Just one thing here: Xavier Basketball

Hi all,

Two of next year's class of Muskies will be on TV today.   Jalen Reynolds & Semaj Christon for Brewster Academy play Tilton on ESPN today, 1/15, at 4:00PM.  These teams are loaded with future D1 players so check it out.
 
Enjoy the rest of the weekend!

The Muskies had a heck of a game (especially considering multiple missed dunks and all the fouls called on X) and won 77-64 at Cintas today.

Lyons scored 21 and Holloway added 12.  Redford and Robinson scored double figures off the bench.

That's 3 in a row and now a 3-1 conference record for our Muskies.

Go Muskies!!!

Let's see if XU can keep it going.  St Bonaventure just beat Dayton and their leading scorer, Andrew Nicholson, had 30 pts and 13 rebs.  He's gonna be tough to stop.  I expect to see a rotation of big guys coming in for X to take turns guarding (and fouling) him.

The good news is that the Bonnies game against Dayton was at home, with UD's Chris Johnson unable to play due to a concussion.  They are 3-4 on the road and their only A10 road game was at Duquesne, a 52-66 loss.

The game is on ESPNU at Noon on Saturday.  Go Muskies!!!

Well, I said XU should hold DUQ below their average and that was an understatement.  The Muskies allowed just 16 points in the first half, and thanks to a big 1st half by XU's offense, we led 44-16 at halftime.  We led by as many as 34 and went on to win 78-50.

Jeff Robinson had a great game off the bench, with 12 pts and 6 reb.  Tu had 11 pts and 11 asts and  Frease had 11 pts and 6 rebs.  But the player everyone was talking about was Dez Wells...16 points on 7-7 shooting and 9 rebounds.  5 or 6 of his 7 baskets were off dunks and they were all a sight to see.  One of them, alley-ooped by Tu, made #5 on SportsCenter Top 10 Plays this morning. 

This video of a few of his dunks is a bit blurry but you get the idea:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lh_imwt3xb4

The Muskies played an all around great game last night. Let's hope they have their confidence back and are on track to win a 6th straight A-10 title this year.

Go Muskies!!!

(re-posting from 1/10/12 due to website construction)

Could we be turning the corner?

Well, hopefully the slump is over. The Muskies didn’t play a great game Saturday, but played good enough to get the “W”. There were glimses of the exciting play we saw from X before the Shootout so maybe they’re turning it around.

Lyons scored 20 and played well overall to lead us. Walker had a nice stat line - 7 pts, 14 rebs, 5 ast, 0 TOs. Holloway did not score a point and the idiotic media has brainless thoughts on that, but he did manage the game well and played solid defense. Dez Wells played well again, and with most A10 teams likely concentrating on slowing down Lyons and Tu, I’m expecting Wells to excel in A10 play.

Next up is a home game with Duquesne at 7:00 on Wednesday. The Dukes are 10-6 and are scoring 78 pts a game. I’m expecting X to hold them to well below that, but time will tell. DUQ is only 1-3 on the road this year.

Go Muskies!!!