Xavier

This game was last year, but whatever. | Kareem Elgazzar/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK Nothing to win, nothing to lose, still have to play. South Dakota at home. Louisville at home. Chicago State at home. That’s a comprehensive list of DePaul’s wins this year. Three really bad teams, all in the friendly confines of Wintrust Arena. I don’t even have to check to know … [Read more...] about Xavier v. DePaul: preview, matchups, keys to the game

Big East coach of the year? | Brad Mills-USA TODAY Sports The road in front of Xavier is simple: win out There is no nuance in what Xavier has to do now. The Musketeers just kept missing opportunities and now they are here. There are two games that should be easy enough, a toss up, and two games against a very, very good Marquette team. Xavier has to win them all to … [Read more...] about Xavier v. Marquette: Preview, matchups, keys to the game

Katie Stratman-USA TODAY Sports Xavier needs to go on an unlikely run to make the NCAA tournament. We've talked for a while now about Xavier's season being on life support. Ever since they lost three consecutive home games - including two Q3 defeats - in December, they've been behind the game in terms of at-large consideration. It's tough to rally from that kind of hit … [Read more...] about Five in a row or four in a row

God bless Des, he tried. | Katie Stratman-USA TODAY Sports Not with a bang, but a whimper Shape without form, shade without colour, paralysed force, gesture without motion That is actually a couplet from a poem by TS Eliot, not a description of Xavier’s offense in the second half. You can be forgiven for not knowing the difference. This season is over as competition. … [Read more...] about This is the way the season ends…

Katie Stratman-USA TODAY Sports Xavier’s coach finally said what we’ve all been thinking. “That’s five fouls in a row.” That’s what Sean Miller said to the referees last night in what was, frankly speaking, a horribly officiated game. While Des Claude and Quincy Olivari absorbed contact on every drive and Devin Carter got the kid glove treatment he has come to expect, … [Read more...] about Sean Miller is not a happy man