Game Thread: Xavier v Bryant (11/24/2023)

[Jumpin_Jamal_Forever]

Abou looked good until the head butt.

No fouls in first half and only one for the game. Unfortunately, it was dead ball flagrant and you only get one of those a game.

It wasn't even that great a head butt but, I guess, for maximum effect he did it right in front of a ref who was only about a foot away.

This is a nice win against a fairly weak opponent coming off a road trip. A good opportunity, as one poster said on another thread, "to smooth the edges". The transfers had the opportunity to gain some needed confidence and Miller got to play with his nine-man rotation.

Monday should bring more of the same although, for me, I'd rather see a more difficult opponent. I realize we have Houston coming in a week from today, but I prefer a young deep team, like ours, to face more difficult games early so when we head into conference play, we are ready for the crowds, the physical nature of the opponent, etc. I don't think today's game did much for us in that department. It was a needed "gimme" but we just need one of those every now and then.

[bjf123]

Would love to see a video of that. Didn't really see it at the game and no replay.

I missed it at the game, too, but have YouTube TV set to record X games. Here’s the replay from TV. It wasn’t as bad as I expected, but was still a head butt. I think Rivera from Bryant took exception to the inadvertent elbow from Ousmane and got right in Abou’s face who pushed back with his forehead. Regardless, you can’t do that.

Well damn. It didn’t upload it. Let me try in a new post.

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[xu82]

We’re playing #2 and #6 in the early weeks of the season. I have no complaints with the strength of schedule. I hope it pays benefits down the road. You need some “confidence games” before we hit BE play, and you need to see how the Big Boys play as well.

[XUGRAD80]

That was the most stress free game I can remember in a long time. I almost fell asleep in the 2nd half.

[bjf123]

Looks like I can only get it here from Twitter / X

https://x.com/bjf123/status/17282089...ZFkQ7RbyDYbL8g


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[paulxu]

Pretty good flop involved also.

And...Florida Atlantic just beat Texas A & M. How did they ever lose to Bryant?

[UCGRAD4X]

Looks like I can only get it here from Twitter / X

https://x.com/bjf123/status/17282089...ZFkQ7RbyDYbL8g

Thanks.

Didn't look like the dude was all that up in Abou's grill talking shit really. It also didn't look like the headbutt even made much contact if any. The way he flopped the first time you would think he would have at least reacted to the head-butt (forehead tap - maybe).

Pretty weak sauce all the way around.