Xavier Pregame and Predictions

IMHO best defense we have played all year.  We are on shit end of the fouls and our offense isn't clicking, but by far best defense we hVe played.  Rebounding well too.  Xavier just executes well.

Giving up wide wide wide open 3s

35-20 edge for X on boards last I looked

Gotta play williams more, only man with any offense inside

Yeah I didn't realize boards were so bad.  Defense was bette though.

Macura just did that? Seriously?

I love that Owens is playing with passion. 

Xavier's season is over

probably...great run, I love quickness

We are getting screwed on calls.  We are playing tough and are far from a bad team. We certainly need pieces, but I love how tough we have been playing today.  Is it me or does Macura walk almost every time uncalled?   We are gonna be quite good next year regardless.  Maybe add a grad transfer and beastly.  We don't have business competing with some of these teams in year 2 of a total rebuild.

Yakwe still on team?

43-24 edge on boards for X says it all

Yakwe still on team?

Went out with 4 fouls would have probably killed us if brought back or fouled right out.

Well we are missing a lot of interior game.  Yakwe and Owens trying to make up for it but we are.   We have improved and only now am I realizing how we really could have used Sima's improvement.  Played a good game and I'm not disappointed by this one...

Quote from: Marco Baldi on January 29, 2017, 08:25:25 PM

Yakwe still on team?

Went out with 4 fouls would have probably killed us if brought back or fouled right out.

I didnt even notice he played tonight, seriously

45 rebounds to our 26

We don't consistently compete on the defensive end.  We made a run, but kept giving up buckets on the other end.  Eventually, we lost momentum, and that was the ballgame. 

Quote from: Marco Baldi on January 29, 2017, 07:20:50 PM

Quote from: cjfish on January 29, 2017, 07:12:19 PM

Really.  WHo is going?

Rich

Get Rice & a few of those studs he coaches.

Is this fact on Mitch ?

We don't consistently compete on the defensive end.  We made a run, but kept giving up buckets on the other end.  Eventually, we lost momentum, and that was the ballgame. 

Spot on

We played better with Owens and Williams on the court together.    Ahmed isn't a power forward or front court player.   He could be, with his size.  But he's a perimeter player skills-wise.

Quote from: mjdinkins on January 29, 2017, 08:40:37 PM

We don't consistently compete on the defensive end.  We made a run, but kept giving up buckets on the other end.  Eventually, we lost momentum, and that was the ballgame. 

Spot on

Agree.

This, plus the rebounding were the keys to the game.
Not consistent defensive effort.  And poor job on the boards.