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Xavier Post Game Thread

HCCForever said:
Good to see Solo shooting well. Ross had great game. Smith did well with extended minutes. Reed with very nice game. I was impressed with Mullins looking to pass more. He also knocked one Xavier on his butt in the backcourt with aggressive pick. Not much to criticize.
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That was Karaban with the pick
 
I absolutely love watching a three year guy like Ross, who has obviously put in a lot of work, finally blossom like he has this year. As others have mentioned, his defense and athleticism balances the lineup and i actually think our offense runs better when he’s in there.
 
RuffRuff said:
Alex's career must feel like it's been 30 years at Uconn, he has ex teammates that have now been in the NBA for three years. If there is a guy that may need the tourney to spruce up a bit, it's probably him. Not sure I can blame him. He's had a long college career with B2B on the front end.
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My career projection for Alex is second round NBA, two ways with several teams, maybe a couple of years on the bench then on to a coaching staff
 
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EnochRoot said:
Ha!

Seriously though, Ross disrupts passing lanes and squares up on D really well. Not much of an offensive game to speak of, plus he's a key asset off the bench.

Yeah Bobby is in the HOF, but don't let that slow me down. I'm on a roll here.
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No offense? He seems to be the only guy getting steals and breakaways dunks. Give me that all day long. Those are momentum changing plays that are much more impactful than the points themselves.
 
DRBackup said:
50% from 2, 40% from three, and 100% from the FT line is shooting well, yes.
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I know what the stats say - i was being a bit cheeky. And at one point i think he was 1-7(?) from 3. He made his last 3 3s to significantly boost his fg%. He played a nice game. He’s still not the shooter he was last year.
 
UCTitleTown said:
No offense? He seems to be the only guy getting steals and breakaways dunks. Give me that all day long. Those are momentum changing plays that are much more impactful than the points themselves.
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And his offense would have been even better if they fed him the ball. Watch with 1:17 left in the game, as JustBrewItMan said, Ross had a certain ally-oop after he ran the floor and was wide open (disgraceful he wasn't fed). And if they ran sets for him all game, hey may have had another few points. Jayden's offense is actually trending quite nicely.

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lateralous said:
I absolutely love watching a three year guy like Ross, who has obviously put in a lot of work, finally blossom like he has this year. As others have mentioned, his defense and athleticism balances the lineup and i actually think our offense runs better when he’s in there.
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JRoss has shown all season long that he is probably our best player at getting entry passes into our big men.

He also does a great job with quick skip passes to the open three-point shooter.

He also likely made the best Alley Oop pass that anyone has made all year on this team… And unfortunately, Braylon messed up the dunk!
 
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After the Marquette game there was no where to go but up. I realized we were bad in that game but they mentioned on the radio how historically bad we were. Worst shooting percentage in 4 years. Worst 3 point percentage since leaving the AAC. Yet we still had a chance to send it to OT. I am going to file that game as a one off. Got it out of the way before the post season.
 
EnochRoot said:
Raftery to a fault tolerated Johnson's zany antics tonight..But man, I've been watching him cover NCAA basketball since he retired from coaching Seton Hall back after the '81 season. He needs a quality play by play guy, but he's a really solid analyst / color guy.

SEND IT IN, BIG FELLA!
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Raftrey is an absolute gem, still has his fastball. Going to be a sad day when he finally decides to hang it up
 
Bogey02 said:
Raftrey is an absolute gem, still has his fastball. Going to be a sad day when he finally decides to hang it up
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I met Seth Davis at a charity golf event and talked with him for a while. He said every CBS Sports reporter has a Raftery story where they went out after work for "a drink or two". Raf proceeded to keep them out til the wee hours, drinking them under the table and every single time the reporter showed up the next day, Raf was already in suited up, bright eyed and bushytailed.
 
Want to hear something funny? Solo Ball has a higher 2 point FG% than Alex Karaban and Silas Demary

Want to hear something funnier? Jayden Ross has the highest on the team (including the centers) at 70.2%
 
Deepster said:
I met Seth Davis at a charity golf event and talked with him for a while. He said every CBS Sports reporter has a Raftery story where they went out after work for "a drink or two". Raf proceeded to keep them out til the wee hours, drinking them under the table and every single time the reporter showed up the next day, Raf was already in suited up, bright eyed and bushytailed.
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Some people are just tanks. I used to work with a woman that was a head of investor relations for a public company. We’d all go out until 4 AM after filings, she’d drink a ton, and then be meeting with big wig investors with the CFO the next morning at 8 AM. Told me she never got hangovers. I still don’t understand how what she did was medically possible.
 
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REB1094 said:
Want to hear something funny? Solo Ball has a higher 2 point FG% than Alex Karaban and Silas Demary

Want to hear something funnier? Jayden Ross has the highest on the team (including the centers) at 70.2%
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Solo has a nice midrange shot. I wish he used it more.
 
WhereistheDove? said:
Some people are just tanks. I used to work with a woman that was a head of investor relations for a public company. We’d all go out until 4 AM after filings, she’d drink a ton, and then be meeting with big wig investors with the CFO the next morning at 8 AM. Told me she never got hangovers. I still don’t understand how what she did was medically possible.
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Its a marathon-Not a sprint. LOL
 
upstater said:
Has anyone ever seen Mullins miss a midrange shot? I know he has, I just can't recall it ever happening.

He'd have a lot more time to shoot his 3s if defenders feel the threat of him taking them at 15 feet.
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I was thinking the same thing. 3-3 on two pointers for Mullins last night. I’d love it if he could put up more attempts inside the arc. (I do recall some misses though. Haha)
 
HCCForever said:
Solo has a nice midrange shot. I wish he used it more.
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Solo Ball FG% by region

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Woof said:
93-68=35???
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Even Calhoun was closer in recapping a game. I always got a kick out of Coach when he never got the score right, or the clock time, or the runs in the game etc. the details always eluded him. He was usually in the vicinity though.
 
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Bogey02 said:
Raftrey is an absolute gem, still has his fastball. Going to be a sad day when he finally decides to hang it up
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That won’t be just a nickel dimer when that day comes.
 
Devland said:
After the Marquette game there was no where to go but up. I realized we were bad in that game but they mentioned on the radio how historically bad we were. Worst shooting percentage in 4 years. Worst 3 point percentage since leaving the AAC. Yet we still had a chance to send it to OT. I am going to file that game as a one off. Got it out of the way before the post season.
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Yeah, if you look at all the rest of the numbers, they're not bad. Certainly a couple things a touch below average that make the difference in a one possession game, but nothing crazy. And they killed them on the boards. Still held them to 64 pts before the double T on Hurley. Outside of the terrible 3P shooting, I thought Marquette just played really well. Why they couldn't manage to do that more often before the final game is a mystery.
 
3rdbass said:
Why? So we can have a tougher game and lower our NET rankings. Playing Gtown does nothing for us if we win and if we lose it will kill us. Georgetown is the tougher match up for us due to their size and athletes. Once Villanova lost Hodge they lost any chance of doing anything in either the big east or ncaa tournament. I hope we demolish Gtown tomorrow but we have not always beat teams we should handily and lost twice to inferior teams.
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Because I like watching the underdogs win until they play us and get sent packing, that's why.
 
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