Xavier Post Game Thread

[Palatine]

Ah you need to put Alex in that group

Alex played an okay game but he was nowhere near an All American level or even what a led dog needs to be.

 

[Excalibur]

He caught it on his hip, in real time I thought it was a definite carry, different from carries they usually don’t call.

They called a double dribble, so it had nothing to do with it catching on his hip. The call was that he hit it with his other hand, which he clearly did not.

 

[uconngb]

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.

Yup. Like I said, complete misevaluation of multiple players.

 

[housekeys]

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.

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.

 

[WrenchFan69]

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.

 

[Palatine]

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!

We broke 70. First time in four games.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

He caught it on his hip, in real time I thought it was a definite carry, different from carries they usually don’t call.

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.

 

[boog204]

I'm telling you, between Ross and Stewart, there are minutes for Abramam. He can play and contribute.

And you base this on what? The “play Nowell “ contingent is awfully silent now, too.

 

[IndyLives]

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.

 

[Candyman]

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.

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.

 

[uconngb]

Why is Ross out there for an offensive set? He brings nothing offensively, nothing!

He brings nothing period. I have no idea why the staff is blind to this. He’s one of our worst defensive players.

 

[jesterman]

If we're serious about building a "dynasty", gotta be cutthroat. Can't have 2/3rds of the team be development pieces.

 

[aceboon]

Crazy thing is this team doesn't even need AK to be a 20ppg guy, if he could just give them his regular 15 they would have won all these close Ls. When he goes ghost he is fully blown Casper

 

[Edward Sargent]

Alex played an okay game but he was nowhere near an All American level or even what a led dog needs to be.

Alex was not good tonight and hasn't been for the last few games

 

[superjohn]

But it literally can’t be worse. We get NOTHING out of Ross and Stewart. It’s impossible to get less than nothing.

Why Ross sees the floor at all is just mind boggling.

Oh it can be even worse, that's what worries me with Ahmad and Abraham. There's a huge opportunity there and the coach sees them as unplayable.

 

[HuskyWarrior611]

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.

This just doesn’t make sense when in an ideal world, the board was dreaming of lineups of Diarra, Mahaney, Liam, Karaban, and Johnson at the beginning of the summer.

You don’t bet on guys when you go get two guys that can potentially play over them after the season ends.

 

[mauconnfan]

Don’t matter Ross had an open look for a pull up but continued to drive. Has to get shot up for a chance.

Awful pass to him by Diarra watch it again he couldn’t shoot it had to drive.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

He brings nothing period. I have no idea why the staff is blind to this. He’s one of our worst defensive players.

What are the other options? And don’t say double bigs or Abraham.

 

[Hoophound]

We have no idea if that's the case. We were clamoring for Ahmad and he looks out of place out there.

Ahmad was hurt and he never gets to play through a mistake or two. I think we need to let him go. This upcoming stretch might not be the best time, but we are running out of opportunities to get him going.

Abraham may have the athleticism to stay in front of someone. We seem to have a lot of athletes that just can’t guard anyone. Maybe Abraham can.

I don’t think we should just try to win with the main group we are playing now. It is unlikely to work. We need more from other players.

 

[superjohn]

They called a double dribble, so it had nothing to do with it catching on his hip. The call was that he hit it with his other hand, which he clearly did not.

It's a double dribble if it's on your hip too.

 

[Excalibur]

Ahmad was hurt and he never gets to play through a mistake or two. I think we need to let him go. This upcoming stretch might not be the best time, but we are running out of opportunities to get him going.

Abraham may have the athleticism to stay in front of someone. We seem to have a lot of athletes that just can’t guard anyone. Maybe Abraham can.

I don’t think we should just try to win with the main group we are playing now. It is unlikely to work. We need more from other players.

Abraham was always going to be a development project. It’s foolish to think he’s going to make a difference this year.

 

[boog204]

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.

He’s terrible defensively and has flashes for sure. But do you think he’s played well this year? This is his first poor performance? He’s been scoreless four times in the last nine games and he has, by far, the worst +/- on the team.

 

[uconnfan68]

While it's fresh...I see foul discrepancy remains. Anyone have the link to that X post that has all the data to back up the claims of UConn having such a foul discrepancy? I have a million Xavier fans texting me and I can't find the study.

The announcers were saying we were around -102 foul shots this year, -91 in ‘23, and only +47 last year. From memory, don’t quote me. That means we pretty much play 5 on 8 almost every game.

 

[WrenchFan69]

Ahmad was hurt and he never gets to play through a mistake or two. I think we need to let him go. This upcoming stretch might not be the best time, but we are running out of opportunities to get him going.

There's no time like the present. The rest of the regular season is essentially moot

 

[Orc]

Alex was not good tonight and hasn't been for the last few games

Watch him go off next week against Depaul and disappear against Marquette. Thats Alex