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Before you know it, young people, guys you watched play are going to be coaching. | Rich Barnes-Imagn Images The Muskies are right back to a parade of low-majors with a built-from-scratch Siena team. It doesn’t seem that long ago that I was young, but here we are with Gerry McNamara coaching a D1 basketball team. He’s in his first season as the head man at Siena, and … [Read more...] about Xavier v. Siena: preview, matchups, keys to the game

Albert Cesare/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images It’s not that hard to be 4-0 right now. It takes real competition to see how good a team is. There’s a very real sense in which we don’t know much about the Xavier Musketeers at this point. Yes, they are 4-0, but so are 44 other teams including powers like Furman, Longwood, and the mighty Thunderbirds of … [Read more...] about When will Xavier get tested?

A legend | Geoff Burke-Imagn Images Xavier gets their first test in a game dedicated to a man gone to soon. Let’s start this off by talking about Skip Prosser. After Pete Gillen left, Skip took the helm at Xavier. He coached NBA legends David West and Chris Paul in his career, but they weren’t the only ones who benefited from his occasionally folksy wisdom. An old … [Read more...] about Xavier v. Wake Forest: Skip Prosser Classic Preview

Albert Cesare/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The first real hurdle is now behind the Muskies, and they cleared it with style and room to spare. Just 24 hours ago, you could be forgiven for seeing Xavier as a bit of a flat track bully. They had been unconvincing in their first two buy games, and - while their demolition of Jackson State was a welcome … [Read more...] about Xavier dispatches Wake Forest with a comprehensive team effort

Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images This thing was done and dusted before the first media timeout. After scuffling through a couple of buy games early on, Xavier came out of the gates hot against Jackson State to finally look like a high major team taking on an opponent paying its bills. The Muskies won the tip and Ryan Conwell (14/1/1) … [Read more...] about Xavier starts hot and never looks back against Jackson State