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Ole Miss keeping Davis.
https://twitter.com/GoodmanHoops/status/1503843747968262144?t=FIHB0jsfVMChxTkGFK4BiQ&s=19
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Mug Costanza
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Travis Steele out at Xavier. Wouldn't be surprised if a former Xavier coach returns and it's not Chris Mack
Blowing a 6 point lead with under a minute left against Butler in the Big East Tournament sealed his fate, IMO.
I'm sure most of our fans saw this, while waiting for our game with DePaul to start. There was an off-the-ball offensive foul on an inbounds play (don't recall seeing that before, not in a close spot anyway), 4 missed FTs on one possession, then Scruggs gets a basket to break a tie, misses the free throw, but obviously thinking they were up by 3, he commits what certainly looked like a purposeful foul at midcourt, allowing Butler to tie the score. Obviously, something was missed in the communication there.
I'm sure most of our fans saw this, while waiting for our game with DePaul to start. There was an off-the-ball offensive foul on an inbounds play (don't recall seeing that before, not in a close spot anyway), 4 missed FTs on one possession, then Scruggs gets a basket to break a tie, misses the free throw, but obviously thinking they were up by 3, he commits what certainly looked like a purposeful foul at midcourt, allowing Butler to tie the score. Obviously, something was missed in the communication there.
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Mug Costanza
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Not to mention his wife's parents are super rich and big boosters to the Xavier athletic departmentMoose post=464534 said:
Did Travis Steele just become the first coach in Xavier history to win their last game? Interesting to see if he has to go back to the assistants chair or if he even warrants a good low-mid major opening.
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Xavier had reeled in the perfect class of recruits for the Big East in Tyrell Ward, Kam Craft, and Desmond Claude. All three unsure of what will be next for them, but, if made available again — will all be heavily pursued.
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That's also what I hear a lot on this board the price of "starting over" and "retention."
So not only did Xavier fire a coach who never had a losing season and made the NIT this year but had a STELLAR recruiting class coming in. And yet they decided to start over...
Paultzman post=464541
Xavier had reeled in the perfect class of recruits for the Big East in Tyrell Ward, Kam Craft, and Desmond Claude. All three unsure of what will be next for them, but, if made available again — will all be heavily pursued.
@jakeweingarten
So not only did Xavier fire a coach who never had a losing season and made the NIT this year but had a STELLAR recruiting class coming in. And yet they decided to start over...
Paultzman post=464541
Xavier had reeled in the perfect class of recruits for the Big East in Tyrell Ward, Kam Craft, and Desmond Claude. All three unsure of what will be next for them, but, if made available again — will all be heavily pursued.
@jakeweingarten
prjohnnies
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The Steele versus Anderson comparison is apples to oranges, though.
Yes, Steele never had a losing season there. He also stepped into a gold mine. A program that was consistently in the dance for two decades, and had years where they did some real damage once there, including recently. And he's a first team HC with no resume to speak of. Completely different than Anderson and SJU. It's more akin to St. Johns and Mahoney, IMO.
Yes, Steele never had a losing season there. He also stepped into a gold mine. A program that was consistently in the dance for two decades, and had years where they did some real damage once there, including recently. And he's a first team HC with no resume to speak of. Completely different than Anderson and SJU. It's more akin to St. Johns and Mahoney, IMO.