Game Thread: Xavier v. Wake Forest (Skip Prosser Classic) December 17, 2016

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Originally Posted by drudy23

We're going to end up 10-2 through non-conference. That's probably 1 game worse than most expected, so we're fine (I'm not including UC).

That being said, Creighton, Nova, Butler x2 are going to be wars. The other conference road games are going to be dog fights. We need to get better to keep a top 6 seed.

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Yeah and we really need to hold serve at home. Too difficult to win on the road in this conference to give home games away.

Yup, Collins. Double Double in 26 minutes. Played big. If he continues to developed at the rate from frosh to soph, looks like the association might be in his future.

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Originally Posted by D-West & PO-Z

Yeah and we really need to hold serve at home. Too difficult to win on the road in this conference to give home games away.

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11-7, I would take that right now.

Crawford and Trevon were the best players on the court.

Gaston didnt have one of his better rebounding games but he was way more efficient than Collins.

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Originally Posted by Xuperman

Yup, Collins. Double Double in 26 minutes. Played big. If he continues to developed at the rate from frosh to soph, looks like the association might be in his future.

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It took Collins 18 field goal attempts to get 12 points, and his offensive rating was 74 when 104 is the D1 average for a team. He had a good rebounding game, but that's simply a bad performance on the offensive end.

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Originally Posted by XfansinKy

I'm not very concerned about Gates because he's too good to play bad for long if he's healthy. He looks like he's still getting himself in game shape to be honest. I've noticed he's on the blocks a lot more than I've ever seen him. That's not his game. My guess is it's because coach Mack is looking for anybody to be able to score down low besides Gaston. I believe when Gates is 100%, and coming in to play small forward, he will create mismatches again and be effective. I don't know what to think about big Shawn. He doesn't seem to have the muscle mass to carve out space like he did last year. I hope he's practicing well. If so, he can get it turned around

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Chris concerned about Gates. " he had a scope, not an amputation ". Opponents drove around him at will

I've always liked Danny Manning as a player and a coach. Classy guy. Liked that they stayed around for the trophy presentation with Mrs. Prosser and clapped for our Muskies. His team couldn't throw it in the ocean the last few minutes or we would have had a different outcome. I think they'll cause some trouble in their conf. Glad to get this one behind us.

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Originally Posted by Harryfe

Chris concerned about Gates. " he had a scope, not an amputation ". Opponents drove around him at will

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Gates is supposed to be a knock down shooter and a guy who can guard all positions. Right now, he can't hit shots, bigs are scoring on him easily, and guards and driving right past him.

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Originally Posted by mistabeecee41

Gates is supposed to be a knock down shooter and a guy who can guard all positions. Right now, he can't hit shots, bigs are scoring on him easily, and guards and driving right past him.

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Well sure, but other than that he's been excellent.

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Originally Posted by TUclutch

xavier recruited him as a pg and thats where he'll play.

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Xavier recruited him as a combo guard. He'll play some at each position unless Ed comes back then he'll play the 2. Q will be the 1.
If Ed doesn't come back, Paul will alternate like Ed is doing now.
Q's just gotta learn the College game.