Xavier 1st Game

[TonyinFairfield]

Dom has made 2 bad plays, but that charge was pretty poor imo.

Agree. His two dribbles, if you want to call them that, were atrocious. But I don't know about that last foul.

 

[true 3 blue]

WOW Branch. Wow.

 

[TonyinFairfield]

Fire Mack! No way we should have gotten that last shot! Branch!!!

 

[thetux1]

Branch is the 1st half MVP. Pointer those last 2 minutes was an imbecile supreme

 

[Knight]

Branch!

 

[firestorm]

Well-played half by our kids. Up 40-33 at the break is more than I hoped for.

 

[gman]

Well that worked out ok, could have been a 3pt lead. Good half overall

 

[Mean Gene]

I don't care how good Pointer has been playing, he's the least fundamentally sound player as there is in college basketball. Lavin has to reign him in a little at least. Other than that, great first have after a dicey first few minutes.

 

[ripdumaine]

Branch stepped up big this half to cover the loss of Sheed

 

[Russ2374]

Worked out okay. Great half from Branch. Wish he could play like this more! Hope Harrison is okay and Sheed shows up in second half.

 

[redmaninalbany]

More than we could reasonably hope for especially after that horrific start playing with no big

 

[redstorm89]

Good half. Hopefully jordan gets going and dlo is healthy

 

[TX Redman]

Nice half. Good work by Branch off the bench and nice subs by Lavin

D'Lo will be back, I think he just landed awkward and was looking for a foul.

Expect a big second half from Rysheed.

 

[Jack Williams]

DLo will be back question is how effective

 

[Red.Fans]

I don't care how good Pointer has been playing, he's the least fundamentally sound player as there is in college basketball.

Simply not true.

 

[upstate redman]

I have always liked Branch and never understood why he played limited minutes. Eating my words for now ends up being a great road half. Gotta finish it out.

Even if DLO isn't full strength if he can play and be used as a decoy with Jordan back in I like our chances.

 

[TonyinFairfield]

Well-played half by our kids. Up 40-33 at the break is more than I hoped for.

Especially after being down 13-3 early, two quick fouls on Sheed, DLo being hurt and Dom playing sloppy for a while. Now let's keep this intensity up!

 

[jr49]

whats gonna be the plan to stop Stainbrook and Jalen Reynolds?

as much as i like Dom, i dont like our chances up front tomorrow.

I have to agree. To me Stainbrook's biggest asset is finding open guys. Double him in the post & he passes well. Reynolds and Farr are also tough Inside, so it could be a long day without Obekpa. Chris Mack is also excellent at making adjustments & Davis is a heady PG. All in all this is a tough matchup, not impossible, but clearly challenging.

Your the gentleman that said Dlo's game the other night didn't count because it was against DePaul. Maybe they should do it in private.

 

[redmaninalbany]

Felix has to be better on offense than he is showing...he can't have gotten this far in the sport with the showing so far...so I assume he is showing more in practice but choking on offense during the games.

 

[true 3 blue]

I don't care how good Pointer has been playing, he's the least fundamentally sound player as there is in college basketball.

Simply not true.

Lmao, unreal statement @ pointer.