Mario Mercurio actually touched on this in a Dana & Victory podcast back in October. I think it was Episode 94 if you're interested in checking it out. To echo what you mentioned, Xavier is the the "NTS Promo" tier for Nike which is the highest tier a school can be in without winning a national championship. The highest tier is reserved for schools who have won a title and is called "Elite" or "Hyper Elite" or some other bullshit marketing term along those lines. Mario did mention that X will be getting new uniforms next year and that they would probably be in the vein of a smaller/sleeker cut as opposed to the parachutes we wear now. It's all based on the movement to have less fabric or material to optimize the aerodynamics. He mentioned that the design itself won't drastically change and whatever the new design is it will be unique to Xavier. Which brings me to my angry white guy rant about our current shorts...
I freaking ABHOR our current shorts. The color is fine. The design is cool. Hell, I don't even care about how they look on our players. It all boils down to how the merchandise wears on a consumer like myself. I'm 5'9" (5'10" in the media guide) and about 180 lbs. I typically wear medium sized gym shorts regardless of the brand. I purchased a pair of medium X replica shorts a couple of years ago and without ever putting them on could tell I'd look like MC Hammer whilst wearing them. So I exchanged for a small thinking those would be more my speed. Wrong! Even the freaking small hangs about 2" below my knee cap and unless you think an early 30's white guy walking around like he's a member of the Fab Five is cool, these things look ridiculous. I literally have had these shorts for over a year and haven't even cut off the tags. I hope next year's model takes my concerns into account. Hopefully Mario read my letter.
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Thread: Uniforms
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01-23-2017, 09:04 PM #21White sheets. Yellow tape. Closed case. Zip 'em up.
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01-23-2017, 11:14 PM #22
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01-24-2017, 09:12 AM #23
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01-24-2017, 09:14 AM #24
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01-24-2017, 03:45 PM #25
I like our current uniforms ok, but we need a change. We have had these uniforms since 2010.
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01-24-2017, 05:37 PM #26
I don't really like a lot of clutter on uniforms though, like those Baylor, UC, etc. adidas jerseys a few years ago that were like neon with the tiger stripes and all that jazz really threw me off, I enjoy the simplicity of our uniforms, I just agree with what everyone says above, that they could fit better (baggy shorts mainly, and I'm only 23) I love our black jerseys though, I know that's always a touchy subject, but the murdered out look is one of my favorites.
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01-24-2017, 08:19 PM #27
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01-24-2017, 08:32 PM #28
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01-25-2017, 03:43 PM #29
I know, that's pretty much what I was getting at though, I really enjoy the "sleekness" of the Nike Uniforms.
Yes, I think the only thing I would change is maybe the back design, but I think the font looks great, I love the X on our shorts, the color-ways are great.. minus the grey. I'm still not sold on the grey. But even then, I think if they fix the cut of the shorts, that's all they'd have to do to make me happy.
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01-25-2017, 03:51 PM #30
The unis actually debuted for the 2011-12 season. The season where #ZipEmUp became a thing.
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