team especially with Liam being out. We're getting closer to our Tourney readiness.

Just saying this team is good without McNeeley, that's one good thing confirmed tonight. We're going to be just fine, I saw Championship players tonight, the Championship plays are coming soon. It's close!
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We broke 70. First time in four games.
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
He caught it on his hip, in real time I thought it was a definite carry, different from carries they usually don’t call.
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You can make that call every possession. The carry is a rule that’s basically never enforced. Other than Karabans fourth I can’t think of a more ridiculous call, besides maybe the foul on Solos three.
 
The disappointing season continues. Hate to say this, but this team has a low BB IQ. Same mistakes every game. Lose the free throw battle. Can't execute well in the 2nd half and end-of-games situations. Just bad shots, turnovers, or fouls in crunch time. On paper, we should not be where we are w/6 losses, even with LM out. The team is regressing.

Mahaney & Ball were the positives tonight. I really liked Mahaney's energy & movement - give him more minutes! AK continues to underperform as our leader. Stewart & Reed do another no-show.

This team is lacking play-makers at this point. Too much of a perimeter team relying on outside shots in crunch time, which is a hard way to win consistently against good teams. On paper, we should have enough size & athleticism to have a more balanced inside/outside game, but it's not happening yet. We need Liam back asap to loosen the opposition defense up a bit.
 
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444JR said:
Stewart iced by Hurley once again. How many points can the guy put up from the bench? Not that he played great while he was in because he didn’t..

Ross’ lack of situational awareness is staggering. The game has yet to slow down for him.
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He got abused by that one guy who literally was clowning him. Three times he had an and 1. He didn’t deserve minutes. Stew is not playing good ball.

Also as great as solo was he missed like 7 straight threes. 6-17 on the game. Missed some big shots.
 
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