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This is our three point shooter. There are many like him, but this one is ours. Our three point shooter is our best friend... | Kareem Elgazzar/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK If we can’t make them, you can’t either. The modern game of basketball increasingly revolves around an arc. Teams go positionless, bigs shoot threes, guards shoot a lot of threes, Steph Curry … [Read more...] about Xavier is trying to eliminate the three pointer

Kareem Elgazzar/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK Xavier has, hopefully, hit their nadir and started back up. When Saturday dawned Xavier was 91st in the NET. This was their lowest all-time ranking in college basketball’s reasonably new system. The Musketeers had dropped two games to Q3s and missed a golden chance to knock off Houston. As we’ve mentioned before, the de … [Read more...] about What’s in the NET today?

All Hail the Shootout King | Kareem Elgazzar/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK We still run this city, and we still want to talk about it Brad: Boys, what a game. I honestly thought we were going to win because I don't rate Wes Miller, but we kind of ran away and hid in that second half. After the 13-2 run in the second half they never got back within a possession. Joel: … [Read more...] about Sunday Conversation: Welcome to Quincinnati

Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK Xavier is staggering into this one, but a win here could set the season back on track. Well friends, here it is. The game Sean Miller calls "the most meaningful game we play" has arrived, and the Musketeers are carrying less than zero momentum into it. After starting the season at 4-2 without really embarrassing themselves in … [Read more...] about Crosstown Shootout: preview, matchups, keys to the game

Carter Skaggs/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK You’re going to hear about history today. Here’s some Do you remember 1979? I don’t, by dint of not quite having been born yet. That year UC won the Crosstown Shootout for the eighth straight time. They were the masters of the Shootout at that point, having lost it twice since 1957. UC fans undoubtedly crowed and talked … [Read more...] about A quick review