Xavier Post Game Thread

[AllHusky]

This is such a common fan habit, wanting to see if some deep bench piece is an upgrade meanwhile the coaches see these kids daily and know what they have.

I'd say that is a very small percentage of the people who want to see a bench guy play. Many, like me, are genuinely interested in seeing kids get a chance to "strut their stuff" in live action. I can't remember a single person who says that Millender is a better option than Malachi(or Silas). The habit of winning close games kept the bench from getting any significant minutes. So, would love to see all the bench guys on the floor for a couple of decent stints before the rotation goes into "lock down" 7-9(?) man rotations for the rest of the year. Husky basketball fans, not Hurley wannabes.

 

[Scrutineer]

That's sad. I was at games in Gampel, Hartford, and Maui in 2023-2025 where he and Alex were asking the crowd to get into. Me and my wife would implore the fans around us to get into it more and some of them did and some didn't. I wish the fans were louder and more raucous like they were in the 90s and early 2000s or hell like in the Villanova game in 2022 when Hurley got kicked out of the game in the first half.

Now that was special..............

 

[Scrutineer]

Can the refs do this after a game is over? Suppose a braul happened after the clock ran out. Are penalties assessed in the next game, like setting out a player?

Rod Sellers was penalized in the first game of the next season after he massaged Laettner's cheek with his elbow..........

 

[superjohn]

I'd say that is a very small percentage of the people who want to see a bench guy play. Many, like me, are genuinely interested in seeing kids get a chance to "strut their stuff" in live action. I can't remember a single person who says that Millender is a better option than Malachi(or Silas). The habit of winning close games kept the bench from getting any significant minutes. So, would love to see all the bench guys on the floor for a couple of decent stints before the rotation goes into "lock down" 7-9(?) man rotations for the rest of the year. Husky basketball fans, not Hurley wannabes.

There's absolutely some posters who want Millender getting Malachi's minutes.

 

[Scrutineer]

No, you were right. Hurley didn't just pull that thought out of nowhere. There's gotta be something behind what he said, I'm just not sure how much weight should be put on his comment.

I like to watch players' expressions and actions on the bench when someone on the court does something good. If Reibe is still enthusiastic and appears happy to be here, great. If he's stoic it wouldn't be a good sign.

 

[Scrutineer]

Thanks. That makes me feel a little better though knowing when to shoot and when to head fake is part of the art of the game. I don't recall was it late clock so he really had no choice?

I realize it is unlikely but it would be a cool story for Millender to come out of nowhere and earn some real minutes. He just seems like such a nice guy. Everyone seems to like him. I learned last night that he is the commissioner of the team's video game league. I suspect if he could step up, it would not be hard for his teammates to get behind him and feel inspired. I like to root for the likeable underdog.

Maybe some are hoping he'll become this year's Joey California.........

 

[NickDanger]

Actually if it is truly 0% (and not something like 0.0001% rounded down to 0%.

I guarantee you the chance of specifically having a Lincoln head come up on a coin flip of a legit quarter is 0%. It is impossible

Even if the probability of something is truly 0%, that absolutely does not mean that it is impossible for it to happen.
AI:
In mathematics and statistics,
an event with a 0% probability is not necessarily impossible; this distinction arises primarily in continuous probability distributions. While an impossible event always has a probability of 0, an event with probability 0 can still occur if the sample space is uncountably infinite.

 

[NickDanger]

A 0% chance of something happening does not mean it is impossible.

Anyone who thinks I'm being funny here should find a local mathematician and ask them.

 

[noelle]

Dan's Reibe comment was just about the draft, telling him to go slow and develop for another year. This year's draft is pretty stacked I don't think he would go high this year. Starter next year and being featured will boost his stock etc