Xavier

[mdchick]

Johnny brannen vs Travy steele

I don’t believe mick ever won at Xavier, would be a monumental win for Johnny if we could pull this off

 

[TheLivingLegend]

Jarron 3-1 would be nice

 

[cincyguy13]

Johnny brannen vs Travy steele

I don’t believe mick ever won at Xavier, would be a monumental win for Johnny if we could pull this off

It would be big.

This years Xavier team reminds me a lot of micks teams. Long, athletic, great defensively. Can’t shoot. They will allow teams to hang around and stay in the game.

 

[justinhub2003]

I wish we had Sorolla for this game.

We need another big.

Tyrique Jones and freemantle could manhandle Us in the paint.

And Jason carter is their X-factor.

Kyky Tandy is their best shooter, playing his 2nd Gabe Back today

 

[cincyalum2014]

Jarron has to get healthy, Jaevin and Keith need to stay hot.

I think X will do everything they can to get Vogt in foul trouble because without him X will bully UC in the paint. I have absolutely no trust in Diarra.

UC has to get it going early, they cannot go into Cintas and turn the ball over the first 3 possessions.

Annnnnnnd we all know how bad X is at shooting 3's but we all know they will shoot 65% against us.

 

[TheLivingLegend]

Vogt getting in foul trouble is a huge concern.... As well as turnovers.

Vogt and Nysier would be awesome. Still pisses me off that he made the wrong decision to leave.

 

[cincrulz11]

I wish we had Sorolla for this game.

We need another big.

Tyrique Jones and freemantle could manhandle Us in the paint.

And Jason carter is their X-factor.

Kyky Tandy is their best shooter, playing his 2nd Gabe Back today

Yeah Sorolla is the first thought I had about this game too. Diarra is unplayable. Vogt is going to have fouls called on him this game. It's a scary situation.

 

[cincrulz11]

looking at our defense numbers so far this year compared to last year and we're looking pretty good. although offense in general seems way down from looking at these numbers.


We are better in 2P% defense (41.2% vs 45.1%), 3P% defense (33.2% vs 35.5%), and we give up less offensive rebounds (26.2% vs 29.3%). eFG% is at 44.3% this year compared to 48.6% last year.



45.1% was 20th best last year though and 41.2% is 23rd this year.



We don't force as many turnovers, last year was a very nice 20.9 TO% for opponents and this year its down to 19.3%.


Opponent FTRate is also down at 28.1% compared to 30.5% last year however both rank 113 in the country.



Interesting to see 2 point shooting % down this year across ncaa. I guess I would expect it to be up with the 3 point line moved back and more room to drive to the rim.

 

[justinhub2003]

I know Brannen is a man to man guy.

But they have too many dudes we don’t have answers fo.

The zone may need to be brought out. It’s a great strategy against X

 

[cincrulz11]

I know Brannen is a man to man guy.

But they have too many dudes we don’t have answers fo.

The zone may need to be brought out. It’s a great strategy against X

im joking but not really joking when i saw play the high school 5 in the paint zone vs them.



maybe we'll just play man, allow penetration like usual, and "bait" them into taking 3's. they fired up 25 of them last year despite not being able to make them, we could use another 25 from them this year.

 

[cincrulz11]

I just think Xavier has advantages all over the court that will be tough to beat out over 40 min

Jones/freemantle/Jason Carter

is much better than Vogt/Scott/Diarra

Mcneal/MAW Vs Goodin/Tandy to me is a win for X

Cumberland/Cumberland vs Scruggs/Moore is a win for UC but Paul Scruggs is a lockdown defender

Williams/davenport/Harvey Vs Naji/Bishop is a win for Xavier.



They have more talent than us, So its going to come to down coaching and execution. I mean this will be the most intense environment Vogt, Mcneal, MAW, davenport, & harvey have ever played in.

Guys will need to weather that initial Xavier on slaught.,


Xavier uses its first possession to try and establish Tyrique Jones. Would be nice to deny him on his first attempt.

i moved my quote over here where i think this was supposed to go.


im taking keith over marshall. if marshall ever figures out he can't shoot 3's, maybe i'd go with him but he takes 5 a game and can't shoot them at all. he's also a turnover machine.



marshall appears to have all the talent, but every time i look up his numbers they are always so underwhelming.



if we can get marshall and goodin to take 15 3's again, i'll be happy.


and goodin is another guy that i just can't get figured out. looked like he was gonna be a monster when he was a sophomore but has been a below average player. he's not been good at... anything this year.

 

[justinhub2003]

i moved my quote over here where i think this was supposed to go.


im taking keith over marshall. if marshall ever figures out he can't shoot 3's, maybe i'd go with him but he takes 5 a game and can't shoot them at all. he's also a turnover machine.



marshall appears to have all the talent, but every time i look up his numbers they are always so underwhelming.



if we can get marshall and goodin to take 15 3's again, i'll be happy.


and goodin is another guy that i just can't get figured out. looked like he was gonna be a monster when he was a sophomore but has been a below average player. he's not been good at... anything this year.

Naji is just clutch tho.

Did you see his two game tying 3’s he hit this year off the same exact play that nova won the championship on ?

He shoots too much but when he needs to get a bucket he can,

 

[cincrulz11]

Naji is just clutch tho.

Did you see his two game tying 3’s he hit this year off the same exact play that nova won the championship on ?

He shoots too much but when he needs to get a bucket he can,

yeah im not a buy into the clutch movement type of guy. he got lucky twice.

 

[justinhub2003]

yeah im not a buy into the clutch movement type of guy. he got lucky twice.

Just think Naji is a better rebounder, passer and scores at the rim better than Keith.

But I like Keith a ton.

Naji averaging 14/6/4

Williams with 13/4/2



If I had to pick a guy to get to the rim and score, it would be naji. Keith still misses too many bunny shots.

 

[cincrulz11]

Just think Naji is a better rebounder, passer and scores at the rim better than Keith.

But I like Keith a ton.

Naji averaging 14/6/4

Williams with 13/4/2



If I had to pick a guy to get to the rim and score, it would be naji. Keith still misses too many bunny shots.

and naji does it on 12.6 shots per game to keiths 9.3. keith is definitely a more efficient scorer. naji is a better passer but also a lot looser with the ball. naji is a better rebounder for sure.



if keith was out there chucking 5 3's a game i'd probably take marshall too, and keith is even a slightly better career 3 point shooter. we would all go nuts if keith shot that many 3's.

 

[cincyguy13]

Xavier has a more talented team but we have seen the far more talented team lose in this game a lot. They also let teams hang around. They will have as hard a time scoring, as we will have.

 

[cincyalum2014]

Peered through the Xavier board and they seem to think they are going to just beat the breaks off of us and it won't even be close..... Apparently Jarron is regressing and not a major factor and Scruggs will lock him down, Keith is the "must stop" guy, Jaevin is "just a shooter" and will be locked down by Kyky Tandy, Vogt is going to get posturized by Marshall, Harvey is a bust, Tre Scott cant play "fast".. MAW and Davenport will be intimated by Cintas..... I can only laugh it off because they actually mentioned that they need to contain Diarra…. That right there shows the incomitance of a Xavier basketball fan.

Also there is so much hate for Cronin even tho he is no longer here. Every other post is throwing jabs at him, Cronin owns so much real estate in there heads its not even funny. I think a lot of the anger X fans have towards Mick will be taken out on Jarron Saturday night.

 

[cincrulz11]

Peered through the Xavier board and they seem to think they are going to just beat the breaks off of us and it won't even be close..... Apparently Jarron is regressing and not a major factor and Scruggs will lock him down, Keith is the "must stop" guy, Jaevin is "just a shooter" and will be locked down by Kyky Tandy, Vogt is going to get posturized by Marshall, Harvey is a bust, Tre Scott cant play "fast".. MAW and Davenport will be intimated by Cintas..... I can only laugh it off because they actually mentioned that they need to contain Diarra…. That right there shows the incomitance of a Xavier basketball fan.

if you wanna keep it 100

Jarron is playing at a much lower level than last year.

Tre is really struggling to play fast.

Harvey is struggling in his first 8 games of college ball.

they got those things correct. maybe it will be like last year where they were struggling with a new coach and we took advantage.

 

[cincrulz11]

Also there is so much hate for Cronin even tho he is no longer here. Every other post is throwing jabs at him, Cronin owns so much real estate in there heads its not even funny. I think a lot of the anger X fans have towards Mick will be taken out on Jarron Saturday night.

I dont really think he owns real estate in their heads, they just truly despise him.

His record vs x seemed more in his head than their head.

 

[cincyalum2014]

if you wanna keep it 100

Jarron is playing at a much lower level than last year.

Tre is really struggling to play fast.

Harvey is struggling in his first 8 games of college ball.

they got those things correct. maybe it will be like last year where they were struggling with a new coach and we took advantage.

I have no issue with what they are saying, if you take the UC blinders off that all of us are guilty of wearing at times due to being big fans. I think we may lose but I don't think they will blow us out.... That was the point I was trying to make, if I cared enough I am sure I could do a break down of how they are under performing as well.... They were in a very similar situation last year that we are in right now, new coach, lots of transfers, plenty of new faces.... X is more talented than us yes but I don't think its as substantial as some may think.