A10fan2

Sorry Thor

I don't think udflyerfan06 is to the triumvirate level of delusion yet so I didn't see the harm with quoting him.

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Muddy's from 2009

He has since made the same "prediction" this year. CLASSIC

TWeeks

The problem you fellas have, is that the rest of the world thinks you are as pathetic as the Dayton guys. You've got your own "quintet", "triumvirate"....whatever you want to call it. Equally as pathetic and insecure.

But it seems to work for all of you, so, carry on......

PM Thor

But TWeeks, our shenanigans are cheeky and fun and their shenanigans are cruel and tragic....which makes them not really shenanigans then I guess.

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Xavier: Undefeated in Big East Conference Play

StealthBomber

I think that Xaver fans are finally coming to accept this truth. I see progress.

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Byron Larkin has no discernable broadcasting talent. I blame him for giving all Xavier listeners a basketball smarts lobotomy.

Muddy Waters

RPI # 17 Xavier

RPI # 59 Arizona



Sean Miller adjusting quickly to life out West (Mike DeCourcy - May 18, 2009)

Miller's early recruiting success has infused a degree of Pac-10 talent into the program. Wait. That's putting it too nicely. He averted an absolute disaster by landing three players in his first few weeks.

Center Kyryl Natyazhko of Florida's IMG Academy and wings Solomon Hill of Los Angeles and Kevin Parrom of Connecticut are all top-100 types. They'll join athletic forward Jamelle Horne and serviceable guard Kyle Fogg to give the Wildcats a decent core. If Wise were to return, he could provide the group with direction.

"I like the guys we got," Miller said.

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SquidLegs

Looking at some of the guys that Mack is seriously considering tells me that Xavier recruiting has been set back years by Miller jumping ship.

There was a certain Xavier poster running around here saying that Xavier's recruiting was "national" and that it would not be affected by a coaching change because it was "the system and not the coach". Does anyone remember who that poster was?

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The two homer reasons that Xavier fans are delusional in their evaluation of the Muskies: 1. Byron Larkin 2. Brian Snow

Xaviers Shame:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gpS7PSYWcM

A10fan2

Squid, let's make a bet! If X's recruiting class for '10 isn't ranked higher than UD's then I will not post for the whole year. When it is ranked higher, you don't post for the whole year. You already have a lead now that Hill is on board. What do you say?

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Muddy's from 2009

He has since made the same "prediction" this year. CLASSIC

udflyerfan06

I'll take that bet...seriously, I will. The problem is though, who's opinion are we going to use...Rivals, Scout, Foxsports, ESPN, ect??? Or a combination of all of them? UD has already landed a Top 60 player for that class.

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Going from Xavier to Arizona is like going from a Buick to a Lexus. ---Sean Miller

a10nick

Once again, SquidLegs is 100% on the money. Xavier has repeatedly fallen on hard times when they have lost coaches to higher-profile schools and leagues. Based on past performances, it is highly unlikely that Coach Mack and his staff will be able to improve Xavier's fate any better than his two immediate predecessors, Sean Miller (1 Elite Eight and 1 Sweet Sixteen) and Thad Matta (one Elite Eight) were able to do. If Mack stays on the Xavier job for 5-10 years, I would doubt that he would be able to do much better than the occasional Final Four, Elite Eight, and a few Sweet Sixteens. And he'll have to do it solely with good coaching since, as SquiLegs points out, he'll never be able to recruit decent players since the Xavier "system" has been proven over a 25-year span of time to be a myth.

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I just want the team I support to be in a stronger conference. I'd prefer it to be a stronger A-10! To me that would mean every member would have at least 2 trips to the NCAA Tourney and 5 winning seasons during each 10-year cycle. It would also be great for every program to seriously challenge for a league title (either regular season or Tourney) at least once during that same period of time.

Muddy Waters

I'll fall out of my chair laughing if Kevin Parrom follows Sean Miller from South Kent to Xavier to Arizona and then punches Miller in the chops during the first week of October practice.

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Gunner32

Truer words were never spoken. A pox on both houses.

xu95

You are absolutely right. Xavier might as well disband the basketball program. Seriously, just because it looks like Spoon and Latham will recommit (both of which have a lot of high major interest) Xavier has been set back light years. I say we don't even show up against Dayton this year.

xu95

udflyerfan06

You have absolutely no way of knowing if Spoon and Latham are going to recommit to X or not...right now they are saying all the same things that every single recruit is out there saying about every school that has showed interest in them. I'm not saying both or one won't recommit but there's no way you can say one way or the other at this point.

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Going from Xavier to Arizona is like going from a Buick to a Lexus. ---Sean Miller

xu95

You are right, I can not say with absolute certainty that they will re-commit or not. However, for you to say that they are saying the same thing to every school, just shows that you don't know what you are talking about. They have said certain things to people that I trust that tells me the odds are better than 50/50 on both.

I guess technically you can't count Staten as a commit until he signs his LOI.

xu95

udflyerfan06

Wow...look what popped up on Dayton rivals today. An article about Jesse Berry...a zero star player that has offers from UD, Butler, Ball State and Cincinnati...but is now being recruited by Xavier, Kentucky, Minnesota, and Indiana. Geez...has calipari lost his mind recruiting a zero star player????

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Going from Xavier to Arizona is like going from a Buick to a Lexus. ---Sean Miller