Xavier Post Game Thread

[uconnblueinky]

Did anyone have Ross shooting better than Ball from 3 this late in the season?!

 

[JB75]

St John’s in a fight with DePaul btw

U might think im crazy but for various reasons we do not want St. John’s to lose to DePaul

 

[ec33]

These wins are good for the heart

Yup. That was a good kind of boring.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Is 26 assists on 34 field goals good? Asking for a friend.

17 on 19 field goals in the first half was ridiculous

 

[JustbrewitMan]

Jayden Ross the new Ray Allen all of a sudden.

He’s always had a very nice looking 3pt shot. He’s money from corners. I bet he shoots 80% from those spots in practice

 

[slepers]

He was so dominate early I was starting to wonder at what point does he become our best player? Seems we are not quite there yet but it feels like it is coming. Not sure why he sat so much in the first half. Wish Hurley played him more.

He had two fouls

 

[uchusky32]

Complete game. Played to their potential. Not down to the level of their opponent. Dialed in.

 

[Donyell 360]

Smith played 15 minutes and I can't recall one positive play. That was a bogus tech but even that didn't go his way. I guess he had 2 rebounds but he seems lost out there. Not sure why Hurley waited until 2 minutes left to put in Millender. Seemed like a good opportunity to give him a look. Of course he air balled a corner 3 but would like to seem him get more opportunities in a game like this.

 

[prankster]

Great game but that flagrant on Malachi was garbage.

Forget it Jake. It's BE refs.

 

[Huskyforlife]

I really want Demary to take over. He’s an efficiency demon at this point, please increase your shot volume to take our offense to new heights.

 

[TheShot1990]

Friday should be fun.

Not for St. John’s fans

 

[WeAreUCONN]

I don’t like Solo’s shot selection most games. He’s forcing and missing. However, I loved his last two plays of the game. He could have easily forced two more shots, which wouldn’t even have been bad shots. Instead, he passed to his teammates and got two nice assists. Donny basically said the same thing. Great overall performance by the team. Might be the first ever Big East team to go undefeated in conference play.

 

[Donyell 360]

Incredible offensive efficiency, especial from Reed. What a beast he is! If only he could make FT's. I don't know what happened to him. He wasn't a bad FT shooter last year.

 

[dennismenace]

Gave Jaylin a lot of minutes. Giving him some slack and hoping he responds. He, Malchi, and Jayden could well put is in another dimension as we close out the regular season and head into the tournaments. I saw ALL of the Xavier players bending over and trying to get their breath when there was around 10 minutes left. You know Pitino has them in good shape too. Love how they are really starting to come on.

 

[TheShot1990]

Demary was pretty good from 3 as well. It seems like he is automatic when open.

He only shot 60% from 3. Pffff. Meh

Ross 75%

 

[Jmark212]

Silas 9/14 from 3 past 3 games. He’s really locking in with his shot and looking to score. Reminds me of when it finally all clicked for Tristen Newton.

 

[JustbrewitMan]

This is why KenPom and other analytics are not everything. Two games ago analytics told us we couldn’t have these performances and couldn’t win a natty (based on historical trends). Now, two games later, the analytics say we can.

Hmm. KP Offensive efficiency ratings go up when we run good offense and make the shots. Make it make sense. It’s almost like the analytics measure important things.

 

[Donyell 360]

Not Stewie's best game tonight. He seemed slow to the ball and lax on D. He was a little more aggressive on offense but not much production. Just a touch off today for some reason. Ross had a nice game though. He is looking more confident.

 

[Punkbo]

Xcellent
Xceptional
Xtraordinary

OK….I’m done.

 

[Donyell 360]

Not for St. John’s fans

I'm starting to think it might be a blowout. We have definitely found another gear or two.

 

[blkknight1]

What's also amazing is uconn missed their first 5 shots. It looked like it might be one of those night then BAM!!!! They couldn't miss.

 

[How Sway?!]

You can take the Xavier out of Sean Miller but can never take the Sean Miller out of Xavier

 

[jleves]

Did anyone have a 32 point win if you knew Alex and Ball would have 9 points each and shot 1-8 from 3? Imagine if they both had a good game.

Good to know they can score when some guys are off.

Reibe matching Reeds numbers with 5 fewer minutes is a good thing.

Weird that Mullins started out like a rocket then didn't do much for the final 30 minutes.

Defense is a good thing.

 

[WeAreUCONN]

Braylon Mullins with 13 points? He had 12 5 minutes in!!!

Good thing about this team is that we have 5 guys who are all going to score around 15. Stop one or two and the others step up.

 

[jleves]

One more thing to add - 9 players got 15 or more minutes. Getting that depth thing back is good.