Game Thread: NCAA Xavier University v University of Illinois (3/21/2025)

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Originally Posted by Xville

We have zero idea if Anderson is good enough. I’ll trust Sean on that one.

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Guess we have no choice. But he put together the last two rosters, so....not sure about that.

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Originally Posted by IM4X

Illinois was good tonight and some of our players were in a bit of a funk, but Sean really did a terrible job coaching tonight.

Taking out Swain when he was on fire and the reason we cut the lead to 8 - and then keeping Free out with him. What was he thinking?

Just really bad. Killed any chance for us to win. Just awful.

Conwell was soft.

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I thought the same! It’s like he thought we had 15 min left and not 4.

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Originally Posted by GoMuskies

Guess we have no choice. But he put together the last two rosters, so....not sure about that.

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I think with a rim protector/rebounder this team was a 6/7 seed. (Traore)

Frustrating season at times but ultimately a satisfying one. Persevered through a rough start and a Freemantle injury. Got to the dance. Gave X fans a great memory in a fantastic tourney win. Got Free to the tourney. Swain on the verge of stardom.

Thanks for the season Muskies!

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Originally Posted by GoMuskies

This roster is just not very good. Some good players, of course, but not enough Swains. Can we put together a top 20 roster in this era?

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You can find shooters — but the size / shooting combo is gonna be impossible unless X finds a billionaire benefactor with generous pockets.

This era of college ball belongs to the highest bidder.

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Originally Posted by LOLmickcronin

The short answer is no.

Xavier is a small Jesuit college on a boring campus in a Midwest city. NIL and miller can talk enough to get decent talent. But it’ll be very hard to get high level recruits here that will stay. We’ll always have the des Clauds of the world leaving. We’ll get decent mid major transfers wanting a shot at the big east. But the big name guys are going to go to the big ten or the sec.

And very sadly the guys we’ve all loved like bj Raymond, JP/Tre, chalmers/sato, etc aren’t coming through anymore. It will be impossible to keep those kind of guys.

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The campus and city have little to do with getting recruits. Have you been to storrs, ct or Iowa state? Geezus

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Originally Posted by Xville

We have zero idea if Anderson is good enough. I’ll trust Sean on that one.

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100% back up guard. Maybe Miller wants frosh Lewis to run the show come January.

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Originally Posted by Xavier

Priority 1 is: Keep Miller

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I’m very worried Miller is going to realize that he needs a deeper player payroll than Xavier can offer.

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Originally Posted by Xville

The campus and city have little to do with getting recruits. Have you been to storrs, ct or Iowa state? Geezus

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Those are big state schools. Very different feel than Xavier. It has a ton to do with it. I bet YOU haven’t been to UConn

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Originally Posted by Caveat

You can find shooters — but the size / shooting combo is gonna be impossible unless X finds a billionaire benefactor with generous pockets.

This era of college ball belongs to the highest bidder.

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I'm afraid this is right. Miller may agree and seek greener (pun intended) pastures, too.