Game Thread: Xavier vs. Butler (March 7, 2020) BE Conference Game

**scoscox** · 03-08-2020, 12:42 PM

quentin doesn't respect steele, so he's bricking all his threes? can we just collectively accept at some point that he's not a good player? let's all please accept reality after it hits us in the face over and over again

**X-band '01** · 03-08-2020, 12:48 PM

Originally Posted by Muskie

Didn’t Kamar Baldwin miss critical FTs in the Big East Tourney as a Freshman against X? Helluva payback last night.

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He also crashed XavierHoops after last night.

**OTRMUSKIE** · 03-08-2020, 12:49 PM

The guy was incredible last night. Tip your hat to the kid.

**OTRMUSKIE** · 03-08-2020, 12:58 PM

Let me just say this and maybe help put this situation into perspective. I think it’s funny and I’m guilty of this too, how we react to wins and losses. I get it that’s it fun and entertaining. Last night after I got into a verbal fight with that dbag Butler fan I stopped and said” It just a game played by kids, why am
I so upset” These kids are tying to win, it’s fine for us to be disappointed but the way I act and the way most of us act after a loss really is embarrassing. It is what it is and I will continue to act like a baby after every loss. I hate sports.

**D-West & PO-Z** · 03-08-2020, 01:03 PM

Originally Posted by OTRMUSKIE

Let me just say this and maybe help put this situation into perspective. I think it’s funny and I’m guilty of this too, how we react to wins and losses. I get it that’s it fun and entertaining. Last night after I got into a verbal fight with that dbag Butler fan I stopped and said” It just a game played by kids, why am
I so upset” These kids are tying to win, it’s fine for us to be disappointed but the way I act and the way most of us act after a loss really is embarrassing. It is what it is and I will continue to act like a baby after every loss. I hate sports.

Well said. I hate how I can let sports control my emotions so much at times. The highs are so great and it is awesome being a sports fan then but the lows man no good. Gotta keep things in perspective. Doesnt mean we cant come on here and debate and complain and wish for different results, in a way that is fun too. Just really does seem silly sometimes.

stammina0721 · 03-08-2020, 01:06 PM

Originally Posted by scoscox

quentin doesn't respect steele, so he's bricking all his threes? can we just collectively accept at some point that he's not a good player? let's all please accept reality after it hits us in the face over and over again

He doesn't respect Steele so he is playing selfish with an F this dude attitude. Have you ever seen a regression of a player to this magnitude before from freshman to senior year?

**paulxu** · 03-08-2020, 01:08 PM

Over 200 teams in the country shoot 70% at the free throw line. We shoot 65%.
If we shoot 70%, we don't lose to Butler last night.
If we shoot 70%, instead of 44%, we don't lose to Marquette at home.
Those are home loses. Win those and we aren't having all this crap about whatever. We should be able to shoot 70% in our own building.

(and I do agree Baldwin should have been at least trapped at half-court, if not before. Let someone else get us if they can. As for Naji, he was probably thinking Baldwin was going to drive to tie. Should have still stayed in front and trusted Tyrique or whoever to pick him up if he got by.)

**XUBob** · 03-08-2020, 01:20 PM

OTR,
I’m with you to me it is almost like an addiction, I wish I didn’t let the outcome of games played by young men bother me that much. While not in the fire Steele camp yet there is much work to be done. I completely disagree with the kids aren’t playing for him theory, this team fights and plays hard, just not smart. Being at several practices end game situations are covered, still baffled why no ball pressure last night though. Listen to him, he knows the game, can recruit but has room for growth. I thought he did a much better job of using timeouts to quell runs in the second half of this season. This bunch still takes too many threes. With a DePaul win I think we are in the tournament, if not, and we are having this conversation this time next year all bets are off.

**AviatorX** · 03-08-2020, 01:23 PM

Originally Posted by paulxu

Over 200 teams in the country shoot 70% at the free throw line. We shoot 65%.
If we shoot 70%, we don't lose to Butler last night.
If we shoot 70%, instead of 44%, we don't lose to Marquette at home.
Those are home loses. Win those and we aren't having all this crap about whatever. We should be able to shoot 70% in our own building.

(and I do agree Baldwin should have been at least trapped at half-court, if not before. Let someone else get us if they can. As for Naji, he was probably thinking Baldwin was going to drive to tie. Should have still stayed in front and trusted Tyrique or whoever to pick him up if he got by.)

Tyrique botched the coverage just as much if not more than Naji. Look at where he was when the shot went up.