XAVIER RUMORS & GOSSIP
Xavier within range of A-10 title, NCAA berth
Coach Chris Mack refused to apply too much significance to the Musketeers' missed opportunity Feb. 4 at Memphis.
"We win a game like this and we lose the next seven, nobody cares," he said.
Still, with Xavier's NCAA Tournament prospects teetering on the bubble, the Musketeers needed to close out the Tigers. Xavier had an 11-point lead with less than seven minutes...
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5 days ago
Discuss
Xavier needs better defense down the stretch
The Atlantic 10 conference is much improved this year. It's also a more balanced league, which bodes well for Xavier heading into the season's final month. Despite the Musketeers' recent struggles, they entered February just a half-game out of first place.
Rhode Island's stunning win at Dayton created a three-way tie at the top of the A-10 standings with UMass, La...
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13 days ago
Sat. Jan. 28th channel information
Saturday, January 28, 2012 University of Cincinnati @ Rutgers 6pmXavier @ Charlotte 7pm pregame show at 6:30pmLake Erie Monsters v. Hamilton 7:30pmFOX Sports Ohio features an exciting lineup this Saturday, Jan. 28th including the FOX Sports Ohio production of Xavier Musketeers @ Charlotte, the Big East production of the UC Bearcats @ Rutgers at 6pm, and the Lake Erie Monsters...
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18 days ago
Saint Louis snap's Xavier's home streak
CINCINNATI (AP) -- Brian Conklin scored 10 of his 19 points during Saint Louis' decisive second-half spurt, and the Billikens ended the longest home-court winning streak in Atlantic 10 history, beating Xavier 73-68 on Wednesday night.
Xavier (13-7, 4-3) had its 43-game home winning streak in A-10 play snapped by a team it had beaten seven times in a row. The last visiting A...
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19 days ago
Saint Louis 73, Xavier 68
Brian Conklin scored 10 of his 19 points during Saint Louis' decisive second-half spurt, and the Billikens ended the longest home-court winning streak in Atlantic 10 history, beating Xavier 73-68 on Wednesday night.
Xavier (13-7, 4-3) had its 43-game home winning streak in A-10 play snapped by a team it had beaten seven times in a row. The last visiting A-10 team to win at the...
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19 days ago
Quick Hits: SLU Downs Xavier On Road 74-69
Saint Louis stopped a 43-game conference winning streak for the Xavier Musketeers at Cintas Center and moved to 16-4 on the season.
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19 days ago
Chris Mack questions Musketeers' desire
When Xavier plays defense well, even for limited periods, it wins, as evidenced by impressive comeback victories over Purdue and Vanderbilt. When it doesn't, events such as the 87-72 loss at Dayton on Jan. 21 will occur.
The solution appears to be simple: play harder. The Musketeers did just that during a four-game winning streak that was snapped in the loss at Dayton. But Xavier...
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20 days ago
Examining the Xavier Musketeers
The Xavier Musketeers have had a tumultuous season to say the least. They came out of the gate 8-0 with wins over Vanderbilt, Georgia, Purdue and Cincinnati. A brawl against the Bearcats sent Tu Holloway, Mark Lyons, Dez Wells and the winning streak to the bench. Xavier got blown out against Oral Roberts at home, dominated by Long Beach State and upset by horrible Hawaii before...
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24 days ago
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24 days ago
Dangerous Xavier chasing redemption
CINCINNATI - Xavier coach Chris Mack isn't ready to shout it from the nearby mountaintops, but his team is still here.
Xavier is still not on your computer, fancy phone screen or newspaper ranked in the Top 25, but that's OK. It's an absence that's well earned, frankly, but one that's just wrong.
And one that's not going to last much longer.
A more reserved...
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26 days ago
Xavier 68, Saint Joseph's 55
Mark Lyons scored 17 points on Wednesday night, and point guard Tu Holloway had a season-high 12 assists in a spread-it-around offense that swept Xavier to its fourth straight victory, 68-55 over Saint Joseph's.
The Musketeers (13-5, 4-1 Atlantic 10 Conference) took control with an 18-2 run early in the second half led by their senior point guard.
Xavier extended its A-10 record...
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26 days ago
Xavier win streak bringing confidence back
Xavier appears to be regaining its confidence, although coach Chris Mack insists that's something the Musketeers never lost."Our kids are confident all the time," Mack said. "Sometimes we have to tell them not to be so confident. Guys are just playing. That's all I ask of them, to play hard. And it starts with our defensive intensity."The Musketeers stretched...
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27 days ago
No. 14 Xavier 87, S. Illinois 77
Tu Holloway scored 21 points and No. 14 Xavier ended a three-game losing streak with an 87-77 victory over Southern Illinois on Sunday in the seventh-place game of the Diamond Head Classic.
Before a sparse, morning crowd on Christmas Day, the Musketeers won for the first time since Dec. 10, when they beat Cincinnati in a game cut short in the closing seconds by brawling and mayhem...
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December 25, 2011
Xavier-Cincinnati Game Ends In Ugly Brawl
A lot of trash-talking was going during the Xavier-Cincy game today. Xavier ended up winning, 76-53, but the trash-talking just kept going. It later led up to this ugly brawl:
Expect a lot of suspensions here, especially for Yancy Gates, who decked Kenny Frease in the face. At the end of the game, Xavier backed themselves up saying they were gangsters and basically saying you shouldn’t...
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December 10, 2011
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December 10, 2011
No. 8 Xavier 76, Cincinnati 53
Eighth-ranked Xavier defeated crosstown rival Cincinnati 76-53 in a game that was called with 9.4 seconds left when the teams got into a brawl.
The game was stopped after words led to shoving and both benches cleared. Coaches from both teams had to pull their players away.
Mark Lyons scored 19 points, and Tu Holloway led a 12-point run in the first half for Xavier.
The Musketeers...
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December 10, 2011
Xavier's Holloway saves the best for last
Tu Holloway is making the clich "saving best for last" appear absurd.
A few days after the All-American senior guard rallied Xavier to an overtime win over Vanderbilt, Holloway overcame another sluggish first half to lead the Musketeers to a thrilling 66-63 come-from-behind win over Purdue.
Holloway drained a trio of 3-point shots and two free throws during the final...
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December 03, 2011
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