The Year Is Not Over - So Lets Go Down Swinging.

[Snipe]

Thank You Sir May I Have Another!

Last time we lost 6 games, we went to the Elite 8. It was fantastic.

Now that wouldn't satisfy me, only because I always want more.

You can argue that the last team that lost 6 in a row was much better. But you have history as your guide. You know those incredible results, how that team came together after losing 6 to make that incredible journey.

I remember watching and reading this board at the time. People were not confident and the season was over. Of course those posters were and still are a bunch of pussies that tuck tail and run. I was a Champion. And I had Champions in that locker room!

As I say every year, and as Skip used to say, A Season Is A Lifetime.

Mid February, a lot can happen between now and then. This is just the right time to ramp up.

I love this team and our players, and we have come so close many times and fail to get over the hump. Well the last game, we managed to get over the hump. And Hell Yeah!

We won 4 straight A-10 Championships, but they weren't all regular season. You can mix and match.

We are the current defending Big East Champions, and I am still game to defend the title. In fact, you can take my fucking Title when you pry it from my cold dead hands. Cause I am going to fight until the end, and every Xavier team goes down swinging.

Outside the NIT or whatever the CBI was, every team in college basketball ends their season with a loss. As a fan I will admit this lends a negative aspect to the game, but it is what it is. Xavier has never won the National Championship, but we tend to go down swinging.

I predict that this team is going to make us proud, and go down swinging.

It has to start somewhere
It has to start sometime
What better place than here,
what better time than now?
-Rage Against the Machine

Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
-Dylan Thomas