njlsufan

Muddy? Seeing as it's the holidays and all, instead of posting the Xavier stats in blue, could you post them in red and green? Thanks in advance.

X-band '01

I'm going to go against the grain here and thank Muddy for all the hard work that goes into his selective RPI posts. Every team will have their peaks and valleys this year - odds are that a triple digit RPI will be a mere footnote by the end of the year for Xavier.

xavierhoops

Looks like I beat Muddy, Adam, Flyer, Elvis and the rest of the UD crew...

Justin Martin is not playing tomorrow vs Kent St. Has a concussion. Jeff "Splinters" Robinson starting in his place.

This Xavier team cannot afford any injuries. Will be interesting to see how Semaj "Sewage" Christon as a freshmen responds to a little bit of adversity and see if he can literally carry the team on his back.

With his news, I think we are likely looking at 6-4 with 3 straight losses to Vandy, Kent St and UC. The Vandy loss hurts.

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Chris Mack in 3 years at Xavier has had twice the NCAA wins (4) of the entire Dayton coaching staff in the modern era of NCAA basketball (2).

a10nick

Semaj was great tonight for a Freshman but only so-so as Semaj. The stars of the game, from my perspective, were Landon Amos, Brad Redford, and Erik Stenger. Dee Davis made some very important plays as well, but the surprise factor kicked in for Amos and Stenger to be so honored.

Kent State is no slouch. They'll give anybody a good run for their money!

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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.

MudFlap

UC up next. ESPN will promote "the fight" like Ali/Frazier.

Muddy Waters

RPI # 180 Purdue beat RPI # 210 Ball State 66-56 tonight.

Including tonight's win, Purdue is still the only Big Ten team with a losing OOC record.

Best of luck against the Bearcats tomorrow night.

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xu95

I think someone is still a little angry that he predicted doom and gloom and a total of 8 wins all year and we currently sit at 7-2 (7-3 after tonight).

And don't try to feed us the line that you root for all A-10 teams out of conference. No one believes you.

GoMuskies

Don't sell Kent short. They're a tremendous slouch.

Muskeagle

Smarmy.

Muddy Waters

Xavier Must Defend, Protect Ball, Rebound to Beat Bearcats (Shannon Russell, Cincinnati Enquirer - December 18, 2012)



GO XAVIER ! BEAT BEARCATS !

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Muskeagle

seems hollow.....can't quite put my finger on why.

Muddy Waters

This morning's RPI Rankings: # 55 - Xavier, # 218 - Wofford.


Wofford 56, Xavier 55 (ESPN Box Score)

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Muddy Waters

Sunday Conversation: December 23rd (Banners on the Parkway - December 23, 2012)


Next Up: Tennessee (Shannon Russell, Cincinnati Enquirer - December 26, 2012)

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Xavier Musketeers - RPI Breakdown (CBS Sports)

Xavier is presently 1-1 vs. RPI Top 100 teams.

Tennessee Volunteers - RPI Breakdown (CBS Sports)

Tennessee is presently 2-2 vs. RPI Top 40 teams.

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SquidLegs

Tennessee vs. X should be an interesting game. X needs to rebound from that horrible loss. You would think that Mack could really beat the team over the head with the tape of the last debacle.

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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

MudFlap

Pretty funny considering your team's miserable performance over the last 20 yrs. X fans knew it would be a trying yr. after the Mark and Dez departures, but we aren't a bunch of whiners like you. We'll do with what we have this year.