Legacy Of Adam Ryan

[CincyFan]

Going to stick with posting my legacy in one area. I am in year seven I believe right now so the next couple of posts will be about how I did in the previous seasons. Each post equaling one year.

[CincyFan]

First year coach, Adam Ryan, started out in Texas coaching at Texas Southern. First game of the year against Xavier (Xavier plays a big role in Ryan’s legacy) came out and laid a beat down for the first game in the early career of coach Ryan. They lost 64-25 to start out the 2006 season. They beat Lamar the next day 60-48, which gave a relief to some booster fans that it was a good decision to hirer Adam Ryan as coach. Next two games were against Big 12 schools in Oklahoma St and Baylor in which they both lost convincing. 1-3 record going into a game against #10 Alabama looked to be a massacre. Shocking enough Texas Southern would beat Alabama 66-56 in which coach Ryan changed his game plan around to pull up the upset. Again on paper Texas and Connecticut looked to just walk all over Texas Southern. Again two more wins with another at UT-Arlington to make their record 5-3 on the year. Despite looking like underdogs against Texas it was a beat down in a 70-59 score as they lost two starters in injury, and with Connecticut they had five people out. Going up against Iowa they got crushed to post their non-conference record at 5-4 as lost 61-87 to a healthy Iowa team.

To start their conference they won their first four games. The next three games they lost, but two games were by a combined six points. They would win another one to only lose the next game which put them at 10-8 on the year. Already an improvement for Texas Southern. They would go on a big winning streak to assure the boosters and the school that it was a right choice to higher him as Coach Ryan lead his team to a six game winning streak that would put him up to 16-9 record. Next lost would to be Alabama St. to snap the winning streak, who beat them earlier in the year. A win at Southern followed by another lost would put their record to 17-10 heading into tournament play.

First game of the tournament would be against Alabama A&M (10-18, 8-10) who they beat twice already in the season. Third time would still be in favor for the Tigers of Texas Southern as they won by nine. Two days later they faced off against Ark.-Pine Bluff (13-16, 8-10) in which they split in the regular season. Texas -Southern would come up big as they won by twenty in a 72-52 game. Alcorn St. would be for the championship game who was actually the third worst team in the conference (12-17, 7-11) would look to run the table to make it to the big dance. Would a 19-11 record be good enough if Texas Southern lost this game to make it to the Big Dance? Texas Southern was tied for second with Jackson St. in the conference with 12-6 record only behind 13-5 Alabama St. Everything was put to rest as the Tigers won by ten to capture the conference tournament and seal themselves to go into the tournament with a 20-10 record.

They made the tournament as the #14 seed, but were bounced out in the first round against #3 Kentucky 54-72.

[CincyFan]

Year two would come for coach Ryan at Texas Southern. After not a strong recruiting class the first year the A.D. decided not to put up any top 10 teams this year. They did have to face Florida and Arkansas that were both not in the top 25 pre-season poll.

The Tigers would open up the first three games with wins over East Carolina (#11 seed in the tournament), and then against William & Mary and then UALR. First lost would be to Drake in a one point game, which would turn out that Drake went 24-7 on the year and received a sixth seed. A win over a weak Portland team would be the last win for the Tigers for their non-conference games. They would lose their last three non-conference games to Florida, Arkansas, and to William & Mary. And yes they did beat William & Mary just a month earlier. Their next game was against Colorado State in the first round of the Soda Pop Classic.

Tigers would head into conference play with a 4-5 record. Coach Ryan would again get his players playing team ball as they went on a four game winning streak that put the team over five hundred on the year. Alabama St. would snap the win streak as they pulled out a buzzer beater shot to win the game 69-68. The next four games they would split going 2-2. Again they would go on a three game win streak before losing to Southern. 13-9 record wasn’t looking so great for coach Ryan this year, and it sure wasn’t helping for the recruiting. Five games remained until the conference tournament and people wondered if last years conference title was a fluke. All five games were against under .500 ball clubs so it looked like a good finish might give this team some confidence. They would win the first four games before losing to a 5-18 Grambling team. Would this take the steam out of Texas Southern for the Tigers.

The first game was against Alabama A&M (7-24, 7-11) who they beat twice in the season. This game would come down to the wire as Alabama A&M would hit the game-tying shot to send the game in overtime. Texas Southern would come through in the last minute to win the game on a buzzer beater in a 77-75 win. Next game was against Ark.-Pine Bluff (14-18, 11-7) which once again Texas Southern beat both times in the regular season. For the third time in two years, when they face against a team they beat both times in the regular season, they walked away with a win in a 64-56 game. Prairie View (13-17, 8-10) would face off against the Tigers for the championship game as they split in the regular season. Texas Southern who was tired for first in the conference with 13-5 record with Miss. Valley St. looked to win their second straight conference championship title. Prairie View would control all but two minutes in the second half. It would be the final two minutes where they lost the lead and the conference championship as Texas Southern pulled out a two-point win in a 67-65 thriller.

Another #14 seed for the Tigers in the tournament. Facing off against a #3 Oregon club they lost big time in the first found again for the second year in a not-so-close 83-65 game.

[CincyFan]

After going 40-22 in two years as Texas Southern coach, Adam Ryan decided to part ways with the school and move to the east coast in New York to settle down at Iona. Their were reports that the coach was asked to leave the Tigers, but Coach Ryan and the school denied these rumors. The rumors consisted of not actually out-rightly winning the conference in the regular season to not ever getting out of the first round of the tournament, to the fact that even Iona wasn’t the best mid-major school out there for hiring. Iona the previous year went 9-20 on the year, but was 7-11 in conference which was good enough for seventh best in the ten team conference. Coach Ryan has proven that he can turn around ball clubs, but couldn’t do anything in the big dance. With a bigger school could he finally get out of the first round.

Iona was in two tournaments in the first year. Right off the bat was the 2K Sports College Hoops Classic. Iona opened up against Holy Cross. It looked as if Coach Ryan would lose the first game as Holy Cross sent the game in OT. Coach Ryan got his players finally playing as they cruised to a 86-75 win to open the year. Next game was against Marqutte in which they squeaked by with a 70-67 win. Iona Gaels would get its first taste at a big ball club in Florida St. in the third round. Maybe they were looking ahead to play Wisconsin who was ranked #3 in the country, but whatever the reason was Florida State just crushed Iona in a 77-47 game. Again Coach Ryan led his team against Xavier in this time his team won by three. Next tournament would come in the Windy City Invitational A. They would cruise over Delaware St. to go to the finals against a Ark.-Pine Bluff team that coach Ryan faced when he was at Texas Southern. This team was a lot better than the Tigers, and the Gaels would walk all over them in a 86-45 game.

With two tournaments down and two non-conference games Iona was just stream rolling teams with a 6-1 record. Two weeks later after five games in which two were conference (VCU, Saint Francis, Rider, Bulter, Manhattan) games Iona was stilling pretty at 11-1. Iona which missed their chance against Wisconsin got redemption as they would face off against them for their second of last non-conference game. The game would be close all the way through, but at the end Wisconsin was just too strong as they came away with a four point win in a 60-56 contest. Four conference foes would come before the win non-conference game against Towson. They would split the four game trip and would win against Towson by six in overtime. With a 14-4 record with just twelve games remaining until conference tournament time. The Gaels would win their next six games to put them at a 20-4 record, but still wasn’t good to be in the top 25. Maybe it was cause four out of the six wins were just by a combined seven points with two games going into overtime. Siena would end the win streak as they won just by one point in a 57-56 game. Four days later Iona would have its second back-to-back lost on the season to Canisius. Out of the four remaining games Iona would put out three wins to head into conference tournament with a 23-7 record.

This would be the first year that coach Ryan would win the conference outright in the season with a 13-5 record. Second place belonged to Fairfield with a 11-7 record. Also in coach Adam Ryan’s short two year career he lead his Texas Southern Tigers to two conference championships. Could he continue the trend at a new school? First game would be against Loyola (MD) who was 12-18, 6-12,who the Gaels beat twice in regular season. Once again Coach Ryan wouldn’t lose to a team they beat twice in conference play as they squeezed out a 90-89 win in overtime. Niagara (17-13, 10-8) was next on the list in which they split in the regular season. It would be a close game, but not as close as last game as they won 58-49. Championship game was against Rider (14-16, 9-9) which they won both games previously. It looked good enough for the Gaels as even if they lost they most likely would still make the Big Dance, but a clear 72-57 win sealed the deal for the Gaels with a #7 seed.

First round of the dance would come and it would be the first time that coach Ryan’s team was the lower seed. They faced off against #10 Boston College. Could this be the year that Adam Ryan got his team out of the first round and to silence the rumors that he was forced out from Texas Southern? The majority of the game the Gaels were up by a huge lead. It looked all, but over with just five minutes left as they were up by sixteen. Boston College got hot at the right time, and the Gaels quietly got cold and in the final twenty seconds it was just a one point game. A miss shot by Boston College sealed their fate as Iona won, and got coach Ryan his first win in the tournament that really counts in a 60-57 battle. Next week was against #2 Gonzaga who ironically pasted up on Adam Ryan as their coach. People started to question if that was a smart move on their part. However with a 66-58 win over the Gaels the talks quietly died as Iona finished the year at 27-8 and moved coach Ryan’s record to 67-30.

[CincyFan]

Year four would come up and this looked like the breakout year for coach Ryan and the Gaels. No, they weren't in the top 25 pre-season poll, but everyone had them as one of the top mid-major schools if not the best one with the two new starters on their team. One was a transfer from Providence, senior Weyinmi Efejuku, and the other was freshman center Issian Davisson who was a 7-1 center from Senegal.

Iona would only be in the Pre-season NIT tournament which kicked off their year. They would cruise through their first two games until they ran into Gonzaga who bounced them out of the NCAA Tournament last year in the second round. Iona would get its revenge as they won by five in a exciting 82-77 game. The finals were against Illinois who strangely enough wasn’t that good this year. That showed as the Gaels won the Pre-season NIT in a 57-43 game. Their win streak would continue as they won against Notre Dame who was ranked #24 in the nation in a 64-63 nail bitter, and then the next day at Wright State. Their first lost of the season would come at the hands of Xavier (1-2 is what coach Ryan is all-time) in a game only by three points. They would win their next game against Mount St. Mary’s and their first conference game against Loyola (MD). After losing Weyinmi Efejuku for a week the next two games the Gaels falter and lost. One was to Canisius (conference foe) and the other one was to a young Syracuse team.

They got back on track as they won their final three non-conference games against Long Island, G. Washington, and UMBC. Not so strong teams is one of the reasons why they weren’t ranked with a 11-3 record. In the next two weeks they faced off against four conference foes, in which they all win, to push their record to 15-3 and earned the #25 spot in the nation. The next game ranked they lost against Marist to push them back outside the top 25. It would take another two weeks and a five game win stretch to get Iona back in the top 25 at #21. With just six games to go it looked like a walk in the park for the regular season champs with a record of 20-4. However, Iona’s freshman center would go down and would miss two weeks of play. They would lose their next three games, which one was to Manhattan who would win the title for regular season champions, and again would drop out of the top 25. They would get back on track winning the next three games with the final one coming at Manhattan which was at their place.

Conference tournament would come and the odds were looking good for Iona. They were defending conference tournament champions, and coach Ryan never lost a tournament game. First up was against Canisius (13-19, ) in which they walked all over with a 71-35 score. Next game was against Fairfield (15-16, ) in which they won both times and once again Iona win in a convincing 67-38 game. The finals would be the first time in four years at coach Ryan would have to face a team in the upper half of the conference. This time it would be the top dog of the conference in #14 Manhattan who was (30-8, ) in which they split the regular season. Iona would dominate the first half and most of the second half. Once again the final couple minutes they would loose up their grip and Manhattan would turn the blow out into a game. The Gaels would hang on as they pulled out a 66-59 win.

Iona would grabbed a four seed in the tournament. First game would be against #13 Boston University in which the Gaels were playing like a team the whole game and walked out with a 59-47 win. They moved on to the second round against #5 NC State. Things didn’t look so good for the Gaels early on as they were losing 30-19 at halftime. They turned it around in the second half and showed their #4 seed as they scored 59 points again and only let their opponent score 45. Sweet Sixteen would come up and it looked like the first challenge for the Gaels as they faced off against the #1 seed in Indiana. Coach Ryan has never beaten a top 10 team, and this time would be no different as they fell hard against the Hoosiers in a 45-70 blow out.

Adam Ryan would post one more win that last year with the same amount of losses as he ended up the year with a 28-8 record, but is showing improvement as the past two years getting out of the first round in the NCAA tournament and making it to the sweet sixteen this year. His career record is 95-38, and it looked like another two year stop before moving on to a bigger and better school.

[CincyFan]

Year five is here and coach Ryan decided to stay at Iona on a strong recruiting year. Apparently I must of saved over the year since I have no year saved in my memory. I remember losing six non-conference games to Texas Tech, Syracuse (0-2 all time), Xavier (1-3 all time), Ohio State in the Virgin Islands Invitational, Michigan State, and somehow UNC Greensboro. I only lost two conference games, won the conference tournament four the third straight time at Iona. I walked all over my first round opponent which I can’t remember off hand, but I was the #3 seed in the tournament. Next week was an upset from week one so I played like the #10 or so seed which wasn’t really a game (it was a C-USA team). I remember in the sweet sixteen I played the #1 seed in Arizona who ironically was the number one team in the nation with like a 31-2 record, or something ridiculous like that. They squeeked out a three point win in overtime to upset them (only remember them cause I got the 1 career point for my coach for beating the number one team in the nation. The final four was against Nevada who was ranked #4 overall, but was godly good with like a 94 overall rating. They won by like 21 on me as they rained three‘s and nothing worked defensively. Nevada did win the championship over Michigan State so it did feel good losing to the champions.

Coach Ryan left Iona to go to Xavier (remember I said how Xavier played a role in coach Ryan‘s life). Again controversy surrounded coach Ryan in why he left. This time it was for a power conference team, but it looked like a mid-major school. Iona was rated like a 87 when he left, but Xavier was only rated an 80. Some people think it was cause of a poor recruiting class at Iona, but as it turned out it was the #22 best class in the country with 3 four star players, which two decided Iona instead of Xavier. Some said they didn’t think Coach Ryan could get them to the championship which a lot of people thought could of happened. Again, the school denied any reports that he was forced out, and coach Ryan himself even said that Xavier was one of his dream jobs to coach at. Which could probably be true since he grew up just outside of the Cincinnati area, and use to go to Xavier games growing up as a kid.

Overall that year, which was his last at Iona, he again improved his wins by one from the previous year (29) and for the third straight year only had 8 total losses. Another key note is that Iona was ranked #14 in the pre-season polls and Xavier was like 60th or so. Adam Ryan’s career record now stands at 124-46.

[CincyFan]

Year six is upon us. A new school with a new start. The 2K Sports College Hoops Classic was the first tournament to start the year for Xavier and their new coach. ND State didn’t hardly give any trouble in the second half as Xavier won their first game 68-43. Next game was against #25 Oklahoma State which just hammered Xavier and had a response for everything Xavier game them as they won in a 76-69 game. They were up as much as 24 points in the second half, but Xavier showed some promise early on. Again coach Ryan got his team firing out of the gate as they won their next six games with one being against Iona (who only lost one other regualar season game before losing in the championship game to Michigan State). The other five games were not against the toughest teams out there. With a 7-1 record it still wasn’t good to crack the top 25. The next game against Ball State wouldn’t help their cause either as they lost by one in a 83-82 heart breaker. They got into another regular season tournament in which they won it with wins over VCU and Louisville in which that game was a 53-52 overtime win.

Conference play would start with just two non-conference games left. A overtime win didn’t look too promising for coach Ryan to start off in the A-10 against Richmond (62-57 win). They won their next six conference games with just the last one against Saint Louis who had a winning record. Next game was the second last non-conference game against Columbia in which the Musketeers walked all over them in a 82-55 win. Two days later they won at Duquesne (conference game) to get them to the #24 rating in the nation. For the second straight year at his team got in the top 25 they lost their first game. This time it would be at the hands of a team just an hour and a half north of them in Dayton in a 56-40 game in which Xavier was ice cold and lost their best player in point guard Sherman Thomas. Two days later was their last non-conference game against Connecticut took advantage of the injured player to dominate the Musketeers in a 78-56 game. A win over St. Bonaventure looked to be a good start as the team had to face against some of the better conference teams in Saint Louis and Rhode Island. The next game would be against Saint Louis. Sherman Thomas would be back, but not for long as he would miss a couple of weeks with a MCL tear. Xavier would also lose their best shooter in sophomore small forward Petie Fellows with a broken wrist. That would be too much to overcome for the Musketeers as they lost their next five conference games. They would win their last game against Fordham to end up the regular season with a 21-9 record. Which would be good for a tie for third place in the conference with Rhode Island. Dayton took first with a 14-2 record followed by Saint Louis with a 11-5.

First round would be against St. Bonaventure (22-12, 9-7) which they won their only game in the season. Even without their best two shooters they found a way to win in overtime with a 73-68 score. Next was against top dog Dayton (28-7, 14-2) which the Musketeers got Sherman Thomas back to lead Xavier to a four point win in a 56-52 battle. Saint Louis for the finals looked like they would win, but with everyone healthy for the Musketeers it gave them just enough firepower to pull out a heart stopping two point win with 4.2 seconds left on a twelve footer by Petie Fellows to win 64-62.

With the conference tournament win Xaiver was bumped up to the #5 seed in the tournament. The first game was against a not so strong #12 Georgia St. The Musketeers showed their man power as they did a one punch knockout to them in a 70-45 win. Round two would be a lot harder as it seen the hardest opponent all year in the Blue Devils of Duke. The Devils showed why its their playground with a 66-48 win that bounced the Musketeers out with an early exit.

Coach Ryan would suffered the second worst record in his six years with just a 25-10 record. That’s not so bad especially with not a strong team. So heading into a new year his career total is 149-56. The questions that are on everyone’s mind is: How will coach Ryan feel if Iona wins it all this year as they lost to the championship last year? And will coach Ryan leave after this year if he can’t bring in a top 25 recruiting class?

[ron410]

great post iam using st johns in legacy currently 4-0

[CincyFan]

2011 ROSTER


STARTERS
PG FR Herbert Stevenson (6'2" 180) 78 ovr

SG JR R.J. Clemons (6'5" 233) 79 ovr

SF JR Petie Fellows (6'8" 241) 82 ovr

PF FR Jarrett Cowen (6'6" 227) 74 ovr

C SO Rod Minoff (7'0" 230) 78 ovr


BENCH
PG FR Pete Whitworth (6'1" 211) 76 ovr

SG(SF) FR Ramon Bender (6'7" 217) 75 ovr

SF(PF) JR Chaz Louh (6'7" 234) 63 ovr

PF SR Jerrold Sterley (6'9" 215) 75 ovr

C (W) FR Marshall Fernandez (6'9" 233) 60 ovr


RESERVES
SF RS JR Kudjo Bradshaw (6'8" 227) 75 ovr

C FR Zack Clemmons (7'1" 219) 74 ovr



BIO‘S & STATS

STARTERS
FR PG Herbert Stevenson (6'2" 180)
Takes the starting point over senior departed Sherman Thomas. Has no experience at the college level, but is just a pure shooter. Already as a freshman could rival Thomas from deep. That alone earned him the starting spot over other freshman Pete Whitworth. Could be the spark plug that this team desperately lacked last year in his ability to cause havoc on the defensive side. LAST YEAR STATS: N/A


JR SG R.J. Clemons (6'5" 233)
Gets the starting nod just from sheer experience, and since he is the only true shooting guard on the team. Not a big rebounded despite his size, but can post up smaller defenders and can shoot the deep shot over people. LAST YEAR‘S STATS: 10.5 ppg, 1.8 rpg, 2.7 apg, 1.5 stg, 0.3 bpg, 18.7 mpg

JR SF Petie Fellows (6'8" 241)
Hands down is the best shooter on the team although has an awkward release/follow through. Starter as a sophomore last year in the power forward position. This year moves back to small forward so he can be more of a deep threat. Plus with his size and experience he can also fill in at power forward if they need him. Is a decent rebounded and speed for his size. He is most effective on this team on the offensive side since he can create open spaces for other teammates for how pure of a shooter he is.
LAST YEAR‘S STATS: 9.8 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 1.9 apg, 1.5 spg, 0.7 bpg, 19.6 mpg

FR PF Jarrett Cowen (6'6" 227)

Some question why reshirt both a freshman and a senior PF last year. Simply the scouting report for Jarrett Cowen said he couldn’t improve as highly after high school. So the plan was to red shirt both Cowen and senior Jerrold Sterley so that Sterley would start this year and Cowen could ease his way into the starting lineup his sophomore year. The reports now seemed flip flopped as Sterley didn‘t improve that much and Cowen did. Therefore Cowen gets the starting job as a freshman. Not very overpowering in anything he does, but comes up with the big rebound, block, or points when you need them.LAST YEAR‘S STATS: N/A

SO C Rod Minoff (7'0" 230)
The year before Coach Ryan left Iona he had the defensive player of the year in their SO center. Minoff is a lot better out of high school than Davisson who came from overseas. He is already being the next big thing since a couple of years ago when a guy named Oden played at Ohio State. He can easily pull in a double-double in points/rebounds or points/blocks in any game. Not the best scorer, but is a dominate rebounded and knows where to be on the defensive side to already be one of the most feared players in college. LAST YEAR‘S STATS: 11.2 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 1.7 apg, 0.7 spg, 2.2 bpg, 17.9 mpg

[CincyFan]

2012 Schedule

((KEY: ORANGE=vs GREEN=away BLUE=tournament game RED DATE=conf. game))

11/15 vs. UT-Pan American
11/16 @ Round 2
11/22 vs. Round 3
11/23 vs. Final 2k Sports Classic
11/26 @ Colorado
11/29 vs. Hawaii
12/1 vs. Houston
12/5 @ Bulter
12/15 vs. Valparaiso
12/28 vs. NC State
12/31 vs. Cincinnati
1/5 vs #22 Mississippi St.
1/9 vs. G. Washington
1/12 vs. Duquesne
1/16 vs. Saint Joseph‘s
1/18 vs. Massachusetts
1/23 @ Charlotte
1/26 @ Temple
1/31 vs. #15 Dayton
2/4 @ #1 Duke
2/7[COLOR] @ [COLOR="SeaGreen"]Fordham
2/9 vs. Richmond
2/13 @ Massachusetts
2/20 @ Saint Joseph‘s
2/23 vs. La Salle
2/27 vs. Saint Louis
3/2 @ Rhode Island
3/6 vs. St. Bonaventure
3/9 @ Saint Louis

[CincyFan]

2012 News Statement Released by Coach Adam Ryan

Cincinnati (AP)- Coach Adam Ryan took the stage for the majority of the night talking about the upcoming basketball season. A lot of old questions came up, and still Adam Ryan will repeatedly say no. “There will be no post or pre-game interviews with my players. Before the game they are thinking about the game, and shouldn’t be thinking about how good they played last night, or if they are still continuing to be hot this game. After the game they need to rest up and prepare for the next game. If there are any interviews it will be done by the athletic director, the school, my assistant coaches, or myself.” is one of the responses to a question asked every year. He also wouldn’t get in much detail who he thought his best player was, weakest link, or anything like that. However, he did go into how he thinks the rest will go.

“Rest assure everyone. This season won’t be like last years despite having two freshman starting with one at the key point guard position. Also I don’t really have control over the schedule like some coaches. Our AD does all of that although I wish we could of played three teams that aren’t on our list, and yes, one of them is Iona. I’ve always lobbied to try to help out, and hopefully next year they (the AD) will let me do it. For this year however if you look at our schedule you will see that its not the hardest schedule I’ve have ever coach. Especially since you (reporters) say that this is the second best team I have coached in my career. Right now we are only playing three top 25 teams in our schedule, but I also want to remember that our conference is pretty good since last year we finished up fourth in it. Do I expect to win the conference in the regular season? Of course I do, and I believe every year that my team can. I will say I didn’t do the best coaching last year which lead to such our low standings. Right now our biggest game is against UT=Pan American since that’s our opener. We start with that one and only look at that one. For me however I do have in the back of my mind want Oklahoma St. to win their first game so we can face off against our team in the second round of the tournament like last year. Last year they put a lickin’ on us, and if we go play against each other I don’t think I have to go into detail with my team about what they did to us last year. Our non-conference schedule could look really hard when we get into the season if some teams win, and I know whatever Cincinnati’s record is they will always be tough. The toughest part will be our conference games, and this year hopefully none of our players will go down with injuries for a couple of weeks. If we stay healthy, and I don’t stop riding this kids for the best all year, I believe we can come out with a strong record and make some noise in the NCAA Tournament. Thank you everyone for coming out, and I hope we don’t disappoint you this season.”

As coach Ryan was leaving the stage, one question got him to come back to the stage. His response to it was,” I don’t think if we lose over ten games this year Xavier will firer me. Nor will I leave for a different job. To tell you the truth this is my dream job. It would take a lot to get me to go somewhere else, but as for now I see fit to finish off my career with Xavier. Personally losing ten games and still making it to the big dance is still impressive overall. Might not be for some people at the school which we are always striving for the best. So hopefully they have full confidence in me and my game plan to take this team to win a championship some day. Will it be this year? I don’t know. I could be if we get lucky in the tournament. When do I think its going to happened? Hopefully sooner than later, but only time can tell.”

[CincyFan]

-November 15, 2012
-2K Sports College Hoops Classic
-Round One between UT-Pan American vs. Xavier

Opening season is upon us. Xavier Musketeers open up the 2012-2013 season against UT-Pan American in the first round of the 2K Sports Classic Season Tournament. A year as passed since Xavier lost to the second round in the NCAA tournament and there are three big questions following this season. One is can Rod Minoff (sophomore center) become the NCAA Defensive player of the year following up what Davisson did at Iona under Coach Ryan? Secondly without Sherman Thomas (point guard who graduated) can freshman Herbert Stevenson get the job done? Lastly can Xavier keep there foot on the gas petal all year long? All three are becoming a little clearer in the first game, even if its not against a big name school.

Xavier wouldn’t shake all the rust off until halfway through the first quarter. At that time they were losing 14-6, but from that moment on they got the momentum in their favor and they never looked back. They started on a 8-0 run to cut the lead to two, and the rest of the half would be all Xavier as they would only let UT-Pan American to score only eight points in the final six and a half minutes. Halftime the Musketeers would lead 35-22.

Freshman point guard, Ramod Turiaf, would light it up in the second half as he scored twelve of his sixteen points to lead both teams in scoring. It wouldn’t be enough as his team only scored twenty-two points which would be the same as the first half. Ironically the Musketeers would score thirty-five points which was their exact total in the first half. Xavier would be perfect from behind the line shooting four-for-four. Stevenson held his own in the first game at point guard with thirteen points, three rebounds, three assists, and three steals as Xavier cruised to a 70-44 win. Xavier showed that their starters don’t have to do it all as the benched helped in the win as they scored twenty-four points. Rod Minoff was the key factor in the game as he in return won the player of the game awards. He was 5-9 from the field as he scored eleven points, had thirteen rebounds, three assists, three steals, and two blocks.

Key Performers:
Xavier:
JR SF Petie Fellows 9 points (4-7, 1-1), 1 rebound, 3 assists, 2 steals

UT-Pan American:
JR PF Dor Barker 8 points (4-8), 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal
SR SF Dominick Messy 4 points (2-7, 0-2), 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, 1 block

[CincyFan]

-November 16, 2012
-2K Sports College Hoops Classic
-Round Two between Xavier (1-0) vs.. Oklahoma St. (1-0)

Coach Ryan and his bal club will go up against the team that knocked them out in the second round of this pre-season tournament last year. Coach Ryan already admitted he was longing for this game, even before the Duke game which knocked Xavier out of the NCAA tournament last year in the second round.

The Cowboys would come out firing and would take a seven nothing run over the Musketeers to start the game in the first six minutes. They would try to push it to nine, but center Rod Minoff seen enough and threw the shot almost out of bounds. Stevenson would run it down to save it in time. On the opposite end the ball would get in the hands of Minoff who put down a monstrous dunk on senior SF Paul Howard who was injured on the play. Before coach Ryan could yell at his guys to play with more emotion in the huddle, it would be Fellows and Minoff beating him to the punch. After that Xavier came out with a passion and took control of the rest of the half on a 27-15 run to end the half with the score 29-22.

While the Cowboys seems to come down with the majority of the rebounds (36-24) they couldn’t seem to make a shot. They got cold from the outside, and when they tried to shot it within seven feet of the basket it would be blocked mostly by Minoff. The Cowboys would struggle just to break twenty points in the second half, but finally did with 11.2 seconds left when they hit a deep three to score twenty-one for the half. Problem was that Xavier seemed like last years lost was last week as they kept the intensity up from the first half and wouldn’t ever slow down as they put in forty-one in the second half as they blew out the Cowboys in a 70-43 game. Sophomore center Rod Minoff was the player of the game as the only person to record a double-double in the win. He had twelve points, seven rebounds, three assists, two steals, and came away with ten impressive blocks in the win.

Key Performers:
Xavier:
JR SF Petie Fellows 21 points (10-14, 1-1), 4 rebounds, 2 assists
FR PG Herbert Stevenson 13 points (5-7), 1 rebound, 6 assists, 6 steals

Oklahoma St.:
SR C Pete Souffrant 5 points (2-8, 0-2), 10 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 1 block
SO PF Abdulai Cripe 8 points (3-8), 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block

[CincyFan]

Due to the fact of being out of town for 3 weeks into my legacy i really didn't get to post alot, due to the fact since i didn't have my laptop with me or have that much time. I did however get to play about 16 or so games in my season. Problem was when i got home from the trips i got the red lights of death. So after sending in my 360 like 2 weeks ago i finally got it back on the weekend and since i was kind of upset for missing so much i decided to sim the rest of the year.

So now I am going into the 2013-2014 season. So i will recap what happened last year and we still hopefully start it over. Althought i am not too impressed with the new 360 cause it sounds like its going to chew up the game and when it shuts down always makes noises when the game is in so we shall see how long this replacement one lasts.

[CincyFan]

The 2012-2013 season was a crazy season for Xavier as it was for Coach Ryan. In his first season there he recruited two four star players in-season and then a five star in the off-season. When the in-season started up in his season year it was suprising to see that coach Ryan didn't get any of the four players he was in contract with. However he was tight lipped on his recruits (only after signing is when he officall's says he was going after them) he heard that it was only three four stars and one five star player. It wasn't as if Xavier wasn't that impressive either or on the downhill climb. They already raced to a 5-0 record and broke into the top 25 as the in-season recruiting began. Even after the recruiting process ended Xavier still continue to win as they went to an impressive 11-0 start.

Thats when things went down hill. They lost to Dayton who was ranked #2 in the polls when it happened as they were undefeated too. They won teh next game against the weakest A-10 opponent. WIth only three games into the A-10 conference and a 2-1 record that would be the best time Xavier would be in contention for the A-10 top spot. They would lose their next seven games to put them in second from last in the conference. Some say it was the easy non-conference games, but other's said it was due to lack of inexperience. Whatever it was it wasn't getting the job done. However after that seven game losing spree they won the rest of the games until finally losing in the Elite Eight to Dayton (#1 seed) who went on to win the national title against Iona who was also a number 1 seed in the tournament.

[CincyFan]

Off-season would be a little crazy, but back to somewhat normal as Xavier would bring in three recruits out of the four scholorships to a five star and two four star players. And with that Coach Ryan didn't get an offer to Kentucky, which was the only power school out there, but did get offers to Miami (OH) and Ohio who are both struggling programs. He opted to stay and even said that if Kentucky did offer he would decline the job.

And with that note here is the beginning of the 2013-2014 year......

[CincyFan]

2013 ROSTER


STARTERS
PG SO Herbert Stevenson (6'2" 187) 83 ovr

SG FR Adam Davis (6'1" 176) 83 ovr

SF SR Petie Fellows (6'8" 251) 85 ovr

PF (C) FR Zack Clemmons (7'0" 219) 75 ovr

C JR Rod Minoff (7'0" 230) 78 ovr


BENCH
PG SO Pete Whitworth (6'1" 222) 78 ovr

SG SR R.J. Clemons (6'5" 240) 83 ovr

SF JR Judjo Bradshaw (6'8" 236) 77 ovr

PF SO Jarrett Cowen (6'9" 215) 77 ovr

C SO Marshall Fernandez (6'9" 233) 63 ovr


RESERVES
SF SO Ramon Bender (6'8" 224) 79 ovr

SG RS FR Jabahri Hartman (6'6" 197) 77 ovr

SG RS FR Courtney Esterkamp (6'6" 199) 79 ovr



BIO‘S & STATS

STARTERS
SO PG Herbert Stevenson (6'2" 187)
Fit in nicely at the poing guard spot. True leader on the floor, and directs the offense like a senior. Only knock on this guy is that he he loses his focus on the defensive side. Some games he plays brilliant as he stole the ball 9 times against Saint Louis, but more often than not he gives up too many points to the opposing point guard. If he plays with half the intensity on the defensive side as he does on offense he can dictate the game on any given night. Despite all his defensive laspes he still won conference freshman of the year (and All-Conference freshman) to go along with First-Team ALL Conference. LAST YEAR STATS: 11.4 ppg, 1.3 apg, 3.8 apg, 2.6 spg, 0.2 bpg, 21.2 mpg


FR SG Adam Davis (6'1"176)
In open gym he showed why he is a starter as a freshman as he upstaged R.J. Clemons. Not as tall or physical as Clemons he does have something that Xavier is lacking. A pure shooter from anywhere on the court. Is currently the best deep threat on the team, and score any way from spot up, drive, or being double teamed. Defense is decent, but needs to get stronger to handle the taller and bigger guards. Will be used mostly on offense in the two-man game. LAST YEAR‘S STATS: N/A

SR SF Petie Fellows (6'8" 251)
Use to be the best pure shooter until Davis joined the team. However he did win Second-Team All-Conference last year. Didn’t shoot as much his sophomore year, but still had a better average in points (2.4 increase) than his sophomore season. This season he looks to get less shots with Davis, and the twin towers down low. He doesn’t care since he is more about defense now and wanting to be on a championship team in which Coach Ryan sold him on as he was thinking about transferring this season.
LAST YEAR‘S STATS: 11.2 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 2.3 apg, 1.6 spg, 0.6 bpg, 19.6 mpg

FR PF(C) Zack Clemmons (7'0" 219)
Clemmons coming off a red shirt year makes his way into the starting lineup for two reasons. One is that sophomore Jarrett Cowen (only true PF on team) didn’t have the best year last year as a freshman. He was too inconsonant on the offensive side and didn’t do as much on the defensive side as he was hyped up to be. Clemmons gets in the starting lineup mostly for that and secondly for his height. As a true center he doesn’t have to worry that much on the defensive side since Minoff is behind him. Hopefully his height will give Xavier more chances to win the rebounding war. [/COLOR="Red"]LAST YEAR‘S STATS: N/A[/COLOR]

JR C Rod Minoff (7'0" 230)
The only question people are wondering about this Junior is “Will he return for his senior year.” After winning which is seems very award in college basketball in one year (NABC Player of the Year, NABC Defensive Player of the Year, Pete Newell Big Man of the Year, First-Team All-American, Conference Player of the Year, First-Team All-Conference) he comes into his junior year looking for the only thing he didn’t win last year which is the National Championship. The only thing he needs to work on, if that is even possible, is not rushing his shot. Other than that he is a lock as the number one draft choice for this year (if he leaves early) and if he stays will be the number one draft choice next year. LAST YEAR‘S STATS: 16.6 ppg, 8.8 rpg, 1.5 apg, 1.3 spg, 3.2 bpg, 20.9 mpg

[CincyFan]

2013 Schedule

((KEY: BLACK=non-conference BLUE=tournament game RED DATE=conf. game))

11/15 vs. SD State
11/16 @ Round 2
11/22 vs. Round 3
11/23 vs. Final 2k Sports Classic
11/26 @ Pittsburgh
11/29 @ Michigan
12/1 vs. Niagara
12/5 vs. William & Mary
12/15 @ Duke
12/28 vs. Connecticut
12/31 @ Bowling Green
1/5 @ Providence
1/5 vs. Syracuse
1/5 vs. 20 Cincinnati
1/9 vs. La Salle
1/12 @ G. Washington
1/16 @ #4 Dayton
1/18 vs. Saint Joseph‘s
1/23 @ Duquesne
1/26 vs. Richmond
1/31 @ Temple
2/7 vs. St. Bonaventure
2/9 vs. Saint Louis
2/13 @ Fordham
2/20 vs. Temple
2/23 @ Rhode Island
2/27 vs. 4 Dayton
3/2 @ Charlotte
3/6 @ Richmond
3/9 vs. Massachusetts

[skarface2k1]

Coach sanders of wisconsin is following.

[chestnutz6]

Ello coach crayola (chesonis as topic is named) here wishin' you luck on this season which looks to have you doing very well. Some fantastic freshmen, and that beast of a center

[CincyFan]

2013 Press Conference With Xavier's Head Coach Adam Ryan

You have a great start of a season last year, and then midway through you kind of just dropped off the face of the earth as your ball club lost seven straight games? Do you see that happening this year with again two freshman in the starting lineup for the second straight year?

Adam Ryan : I surely hope not! There might be some games where we might start some of the upper classmen, but unlike last year we didn't have such a deep bench. Plus shooting guard Adam Davis is pretty much a force on the offensive side, and he doesn't really have to worry about letting his man beat him since we do have two big men covering the paint. Now I am not saying its okay for him to get beat, but its not like last year where Rod Minoff had to dictate the defensive side and the game for us.

Will Mod Minoff bolt to the NBA after this season? Have you had talks with him to try to stay for his senior year? Or has he already given you an answer yet?

Adam Ryan : Personally I haven't talked to him, and quite frankly its not my decision. Would I like him to stay? No. I would love for him to stay, but then the decision is not mine. Not me or anyone on my staff as talked to him and that is how it is going to stay. Whatever he chooses we will support him either way. Lastly, I will say that I haven't had anyone leave early from my team.

You really haven't had a player like him on your team? And now-a-days do you really think kids will stay especially after all the awards he won last year?

Adam Ryan : You are right about me not having anyone on his talent on my team before. All I can say else about this matter is that life goes on. Now I am not saying that to be cold, but people come and people go. Its not like we can have him more than four years. The only thing my coaches and I can do is to make sure they get the best education while they are here, and that if they want to continue playing basketball after college that we have them to their top of the game.

On paper your team has the edge in the conference this year despite finishing in fifth place last year, but Dayton is returning champions who are returning all five starters plus four bench players. You lost to them by three in the season last year, and then won by one in overtime in the championship game. This year you face this twice in the season. Is this your new rivalry now insteady of Cincinnati?

Adam Ryan : Cincinnati will always be our rivalry first and foremost. Secondly our conference has always been tough. Not I am not going to add fuel to the fire, but there is a rivalry and there is some bad blood between us.

If winning a championship this year do you see yourself taking over a new job at a "true" power conference team? Rumor has it that Texas Tech might be open and that is one of your schools that you could seriously think about taking?

Adam Ryan : You know I don't talk about that stuff. Especially when its before the season. After the season I will sit down with my family and talk about what sitution is best for me. However, before any rumors start I will state again that Cincinnati is my hometown. Xavier was my team what I grew up on, and this is my dream job. So right now there has to be something out there to has to be better than this. Plus the kids at Xavier are extremely great to be around and I am having a blast teaching and coaching this kids. Thank you everyone, but first game starts in a couple of hours so I need to get back and get my team ready for SD State.

[CincyFan]

-December 13, 2013
-2K Sports College Hoops Classic
-Round One between SD State vs. #20 Xavier

Xavier would start out in an early hole as San Diego State ran off with a six to nothing run. That would pretty much be the highlight for the first half for them. The Musketeers would miss their first seven shots which five were from three-point land. Once they finally found their groove on offense the Musketeers already put their foot on the throat of the Aztecs. The next thing the Aztecs know is that they are at halftime and down by twenty-three points to the Musketeers.

“Personally I don’t know exactly how it happened. It started out good for the first five minutes of the game. The next eight minutes seemed like two minutes in reality and now we are in a big hole to a very good defensive ball club. Apparently their offense isn’t that bad either as they put up 36 points in the first half.” said Coach Morg of the Aztecs in his first college game.

With the score of 36-13 at half the Musketeers came out shooting from deep. Freshman Adam Davis would hit a three within seven seconds in the half, followed by point guard Hervert Stevenson just twenty seconds later. With the bench coming in for Xavier quite early in the second half R.J. Clemons would show that he has some range has he hit two deep three’s as he ended up with a team high thirteen points with Adam Davis. The Aztecs did score twenty-two points, but Xavier would almost double that in the second half with forty-three points as they ran off in the season opener with a 79-35 win. Freshman Zack Clemmons won player of the game (and not Rod Minoff despite having very similar stats) with nine points (4/6), eight rebounds, two assists, two steals, and three blocks.



Key Performers:
Xavier:
JR C Rod Minoff 8 points (3-9), 9 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 2 blocks
FR SG Adam Davis 13 points (6-11, 1-3), 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal

UT-Pan American:
SR SF Julio Payton 10 points (4-8, 2-6), 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 block
JR C Jamaar Willis 4 points (2-4), 8 rebounds, 1 assist

[guckin1989]

Good game.

[skarface2k1]

great start to the new year.Keep it up.

[CincyFan]

-December 14, 2013
-2K Sports College Hoops Classic
-Round Two between Xavier (1-0) vs. Oklahoma St. (1-0)

Rivalry Part I. Reason why this is part one since it seems half the teams Xavier plays is a rivalry. Coach Ryan has seen this team the most (six times in his career with a record of 1-5) and with Xavier alone this will be the third time (1-1) meeting up always in this tournament. The Cowboys would embarrass the Musketeers the first time they played. Next game Xavier got its revenge, but not as much as they wanted as they squeaked one out in overtime.

First half was an exciting half that saw all defense despite both teams combining for fifty-eight points in the half. Xavier would again trail in the start of the game, and would take the lead with just 1:16 left in the half. They would hold onto that lead at half with a 30-28 ball game. Despite the great pressure on the defensive side both teams came up with three steals each in the half.

Second half the Musketeers would give it to their big men on offense to find some scoring as they put in a combined twenty-one points in the second half. The Cowboys seemed to try their luck on the outsite, but couldn’t find their touch as they went two-for-ten in the second half. Xavier would pull away by as much as twenty points in the second half, but right as they started to lighten up the Cowboys came storming back with just 4:18 left in the game. Problem was they didn’t have enough time as they fell short against the Musketeers as they won for the second straight year against the Cowboys in the second round of the 2K Sports College Hoops Classic. Junior Rod Minoff would win the player of the game with a double-double as he ended up with seventeen points (7-11), eleven rebounds, 2 assists, and two blocks.



Key Performers:
Xavier:
FR C Zack Clemmons 10 points (5-9), 8 rebounds, 3 assist, 2 steals, 3 blocks
FR SG Adam Davis 17 points (6-11, 3-5), 6 assists, 1 steal

Oklahoma State:
SO SG Nehemiah Neale 16 points (7-16, 2-3), 2 rebounds, 1 assist
JR PF Abdulai Cripe 8 points (4-5), 9 rebounds, 2 assists

[skarface2k1]

Great win i hope your boys keep it up.

[CincyFan]

-November 21, 2013
-2K Sports College Hoops Classic
-Round Three between C. Michigan (2-0) vs. #20 Xavier (2-0)

Austen Rice (8 points) and LaForest Dowling (5) points in the first eight minutes would pretty much keep the tempo up as they helped the Chippewas to an early lead. Again Xavier would start their shots from the outside, and again not connecting on anything would help the Chippewas to a seven point lead with just 2:28 eight left in the first half. Their (XU) spark would come again by their big man, Rod Minoff, who scored eight straight points of his twelve in the first half which would take the lead by one with just 32 seconds left in the half. Adam Davis’s steal, only one of the game, was huge for the Musketeers as he raced down the court and heaved a shot about six feet behind the line. This is the freshman guard who was zero-for-five in the first half. This shot would change everything has he made it and got the momentum back to Xavier’s side as they go into half with a 28-24 lead.

“Davis is still trying to find his groove here. He is use to playing in high school where there was a wall behind the basket. Now he is playing where there is just space and fans behind the basketball now. He just needs to relax and then he will be fine as he showed in this ballgame.” said Coach Ryan.

Whether their was a talk at halftime or just Davis was angry whatever it was, it wasn’t a good sign for Central Michigan. Davis would come out and hit two early three’s to push the lead to seven. After trading baskets Central Michigan would hit a deep three. Adam Davis would have no intention of letting this team get back in the ball game as he made another three point play, but this time it was a jump shot and an And-1. The Chippewas would try to make the tempo as fast as they could to tire out the Musketeers big men, but all it did was backfire on themselves. At the end of the game they were too tired and missed ten straight three pointers as Xavier repelled their fast tempo to go on to win 72-56. For the second straight game a big man from Xavier had a double-double, but this time it was Freshman Zack Clemmons who won player of the game cause of that. He had eleven points (5-9), fourteen rebounds, six assists, and two blocks in the win for the Musketeers.



Key Performers:
Xavier:
FR C Rod Minoff 18 points (8-11), 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals, 1 block
SR SF Petie Fellows 11 points (5-9, 1-2), 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals, 1 block

Central Michigan:
FR C Raphael Hooper 6 points (3-4), 10 rebounds, 3 blocks
SO PSF LaForest Dowling 8 points (4-5, 0-1), 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal

[CincyFan]

-November 15, 2013
-2K Sports College Hoops Classic
-Round Four between Morgan St. (3-0) vs. #20 Xavier (3-0)

Championship game is upon us. Xavier is the dominate team coming into this game on paper, but the knock on this Xavier team is that they don’t jump out early to attack. The previous three games were prime examples and would this game keep the trend coming?

Xavier would come out and just dominate the game from the get-go from both sides of the court. In the first three minutes the Musketeers were winning 20-0 due to three three-pointers, and six steals. Morgan State would try their hardest to take easy shots in those first three minutes, but Xavier wouldn’t have it as they blocked four shots in that time frame. The first half couldn’t come fast enough for the Bears as this game was out of reach with the score of 44-12 at halftime.

“I am not a big run-up-the-score, but my coaches and players knew that we could score in the triple digit mark and that would be the first time in my career I had a team score over 100 points. I didn’t tell them to run up the score, or try to break that mark as you could tell since the bench played all but two minutes in the second half.” said Coach Ryan as his team just walked through, over, and then over their school of Morgan State in a 98-45 blowout. Rod Minoff would get his second double-double of the year as he won the player of the game honors with a team high twenty-three points (11-14), eleven rebounds, and five blocks.



Key Performers:
Xavier:
SO PG Herbert Stevenson 10 points (4-9, 2-6), 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals
FR SG Adam Davis 20 points (8-13, 1-5), 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals

Oklahoma State:
SR PG Allan Cotton 10 points (4-21, 2-9), 1 rebound, 4 assists, 1 steal, 2 blocks
SR SF Mario Shenan 10 points (4-6), 3 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block

[CincyFan]

Top 25 (updated on 11-25-13)

1.(1) Oregon 2-0
2.(2) Ohio State 3-0
3.(3) North Carolina 5-0
4.(4) Dayton 0-0
5.(7) Wisconsin 4-0
6.(5) Kentucky 2-0
7.(8) Indiana 3-0
8.(6) Vanderbilt 1-0
9.(9) Aurburn 3-0
10.(14) Iona 2-0
11.(17) Michigan State 4-0
12.(18) NC State 1-0
13.(20) [B]XavierB] 4-0
14.(13) West Virginia 2-0
15.(22) Georgetown 1-0
16.(23) UNLV 3-0
17.(12) Iowa St. 3-0
18.(24) Washington 2-0
19.(15) Florida State 2-2
20.(--) Duke 2-0
21.(--) Clemson 2-0
22.(--) Mississippi St. 4-0
23.(--) Georgia Tech 4-0
24.(--) Maryland 2-0
25.(--) Michigan 3-0

[CincyFan]

-November 27, 2013
-Non-Conference Game
-#13 Xavier (4-0) vs. Pittsburgh (3-1)

Panthers run with Musketeers, but do they when it counts?

First half was all about who could outrun the other team down the court. First it was Xavier showing why they are ranked in the top 25 when took an early seven point lead in the first half. The Panthers knew they didn’t match up great with Xavier since their tallest guy is 6’9”, but after a while Xavier had to slow the pace down to keep them big men from being tired. That didn’t matter though since Panthers would continue to push the ball all around the court even in the half court offense. Minoff and Clemmons would both stay rested for most of the game since they were in foul trouble half way through the first half. With that Pittsburgh would come fighting back from ten to tie the game at halftime at thirty-two apiece.

Coach Ryan at halftime was heard telling his kids to do the opposite of what he been teaching them on defense all season. He said this isn’t protocol, but they are not playing against a normal run-n-gun team. “On paper we are more dominate since we have the size and better half court team. Pittsburgh is a very condition team, probably one of the best so we just can’t try to run with them the whole game. If you do that you are playing their game and more than not your team is going to lose.”

In the second half Pittsburgh looked a little lost. The Musketeers wouldn’t chase the ball as the Panthers rotated it around leaving to a lot of open three-pointers. It would seem that the Panthers would psych themselves out or get themselves tired since they were just 2-13 from behind the line. Minoff and Clemmons didn’t start in the second half and came in halfway through. Minoff being fully rested would just dominate the second half as he grabbed his third double-double of the year, and in back-to-back games as he won player of the game with sixteen points (7-13), twelve rebounds, and one block. Pittsburgh didn’t know how to respond to the new Musketeer defense look and in the final few minutes had to rush shots and try to take it inside. With that Xavier got back on track and finally held on to the lead as they won the game 59-53.

Key Performers:
Xavier:
SO PG Herbert Stevenson 14 points (5-7, 2-3), 2 assists, 3 steals
FR SG Adam Davis 9 points (2-8, 2-5), 2 assists, 3 steals

Pittsburgh:
SR PG Nile Carpenter 15 points (6-17, 2-7), 4 rebound, 6 assists, 1 steal
SO SG Aaron Chavis 10 points (4-9, 0-3), 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals

[CincyFan]

-November 30, 2013
-Non-Conference Game
-#13 Xavier (5-0) vs. #25 Michigan (4-0)

Michigan Fans chant “We Want Ohio State!”

Sixty-four points was put up in the first half of this sea-saw game. Michigan fans would make a lot of noised that looked like it distracted Xavier early on. Once again the Musketeers started out slow, but like the past couple of games would claw back into the game before half. However, this would be the first time all season that the Musketeers would be down at half with a 34-30 score. The Musketeers wouldn’t help out their cause in the first half as they shot 1-5 from deep in the first half.

Second half Xavier would take a quick lead due to a monster dunk by Minoff, and then a steal by Davis who was fouled on the lay up making it a three-point play. The lead would shortly disappear as Michigan would just storm away with the game. With just four minutes left and Michigan was up by twelve in a defensive battle in the second half it looked all but over with the score 54-40. That’s when the Michigan fans stood on their feet and started to shout “We want O.S.U. We want O.S.U.” and “Lets play football, oh wait you don’t have a team.”

“When you hear that stuff coming at your team you can take it two ways. One you can fold up and go home. Or two you can grind your teeth, pin your ears back, and keep swinging away until the buzzer sounds. Either way it shows what character you have.” said Coach Ryan about the comments after the game. After four quick points by the Musketeers they would cut the lead to eight with just 3:38 left. They would trade baskets until freshman phonon Adam Davis decided to take things in his own hands has he hit two consecutive three-pointers to cut the lead to two with just 1:18 left. After a miss shot by the Wolverines, Davis would try again on a three-pointer but would miss the shot. Rod Minoff was there has he tipped it back in to tie the game with just 47 seconds left. Michigan would have three shots on their next possession in which they would miss everyone. Only to go to the line as Minoff picked up his fourth foul of the game with just 21 seconds left.

Senior power forward Marshall Holloway who was 3-3 from the line could only manage going 1-2 in double bonus. Wolverines wouldn’t give up easy as they did a full court press that caused a turnover. Instead of waiting to get sent to the foul line they tired to go for the easy shot that would give the ball back to the Musketeers on a charge call. With just 7.2 seconds left Xavier finally got the ball past half court as Michigan trapped at half court almost causing another turnover from it. Instead the ball was knocked out of bounds with just 2.1 seconds left. After a timeout it looked as if no one was open and a five second call, but Clemmons got the ball into freshman Davis’s hand on the baseline and took the quick shot. It went up over the oncoming of two defenders and would hit nothing but net as the buzzer sounded as Xavier came back to win a thriller in Ann Arbor 63-62. With the last second shot Adam Davis got the Player of the Game as he scored fifteen points (6-10, 2-4), three assists, and one steal in the game.

Key Performers:
Xavier:
FR C Zack Clemmons 7 points (3-3), 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals, 3 blocks
JR C Rod Minoff 19 points (9-14), 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 steals

Michigan:
SR PG Hal Snyder 17 points (5-15, 1-5), 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal
JR C Senque Spooner 12 points (4-10), 7 rebounds, 2 blocks

[skarface2k1]

Wow!You have Xavier playing great right now.Keep up the good work with them.

[CincyFan]

thanks skarface, but as they say "you have your highs, and you have your lows"...so i know something is going to happen sooner or later

[skarface2k1]

Don't think like that.Just keep your teams head in the game.As long as you teach them the game they won't disappoint you.

[CincyFan]

-December 2, 2014
-Non-Conference Game
-#11 Xavier (6-0) vs. Niagara (1-0)

“Who said the Freshman can‘t shoot?”

Niagara has only played one game on this year to this point which may not be the best thing heading into a battle-tested-red-hot team in Xavier. Niagara did manage to put up some offense in the first half with twenty-four points, but still at half they were trailing by seventeen as the Musketeers had three starters in double figures already in a 41-24 game.

Second half we saw the starters from Xavier for more time that what Coach Ryan wanted which was apparent by the lack of shooting from his bench. With that extra time in freshman center Zack Clemmons would turn it on, and would be the fourth player to score in double figures. However, he was the only player to tally a double-double and with that it helped him win Player of the Game honors. He had eleven points (5-7), ten rebounds, three assists, a steal, and a block as he led the #11 team in the nation to its seventh straight win with a 75-51 game.

Key Performers:
Xavier:
JR PG Harold Stevenson 14 points (6-9, 2-5), 2 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 steals
FR SG Adam Ryan 16 points (6-14, 2-7), 1 rebound, 3 assist

Niagara:
JR PG J.B. Lettenberger 22 points (7-18, 2-7), 1 rebound, 2 assists, 3 steals
SR SF Dan Hall 8 points (4-9, 0-1), 6 rebounds, 1 assist

[CincyFan]

-December 7, 2014
-Non-Conference Game
-William & Mary (3-1) vs. #11 Xavier (7-0)

W&M try to make mark against A-10 Teams Xavier and later Dayton

William & Mary trying to turn their program around face off against two top 25 teams both from the Atlanta Ten. First game though would be against Xavier who is undefeated. Despite having a three and one record heading into this game their previous opponents record was 2-8 combined. Xavier would have a little trouble in the first half as a pesky team would hang around at half with a 29-21 game.

“Walt Gibson is better than what people give him credit for. He is a true leader on William and Mary’s team. Every time we would start to go on a run, he would end it before it started by forcing awkward shot or come down with a huge rebound.” was Coach Ryan giving some praise to the senior power forward after the game.

Despite all the efforts by Gibson in the second half it wasn’t good enough. The Musketeers would finally pull away, and once the game got into double-digits it never became close as Xavier won 67-49. Rod Minoff would be the answer, or counter punch, to Gibson has he had a double-double with thirteen points, eleven rebounds, one assist, three steals, and four huge blocks in which he received Player of the Game.

Key Performers:
Xavier:
JR PG Harold Stevenson 10 points (4-10, 2-2), 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 block
FR SG Adam Ryan 18 points (7-14, 2-3), 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals

William & Mary:
SR PF Walt Gibson 10 points (5-9, 0-1), 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal
SR PG Sheldon Woolley 7 points (3-9, 0-2), 1 rebound, 3 assists

[CincyFan]

Top 25 (updated on 12-08-14)

1.(1) Oregon 6-0
2.(2) Ohio State 9-0
3.(4) Dayton 4-0
4.(5) Kentucky 7-0
5.(9) Iona 6-0
6.(8) Wisconsin 8-1
7.(3) North Carolina 6-1
8.(11) Xavier 8-0
9.(6) Indiana 6-1
10.(10) W. Virginia 4-0
11.(15) Vanderbilt 4-1
12.(7) Auburn 5-1
13.(12) Iowa St. 6-1
14.(19) Arizona State 6-0
15.(23) Florida 7-0
16.(21) South Carolina 5-0
17.(24) Temple 7-0
18.(--) Cincinnati 5-1
19.(16) Michigan State 5-2
20.(--) Washington 4-1
21.(--) Arizona 8-0
22.(13) Clemson 5-1
23.(--) G. Washington 6-1
24.(--) Michigan 6-1
25.(14) Maryland 5-1

[CincyFan]

Monthly Report:

Atlantic Ten Conference: Four teams are now in the top 25 with a combined record of 25-1 record. Despite the good record they have been against the bottom half of the NCAA teams. In those 26 games only four were against top 25 squads, and four other games where against quality major schools as in Syracuse, Duke, Oklahoma St., and NC State. Despite the fast start in non-conference games nobody is still interested in the A-10 yet. Mostly since its not that exciting until the conference play starts up.

PLAYER STATS:
Rod Minoff: 15.6 ppg, 9.1 rpg, 0.5 apg, 1.6 spg, 2.0 bpg, 18.1 mpg
Adam Davis: 15.5 ppg, 1.0 rpg, 2.8 apg, 1.4 spg, 0.0 bpg, 18.0 mpg
Herbert Stevenson: 10.1 ppg, 1.6 rpg, 3.4 apg, 2.3 spg, 0.1 bpg, 18.1 mpg
Zack Clemmons: 7.1 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 3.3 apg, 1.4 spg, 1.9 bpg, 17.8 mpg
Petie Fellows: 6.6 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 1.5 apg, 1.6 spg, 0.3 bpg, 18.1 mpg
Pete Whitworth: 5.9 ppg, 1.3 rpg, 0.9 apg, 0.5 spg, 0.5 bpg, 8.3 mpg
Ramon Bender: 4.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 0.0 apg, 0.0 spg, 0.0 bpg, 5.5 mpg
R.J. Clemons: 3.4 ppg, 1.0 rpg, 0.4 apg, 1.0 spg, 0.6 bpg, 8.0 mpg
Jarrett Cowen: 2.8 ppg, 1.5 rpg, 0.9 apg, 0.6 spg, 0.4 bpg, 7.9 mpg
Marshall Fernandez: 2.8 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 0.6 apg, 0.3 spg, 0.4 bpg, 7.9 mpg

[skarface2k1]

cincyfan how many minutes do you play the game on.Plus,what level(me MOP).Because with my team i have one player avgs 12.1 ppg and another at 11.4 and then the next player to him is at like 5.6ppg.We avg as a team like 51.6 ppg.How long do you think you will be at xavier?How long have you been there currently?

[chestnutz6]

great buzzer beater win. you guys are really playing "team" basketball it seems, as no one is averaging 20 mpg (well I guess that all depends on how many minutes you play, i play 13)

[CincyFan]

i play 13 minutes on MOP. Remember i play a lot of small schools so I have a lot more scoring numbers than most schools. I.E. had 79 against SD State, 98 against Morgan St., 75 against Niagara. Oklahoma State i only put up 74 but that is just cause i really don't like that school since they gave me trouble in the past so i like run-and-gun a lot against that team and take quick shots.

In the Michigan Game i scored 63, Pitt was 59, Duke which i am getting ready to post either tonight or tomorrow morning was 66. It just all depends on the team. Small schools i average anywhere from 70-85 points usually. Power house teams are usually around 45-65 points. Depends if i am hot or not, and how good the other team is. I like to change my flow of the game too a lot. Sometimes i am all about running (agianst Iona who is my old school and like a 94 overall, Syracuse, Duke, other teams), and other teams i have to slow down my game due to the fact that they are better at me in the running game like Cincinnati, Bowling Green, Dayton, UMass.

One of the last things is that those stats are a little inflated. That is just one month in and like 7 games played. I think my highest scorer in a season is Minoff last year with 16.6 points per game. Thats the first time i ever broke 15 points in a season with someone and its usually around 12.7-14.1 points a game.

Right now I am in my third year at Xavier. I started out at Texas Southern for 2 years, then went to Iona for three years, and then to Xavier. My record overall (not including this current year) is 177-65. I only won my conference title outright 3 times in seven years. However I won my conference tournament six times (acutally might of been all seven though). However i never have good luck in the tournament as if went first round both times at Texas Southern. Second round, sweet sixteen and Final Four at Iona. Then lost in the second round my first year at Xavier and then last year made it to the elite eight.

How long will i be here. Thats hard to say. In my post in your legacy i said this was my dream job and that I personally don't like extremely powerful teams. I wouldn't mind staying here for the rest of the time, but i don't know. I would love to play 20 years with Xavier, but if i win like 5 national championships and bring in top recruit classes every year and the game loses its fun, well then i will bolt to some other team. I doubt i will go back to a mid-major team, but might take like a small power team back to power. But for right now i am here at Xavier and trying to win at least one championship.

[CincyFan]

ohh one last thing i did keep the sim feature for 20 minute halves so the rest of the NCAA could have some dominating league leaders. I never cracked the top 10 in scoring (maybe last year, but really didn't check with Minoff). I only sim maybe 1-2 games a year. Plus if i get to the finals for the championship game in conference play i sim it since its more of a challange if i lose, but lately , especially with Xavier, a couple of the low rank teams made it and its been a blow out simming wise. If i ever make it to the finals of the N.C. game though i will be playing it. Usually in the first round of the tournament i sim if its not a very close matchup since i do look foward to the end of the year so i can see my recruits since it seems i never sign any in-season.

I will post the Duke game in the morning, i have to go to a cast party tonight and will try to play some games after i get home since i should have one of the best recruiting classes this year (actually might have a chance of a guy in the top 10 overall) and looking to see if Minoff will stay another year.

[vols21]

what a thriller against Michigan!! And GREAT win against the HATED Niagra!! *my big non-conference rival as you may know the story.

Keep up the good work. Xavier has some great fans. I saw them play at Tennessee a few years back and their handful of fans made more noise than all the Vol fans there (this was during the Buzz years so there were not that many fans to begin with and no students - since they were stuck in the corner during that era). Enjoyed their hand motions during when we shot free throws (it must have worked as guys that normally shot 90% would miss). Luckily we pulled out the win --- and these days the Rocky Top Rowdies make plenty of noise for the home team.

[CincyFan]

yeah for some reason ohio teams always have a hard time in tennessee. ironically enough i have great foul shooters on my team and i am not that good at foul shots this year. if you though Michigan was a thiller wait until the Duke game.

[CincyFan]

-December 13, 2013
-Non-Conference Game
-#8 Xavier (8-0) vs. Duke (4-3)

Xavier comes out hotter than the Devil, but is God cruel?

Adam Davis and Rod Minoff would be the factors in the first half as a struggling Duke didn’t have an answer as they put up a combined twenty-five points in the first half. Duke would just manage thirty-five points in the first half, but wouldn’t be enough as Xavier had a seven point lead at half with a 42-35 game. Xavier would shot an outstanding 78 percent from the field while Duke shot 54 percent. Whatever Duke did in the first half the Musketeers responded with something better.

Second half would still be a back and forth battle for most of the half with Xavier still controlling the game. Then the unthinkable started to happen. Xavier came down from cloud nine just a bit as they ran into a cold spell for two minutes. Problem for the Blue Devils is that they also went through the same cold spell. The Blue Devils would break out of it with about five minutes left to cut the lead to four in a 62-58 game. The tide would start to turn, but the Musketeers are better when the game is on the line though.

The ball would go down low to the big guys for Xavier as in the last five minutes they went for one-for-ten. The rest of the team didn’t do better as they went one-for-six. “Four points in the last five minutes. Seriously the Blue Devil I think was in our corner the second half since we were ice cold. You think with all the shooters on the team we could make more than four points in the last five minutes. Apparently tonight was not our night. I just hope we can rebound from this lost quickly better than we did last year.” said Coach Ryan as he was disappointed after the first lost of the year in a close 71-66 game. Senior shooting guard, Abdul Malaman, was Player of the Game when he was super close to a triple-double with eleven points, nine rebounds, eight assists, and a steal.

Key Performers:
Duke:
JR SG Ed Dennehy 11 points (3-6, 1-3), 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal
JR PG Demond Chase 9 points (4-10, 1-2), 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 steals


Xavier:
FR SG Adam Ryan 23 points (4-10, 2-2), 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal, 1 block
JR C Rod Minoff 14 points (7-16), 7 rebounds, 1 steal, 4 blocks

[CincyFan]

well apprently the 360 i got (from the replacement center) wasn't that big of a replacement since now i can't even load in a game. Everytime i do it just does a lot buzzing sound for like 15 seconds and then goes to the white screen saying this is an xbox 360 game and please put it into the 360. While this did happened at first it was always would work after the second time or so around, but right now its not working so it looks as if this legacy is put back on hold.

fantastic.


sorry to everyone who was following, but hopefully it will work the next couple of days

[CincyFan]

Top 25 (updated on 12-30-14)

1.(2) Kentucky 12-0
2.(1) Dayton 9-0
3.(3) Ohio State 12-1
4.(5) Oregon 9-1
5.(4) Iona 9-0
6.(7) Indiana 10-1
7.(6) Wisconsin 12-2
8.(8) Auburn 10-1
9.(9) Arizona State 11-0
10.(11) Villanova 9-1
11.(23) UCLA 8-1
12.(14) Cincinnati 10-1
13.(13) Temple 9-0
14.(16) Massachusetts 12-0
15.(25) NC State 9-2
16.(10) Vanderbilt 9-2
17.(--) Memphis 7-2
18.(--) G. Washington 9-2
19.(22) Houston 8-0
20.(20) Xavier 10-3
21.(19) North Carolina 8-4
22.(--) Arizona 11-1
23.(17) Washington 8-2
24.(18) Iowa State 9-3
25.(24) Rhode Island 9-0

[CincyFan]

i guess i missed some games so i will just post the scores since i can't find the write ups i did on them.

On Dec. 14 a day after the first lost of the season to Duke we face off against Connecticut at our place. We squeed out a win in the final seconds in a one point game with the score 70-69.

The next day we face off against Bowling Green. Xavier was known for having the twin towers, but Bowling Green had a true power foward in their lineup at 7 foot, and a 7'4" center. Bowling Green would control the whole first half due to their excessive height, or fatigued by 3 games in 3 days for the Musketeers. In the end the Musketeers came out with a win with a 69-61 game.

The next week wouldn't be so kind to the Musketeers who only had two games to play. They lost both of them by a combined score of five points with one lost in overtime. First game was against Providence (5-3). Depsite having a lead at half the Musketeers went cold in the last couple of minutes in the second half to lose by three in a 69-66 contest. Last game of the week was against Syracuse who's coach is Sean Miller (ex-Xavier coach who gave way to Ryan coaching at XU). Again Xavier led at half by three, but couldn't hold it as the Orange hit a deep three with just a few seconds left in regulation to send the game to overtime. In overtime it looked like regulation time as down by one this time the Orange took a running three at the buzzer to break the hearts of Musketeers as their team lost at home in overtime with a 69-67 game.

[CincyFan]

-January 1, 2014
-Non-Conference Game (Cross-town Shootout)
-#12 Cincinnati (10-1) vs. #20 Xavier (10-3)

The Best College Game of the Year

Not only was it the best College game in Ohio, it was given the title “Best College Game of the Year” and we are only halfway through the year. The key to this game was center Rod Minoff of Xavier. He injured his knee last game and was projected to out for about 2 1/2 weeks. Good thing Xavier had about two weeks off, problem was that #12 Cincinnati was the next opponent. And Cincinnati is a very physical dominate team on the boards. Would they just dominate the inside game with Minoff still getting back to 100 percent shape?

First half would be exciting for any college basketball fan. There was only three ties in the first half, but fourteen lead changes. Xavier would have an early six point lead in the first two minutes which would the largest lead of the first half. Cincinnati would get the last word in the half as they walked into intermission with a 35-30 score.

All in all Cincinnati would dominate the boards in the second half as they would out-rebound Xavier’s total from the whole game. Cincinnati grabbed twenty rebounds in the second half to only ten of Xavier’s (had 18 total). Still it wouldn’t be enough as Xavier would tie the game with 48 seconds left in regulation to send the game to overtime with the score 72-72. The Bearcats would answer anything the Musketeers did for the first ten points. In the last two minutes though Xavier would go on a rampage and would outscore the Bearcats 9-3 to win the game 91-85 in overtime. Sophomore Herbert Stevenson was player of the game as he took over in overtime scoring ten points as he ended up with twenty-five points, four assists, and eight steals.

Key Performers:
Xavier:
JR C Rod Minoff 17 points (5-9), 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 4 blocks
FR C Zack Clemmons 14 points (5-9), 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal, 1 block

Cincinnati:
JR SG Herman Powe 24 points (11-21, 2-3), 8 rebounds, 1 steal
JR PF Stanislav Frye 16 points (8-11), 13 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, 1 block

[vols21]

team shakes off a few losses with classic win over cross town rival. I'm sure most of the fans will take that win if they had the choice

[CincyFan]

Monthly Report:

Atlantic Ten Conference: Last month it was four teams in the top 25. This month there are six in the top 25, with Dayton and Temple in the top 10 with Massachusetts missing out with the #11. Despite six teams only three are probably going to remain for the rest of the year since this week starts conference play and some teams are not that good. Lets take a deeper look to see who will make it to the big dance, top 25 rankings at the end of the year and who is pretenders and contenders.

First the Contenders. Out of the six teams right now only three are contenders with two having a 90 rating overall. First is defending champions Dayton. Right now they are currently second in the top 25 with a 9-0 record. Out of those wins only four of them are against winning programs in Pittsburgh, who Xavier won against, Miami (OH), DePaul, and Rutgers. They have one more non-conference game in Virginia (9-4) before next weeks match up with Xavier.

Xavier is the other team rated with a 90 rating, and we know what they are capable of. As long as they don’t struggle like last year they should crack the top 10 by the next month.

Last is George Washington who is an 88 overall and currently ranked 18th in the nation. Despite beating Syracuse, #6 Auburn (both games by 8 points), and beating Michigan State by two they lost to two horrible teams in W. Carolina (4-10) and College of Charl. (3-8). They however have to play against Saint Louis to open conference play and then test their might against Xavier.

The Pretenders: #8 Temple and #11 Massachusetts are the biggest surprises this year, but are also the biggest pretenders in NCAA. They are rated 81 and 82 overall, but haven’t really faced any competition. Temple right now is 9-0, but has only played against two winning teams all season in #10 NC State in which they won only by three points, and an 8-4 Utah team. Next is Massachusetts who has played against two top 25 teams, but only one by a combined four points against Duke and Florida. However, they do have to face North Carolina who is 8-5, but is rated an 87 overall. Rhode Island is the last pretender who has only played against two winning teams in Manhattan (8-4), and Syracuse (10-5). While they are only #25 with a 9-0 record they have to face Dayton, Saint Louis, Xavier and Massachusetts with in a week and a half later this month.

[CincyFan]

PLAYER STATS:
Rod Minoff: 16.1 ppg, 9.5 rpg, 0.6 apg, 1.5 spg, 2.1 bpg, 17.4 mpg
Adam Davis: 15.9 ppg, 1.2 rpg, 2.9 apg, 1.0 spg, 0.0 bpg, 18.1 mpg
Herbert Stevenson: 10.6 ppg, 1.9 rpg, 3.9 apg, 2.4 spg, 0.4 bpg, 18.1 mpg
Zack Clemmons: 7.2 ppg, 6.7 rpg, 2.5 apg, 1.5 spg, 1.9 bpg, 17.2 mpg
Petie Fellows: 7.0 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 2.1 apg, 1.8 spg, 0.4 bpg, 17.7 mpg
Pete Whitworth: 4.9 ppg, 0.9 rpg, 1.0 apg, 0.4 spg, 0.3 bpg, 8.0 mpg
R.J. Clemons: 4.1 ppg, 1.3 rpg, 0.9 apg, 0.9 spg, 0.4 bpg, 10.4 mpg
Ramon Bender: 4.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 0.0 apg, 0.0 spg, 0.0 bpg, 5.5 mpg
Jarrett Cowen: 2.8 ppg, 1.5 rpg, 0.9 apg, 0.6 spg, 0.4 bpg, 7.9 mpg
Marshall Fernandez: 2.8 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 0.6 apg, 0.3 spg, 0.4 bpg, 7.9 mpg

[CincyFan]

Top 25 (updated on 1-06-14)

1.(1) Kentucky 13-0
2.(2) Dayton 11-0
3.(4) Oregon 11-1
4.(3) Ohio State 13-2
5.(6) Indiana 11-1
6.(8) Auburn 11-1
7.(5) Iona 10-1
8.(13) Temple 11-0
9.(7) Wisconsin 12-3
10.(15) NC State 10-2
11.(24) Massachusetts 13-0
12.(16) Vanderbilt 10-2
13.(10) Villanova 10-2
14.(9) Arizona State 12-1
15.(20) Xavier 11-3
16.(22) Arizona 12-1
17.(17) Memphis 7-2
18.(18) G. Washington 11-3
19.(--) Georgia Tech 11-3
20.(25) Rhode Island 10-0
21.(24) Iowa State 10-3
22.(12) Cincinnati 10-3
23.(--) Florida 11-2
24.(11) UCLA 8-3
25.(--) UNLV 9-3

[chestnutz6]

Damn that's a hard conference. Good luck with conference play, which looks to be devastating with so many good teams

[CincyFan]

-January 8, 2014
-Conference Game
-La Salle (8-4) vs. #15 Xavier (11-3)

Can Xavier start off conference play with a Win?

La Salle would keep the game close in the first half due strictly to the rebounding margin over Xavier. Coach Ryan was actually seen challenging Minoff to do something on the boards in the first half as he had thirteen points, but only three rebounds. Xavier goes into half with a two point game with the score 30-28.

Just like last game for the Musketeers this game would not be settled in regulation as the score was knotted up at 58 apiece. In overtime Minoff would finally get on track and grabbed five rebounds as it pushed him over ten rebounds to give him a double-double. Xavier would walk out with another overtime win with the score 74-65. Minoff’s double-double would get him the Player of the Game marks with twenty-five points, thirteen rebounds, two assists, a steal, and a block.

Key Performers:
Xavier:
SO PG Herbert Stevenson 12 points (5-15, 1-7), 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals, 1 block
SR SF Petie Fellows 15 points (1-9, 0-3), 9 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 steals, 1 block

La Salle:
JR PG Kareem Cesar 23 points (7-13, 4-9), 2 rebounds, 2 assists
SO C Almamy Riddick 8 points (3-6), 10 rebounds, 1 assist

[CincyFan]

Damn that's a hard conference. Good luck with conference play, which looks to be devastating with so many good teams



Like I said this conference is confusing cause of its numbers. Its like every team has a winning record, but hardly no one plays anyone super good. Xavier does with Duke, Syracuse, UC, but other than that the competition is not what you expect from teams from like the Big Ten, Big XII, or even the ACC. Last year i think everyone had a winning record in the A-10 going into conference play. Maybe one team didn't, but at the end of the year only like five teams had winning records.

The only true power in the A-10 is Dayton. They are hands down probably the best team in the NCAA, which ironically i don't know how since they never play hardly anyone good, but still bring in top 10 recruiting classes every year. Hopefully Xavier can bring in a recruiting class like Dayton and make some noise. Right now Xavier has to worry about knocking off the champs to become the champs.

[chestnutz6]

What's your recruit class look like this year?

[CincyFan]

-January 12, 2014
-Conference Game
-#15 Xavier (12-3) vs. #18 G. Washington (12-3)

Can Xavier win in Regulation or will there be a third Overtime Game?

Early on this would be the battle of the big men. Minoff against Senior Ije Soroye. Soroye would have his way with Minoff in the first half has he posted a double-double at halftime with twenty points and ten rebounds. Minoff would try his best to answer has he had twelve points and six rebounds, but it wouldn’t be enough as George Washington would take a seven point lead at half with the score 36-29.

Petie Fellows and Minoff would get the Musketeers to storm back in the second half and would be down by three with just twenty seconds left. Herbert Stevenson would take a quick shot from behind the three-point line in which Minoff grabbed the offensive rebound to kick it out to Ryan with just seven seconds left. They doubled the freshman who kicked it back out to Stevenson who was wide open for the three. He would shoot only to miss again (0-4 from deep this game) with 2.1 seconds left. Minoff would tip the ball up and in to only have Xavier fall short in a 60-59 game against George Washington. Ije Soroye was Player of the Game with thirty-two points, twelve rebounds, one steal, and two blocks.

Key Performers:
Xavier:
JR C Rod Minoff 26 points (11-24), 12 rebounds, 1 block
SR SF Petie Fellows 18 points (6-15, 1-5), 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, 1 block

G. Washington:
JR PF Tay Wilder 8 points (3-7), 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 block
SR PG Gilbert Brower 6 points (3-6, 0-1), 5 assists, 1 steal

[CincyFan]

What's your recruit class look like this year?


well i didn't sign anyone this year in-season recruiting. Which was a suprised since i signed two four stars last year. But i don't really like to get into recruiting until after i sign someone since i am always let down in people i am going after in the game. AND yes i do recruiting them from their freshman year. However, sometimes i wonder if i do cause after i recruit them their highlighted color goes away so i don't know if that is a glitch or whatnot.

[CincyFan]

Top 25 (updated on 1-13-14)

1.(3) Ohio State 15-1
2.(1) Kentucky 15-0
3.(2) Dayton 12-1
4.(6) Auburn 13-1
5.(7) Iona 12-1
6.(8) Temple 13-0
7.(4) Oregon 12-2
8.(9) Wisconsin 14-3
9.(12) Vanderbilt 12-2
10.(5) Indiana 11-3
11.(19) Georgia Tech 13-3
12.(13) Villanova 11-3
13.(17) Arizona 14-1
14.(20) Rhode Island 11-0
15.(21) Iowa State 11-3
16.(22) Cincinnati 12-3
17.(16) Xavier 12-4
18.(14) Arizona State 13-2
19.(15) G. Washington 13-3
20.(25) UNLV 10-3
21.(--) Maryland 11-2
22.(--) North Carolina 10-5
23.(24) UCLA 9-2
24.(18) Memphis 8-3
25.(--) Georgetown 8-3

[CincyFan]

-January 12, 2014
-Conference Game
-#17 Xavier (12-4) vs. #3 Dayton (12-1)

Xavier trying to shake the monkey from their back

Dayton is now becoming almost as big as a rivalry as the Cincinnati game. In the past two years Dayton has had Xavier number as they won three out of the four games they played. With the lack of shooting lately of the Musketeers they have been slowing things down. Rumor has it that Minoff is not fully healed and coming into this game Xavier is the underdog while playing at Dayton. First half would be a hard fought battle to control the lead and even at half it looked as if Dayton had the upper hand despite Xavier up by one with the score 26-25.

Rod Minoff would dominate the second half. He would score thirteen of his twenty-two points in the second half. Fellows would also help chip in with seven points in the second half. Problem was that was pretty much all the help Minoff would get on the offensive side as Dayton kept fighting until they finally took the lead with two minutes left. That would be the last time Xavier would have the lead as they lost in a close 53-47 battle against Dayton. Lionel Chan of Dayton won Player of the Game with eight points, eight rebounds, four assists, and a block in the game.

Key Performers:
Dayton:
SR PG Rhau-Chavis Wagner 12 points (4-10, 2-4), 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block
JR PG Elliah Poole 9 points (3-8, 0-1), 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal, 1 block

Xavier:
JR C Rod Minoff 22 points (11-20), 13 rebounds, 1 assist
SR SF Petie Fellows 9 points (3-11, 1-3), 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks

[chestnutz6]

damn tough loss man

[CincyFan]

Player Grades

Point Guards

SO Herbert Stevenson: Started every game so far, and despite scoring around two points less than last year as exceeded more this year in maturity and how he runs this offense. So far this year this team has bended, but never broke in a game and its cause of Stevenson’s ability of pushing players to play to their potential.

Grade: B+ (84 overall/ +1)

Pro Protential: If he stays till his Senior year should be drafted in Round 1, but rumor has it that he will bolt after his Junior year where he should be a late first to early second round player.

NBA Comparison: Jason Kidd

SO Pete Whitworth: Doesn’t get to see hardly a lot of playing time since Stevenson grasped this offense so quickly. He only averaged four points last year, but was the first player under Coach Ryan to ever break the shooting mark of thirty points in a game (35). Is a better shooter than Stevenson, and doesn’t turn it over as much as him either. Only knock on him is that he lacks intensity on the defensive side, and isn’t that much of a factor on defense unless playing zone.

Grade: C (79 overall/ +1)

Pro Protential: If he gets invited to the NBA it will be on a undrafted rookie. Does have the ability to light up the scoreboard, but will a team take a chance on him as a sixth man in college?

NBA Comparison: N/A

Shooting Guards

SR R.J. Clemons: Lost his starting job after a year and a half to true freshman Adam Davis. Is a very streaky player, who can put up twenty points one night and then only put up four the next. That is the reason why he was demoted this year. Plays good man-on-man defense, and is very good at trapping people on defense. Needs to play smarter on offense and doesn’t always have to be the answer on the offensive side.

Grade: C+ (83 overall/ No Change)

Pro Protential: Has the ability to make noise in the NBA as a defender, and could just win some defensive MVP’s. Could be a great scorer in the league as well. Problem is that he has some problems staying calm in the game, and tries to do too much on the offensive side that leads to multiple turnovers a game. Gets himself psyched out of games far to easy which may not even get him to even be drafted. Word has it that NBA team’s want him, but don’t see him being able to change his ways especially after losing his starting job as a senior.

NBA Comparison: N/A

FR Adam Davis: True freshman that is the only true freshman to start on Coach Ryan’s team. Shooting an impressive 51 % from the field and 48 % from deep. Even while he shoots that impressively in the game its always hot or cold. Never a middle ground. Will make five shots in a row and then miss four. Needs to get stronger to be a better defender as he is getting hammered in man-to-man. Is by far the best deep shooter on the team, and if he can catch his defense up to his offensive abilities he will be one of the best guards on the team.

Grade: B- (84 overall/ +1)

Pro Protential: Right now they are saying if he leaves after his freshman year he will be a late second round. If he improves like Coach Ryan thinks he will his sophomore season he could be a late first/early second round after his sophomore year. Right now his weight is the only concerned for teams as he only weights 176.

NBA Comparison: Ben Gordon

SO Ramon Bender: Bench player last year, and continues to be a bench player this year. Rumor has it he is very upset as he is sitting the bench, and believes that with his 6’8” frame he could be a dominate force for the Musketeers if they ever use him. Averaging five minutes this year he is averaging four points and three rebounds. Unhappy and might think about transferring after this season. Key problems he has is lack of speed, and gives up too much on defense. He thinks cause of his frame he doesn’t have to work hard and doesn’t put in all the effort he could put in.

Grade: C- (77 overall/ No Change)

Pro Protential: A lot of people in the NBA love Coach Ryan’s work ethic. So far word has it than Coach Ryan said he could be a dominate force if someone can motivate him. If Ryan can’t do it in college no one can do it in the pro’s. Might be too much work for all so he most likely won’t make it to the NBA.

NBA Comparison: N/A

[CincyFan]

Small Fowards

SR Petie Fellows: While having a career average for shooting 44 % in his career, and also being known as one of the best shooters on the team it doesn’t look like the best of years for him as he is shooting just 36 % from the field and 28 % from deep. Doesn’t do anything extremely well on offensive or defensive, but just have a will and drive that makes him look great with all his hustle he puts out on the floor. With his lack of numbers this year, he does do all the little things that Coach Ryan wants him to do.

Grade: B (86 overall/ +1)

Pro Protential: Despite having lower numbers this year than in years past he still might be a early first or second round pick in the upcoming draft. He is known on the team as the hardest worker, and Coach Ryan has even told scouts he is the ultimate “team player” that might of boosted his projection in the draft.

NBA Comparison: Elton Brand

JR Kudjo Bradshaw: Doesn’t do anything exceptionally well on the offensive side, and does more harm than good on the defensive side. He started a couple games as a sophomore, but could only manage 7.1 points in 14 minutes. This year he is averaging just 2.1 points in 6 minutes and looks a lot more comfortable coming off the bench.

Grade: C- (76 overall/ No Change)

Pro Protential: Right now has no interest in playing in the NFL as he is going to school to be a Doctor. Even if he did go pro’s he is more suited to be a back up player and would have been drafted in the latter part of the second round or would have been an unsigned rookie to a team.

NBA Comparison: N/A

Power Forwards:

SO Jarrett Cowen: Ironically after starting every game as a freshman, and being touted as the best recruit of last years draft, he isn’t even starting this year. The hype of this kid was too great of a pressure for the kid who really wasn’t all that good. Suppose to be a great rebounder he can’t even do that effetely. Isn’t a very big scorer and was more known as a defensive player coming into college. He has shown no improvement this year even coming off the bench to get beat by other team’s second string players.

Grade: D (79 overall/ +2)

Pro Protential: Was being said he could have been one of the best defenders coming out of college in a long time as he was just entering college. Now his name is not even being said in the NBA circle. Needs to have a productive junior or senior year to be even asked to try out in the NBA, but might not even see that much playing time if some top recruits at Power Forward come to Xavier.

NBA Comparison: N/A

Centers:

JR Rod Minoff: After winning about every award a college player could win as a sophomore some analysis as saying he is not in his sophomore form or even that good of a player than last year. Coach Ryan said the opposite. “Last year he had to do everything on the defensive side, and everything down low on the offensive side. With Clemmon’s taking some pressure he doesn’t have to do all of those things. So what if his numbers are down. He is winning more games than last year, and his body hasn’t taken a beaten like last year where he missed some games with injuries.”

Grade: A (83 overall/ No Change)

Pro Protential: If leaving this year he is projected as a top five in the draft as a junior. If he stays for his senior year and plays the same as the past two years will most likely be the number one pick in the draft.

NBA Comparison: Tim Duncan

FR Zack Clemmons: Should be Minoff’s backup off the bench, or at least the seventh man on this team. With the lack of production at PF he has had to be a starter at that position. Right now he is doing fantastic and better than what anyone could imagine. Average a little over six points and seven rebounds a night isn’t that bad for a red-shirt freshman.

Grade: A- (76 overall/ +1)

Pro Protential: Should be a second round prospect if he was being coach by anyone else, but since he is under Coach Ryan he moves up to a first round prospect by name association. Number have been better than expected as he plays with Minoff, so scouts say it should be double if he was the starter for this year and if Minoff wasn’t here.

NBA Comparison: Dwight Howard

SO Marshall Fernandez: The only walk-on player on the team. While is doesn’t do anything good on either side of the ball, the one key he does have better than anyone on the team ironically is playing taller than what he really is. He is 6’9”, but plays as big, if not bigger, than Minoff or Clemmons who come in at seven feet.

Grade: C- (64 overall/ +1)

Pro Protential: As a walk-on to Xavier and plays behind Clemmons and Minoff won’t get that much playing time. Most of the scouts don’t even know he is on the team behind those two so he doesn’t have a shot overall to make the NBA. If he did he might not even be a quality backup player so after his college days is playing career are more than likely over.

NBA Comparison: N/A

[CincyFan]

A-10 Team Leaders:

Scoring

1. George Washington 72.4
2. Xavier 71.2
3. Dayton 63.4
4. Temple 63.2
5. Massachusetts 62.7


Rebounds

1. Temple 35.6
2. Rhode Island 34.1
3. Massachusetts 33.9
4. Duquesne 32.8
5. Saint Louis 32.3
9. Xavier 31.2

Assists

1. George Washington 18.5
2. Dayton 17.1
3. Massachusetts 16.9
4. Saint Louis 16.5
5. Charlotte 16.1
8. Xavier 15.5

Steals

1. Xavier 9.7
2. St. Bonaventure 9.3
2. George Washington 9.3
4. Duquesne 8.4
5. Charlotte 8.2

Blocks

1. Massachusetts 6.3
2. Xavier 6.2
3. Duquense 5.7
4. George Washington 5.0
4. Dayton 5.0

Field Goal Percentage

1. Xavier 47.5
2. Dayton 43.5
3. George Washington 40.5
4. Massachusetts 40.4
5. La Salle 40.2

Three-Point Percentage

1. Dayton 41.0
2. George Washington 39.3
3. Xavier 35.9
4. Saint Louis 35.3
5. Temple 35.1

Foul Shooting Percentage

1. Dayton 85.4
2. St. Bonaventure 84.5
3. George Washington 81.5
4. Fordham 79.6
5. Rhode Island 75.3
10. Xavier 72.1

[CincyFan]

A-10 Player Leaders:

Scoring

1. C Ije Soroye 20.1 George Washington
2. C Rod Minoff 16.0 Xavier
3. SG Adam Davis 15.5 Xavier
4. PF Mamery McCants 14.9 Dayton
5. PF Marc Butler 14.8 Massachusetts


Rebounds

1. PF Joseph Douglas 10.6 Saint Joseph’s
2. C Aldryan Lagana 10.2 Richmond
3. PF Rickey Dux 10.0 Richmond
4. C Rod Minoff 9.8 Xavier
5. PF Mensah Atkinson 9.7 St. Bonaventure

Assists

1. PG Steven Hampton 5.8 Charlotte
2. PG Gilbert Brower 4.9 George Washington
3. PG Tarik Claudino 4.7 Fordham
4. PG Okechukwu Deren 4.6 Rhode Island
5. PG C.J. Fadipe 4.5 Saint Louis

Steals

1. PG Rhau-Chavis Wagner 2.9 Dayton
2. PG Darn Pettyjohn 2.4 St. Bonaventure
3. PG Steven Hampton 2.2 Charlotte
3. SF Bob Alloway 2.2 La Salle
3. SF Clarke Fraser 2.2 Massachusetts

Blocks

1. C Rod Minoff 2.0 Xavier
2. PF Joseph Douglas 1.6 Saint Joseph’s
3. C Zack Clemmons 1.5 Xavier
3. C Ije Soroye 1.5 George Washington
5. PF Errick Cobb 1.4 Dayton

Field Goal Percentage

1. SG B.J. Haynes 62.2 Dayton
2. PG Dee Radziejewski 60.0 George Washington
3. C B.J. Marigney 57.3 Massachusetts
4. PF Tay Wilder 57.1 George Washington
5. C Zack Clemmons 56.7 Xavier

Three-Point Percentage

1. PG Dee Radzuejewski 62.8 George Washington
2. SF Torrell Shumate 54.2 Rhode Island
3. PG Rhau-Chavis Wagner 51.1 Dayton
4. SG B.J. Haynes 50.0 Dayton
4. SG Kent Holden 50.0 Rhode Island

Foul Shooting Percentage

1. SF Darian Giddens 1.00 Fordham
2. SG P.J. Nagata 1.00 St. Bonventure
3. PG Dee Radziejewski 95.2 George Washington
4. PG Rhau-Chavis Wagner 94.1 Dayton
5. SG Chase Wiley 93.0 Duquesne

[chestnutz6]

Nice man. I might have to steal that format for the grades =D.

[CincyFan]

hey you do want you want. the basic set up was pretty much yours i just decided to add the NBA stuff in so it wasn't an excat copy of yours. I don't care if you use the format (unlike other people who throw fits). we are all here to enjoy legacys. Anything to expand on someone's legacy is fine by me. Its not like it cost anything to make or whatnot.

[CincyFan]

-January 18, 2014
-Conference Game
- Saint Joseph‘s (10-6, 2-1) vs. #17 Xavier (12-5, 1-2)

Who said five is better than one?

Saint Joseph’s looked like a dominate team from the past. They would tear up the red carpet that the Musketeers have been walking on as they jumped out to an early 9-0 lead. Things wouldn’t look any brighter for the rest of the half for the Musketeers as Junior point guard Nate Weatherspoon would make sure they couldn’t come back. Weatherspoon would score more points than Xavier did as a team in the first half as he had twenty points as the Hawks take a commanding 37-19 lead at half.

Would this be the collapse of Xavier like they did last year in league play? Could Weatherspoon be stopped, or could Minoff get back to his old form where everyone feared him? “How do you beat a team that you can’t physically stop. That was what we were searching in the locker room. Problem is you can‘t stop someone like that.” is what Coach Ryan said after the game.

Weatherspoon would only take two shots in the second half in which the only one he made was a three-pointer. Why such the lack of shooting from the guy who the Musketeers didn’t have an answer for? For one he picked up his third foul of the game within the first minute that sent him to the bench. When he came back in with seven minutes left with just a twelve point lead he would finally hit a three to push the lead back up to fifteen only to pick up his fourth foul on the next defensive possession. With him out the Hawks couldn’t manage to put anything together as Xavier would finally make this blow out in a game. With 3:07 left would be the first time that the Musketeers would take the lead. Weatherspoon would come back in only to leave the game with 1:46 after fouling out. Xavier would go on to pick up a seven point game after scoring fourty-one points in the second half to win 62-55. Rod Minoff would get Player of the Game, how surprising, with another double-double with seventeen points, fifteen rebounds, one assist, one steal, and a block.

Key Performers:
Xavier:
SO PG Herbert Stevenson 15 points (5-12, 2-5), 1 rebound, 5 assists, 4 steals
FR C Zack Clemmons 8 points (4-8), 6 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block

Saint Joseph‘s:
JR PG Nate Weatherspoon 23 points (8-12, 4-6), 1 rebound, 1 steal, 1 block
JR PG Tremmell Dobbins 10 points (3-9, 2-4), 5 assists, 1 block

[CincyFan]

Top 25 (updated on 1-20-14)

1.(3) Dayton 14-1
2.(1) Ohio State 16-2
3.(2) Kentucky 16-1
4.(7) Oregon 14-2
5.(8) Wisconsin 16-3
6.(5) Iona 14-2
7.(6) Temple 14-1
8.(4) Auburn 13-3
9.(9) Vanderbilt 13-3
10.(10) Indiana 12-4
11.(14) Rhode Island 13-0
12.(16) Cincinnati 14-4
13.(20) UNLV 12-3
14.(19) G. Washington 14-3
15.(18) Arizona State 14-3
16.(17) Xavier 13-5
17.(13) Arizona 15-2
18.(11) Georgia Tech 13-4
19.(12) Villanova 12-4
20.(--) Florida 14-3
21.(15) Iowa State 12-4
22.(--) NC State 12-4
23.(--) Washington 11-4
24.(22) North Carolina 11-6
25.(--) Georgia 14-3

[CincyFan]

-January 22, 2014
-Conference Game
-#16 Xavier (13-5, 2-2) vs. Duquesne (16-3, 2-2)

Xavier scores 40 in the half, but can they score that elusive 100?

The crosstown shootout game between Cincinnati was dubbed the “greatest game of the year.” If that was the greatest game of the year what does that mean for this game. Lets try the weirdest game then.

Xavier would try to run a slow tempo game at the beginning of the game, but Duquesne wouldn’t have any part of it as they were pushing fast pace on both sides of the ball. The next thing the Musketeers see is that they are down by twenty in the first half with only six minutes into the game. Probably didn’t help out that Xavier opened up shooting 1-14 in the game with Duquesne making everything. If they didn’t make every shot they got the second chance points from tip-ins. Coach Ryan would change the tempo up with the second squad as they cut into the lead. The starters would come back in and would only trail by four at half with a 44-40 game.

After a blazing start the second half was all about miss shots as both teams combined for twenty points total in the first nine minutes. In the last four minutes though the teams combined for fourteen points with Xavier tying the game at the end of regulation. In overtime Xavier was up by three with just one second left after Adam Davis tipped the ball out of bounds. With a throw in about five feet back junior point guard Lazarius Den Boer hit a deep, deep three to send the game into a second overtime with the score 92 all. Minoff would foul out within the first minute, but all answers of Clemmons being a bust this year ended as he grabbed six rebounds in the second overtime alone along with six points. Five people from both sides fouled out in the game, but Clemmons explosion in the second overtime was too big for Duquesne to handle as they lost by nine in double-overtime with the final score being 112-103. Clemmons won Player of the Game as he had twenty-five points, seventeen rebounds, three assists, six steals, and four blocks in the win.

Key Performers:
Xavier:
SO PG Herbert Stevenson 36 points (14-22, 4-6), 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 steals
SR SF Petie Fellows 8 points (3-9, 1-1), 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals, 1 block


Duquesne:
SR SG Gerrod Broermann 23 points (7-11, 3-6), 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals
JR SG Lazarius Den Boer 20 points (7-15, 1-5), 2 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 steals

[vols21]

quite an interesting looking top 25, with Dayton on top!
Iona, Oregon, and Vandy in the top 10. In fact, Kentucky and Ohio State look strange among them. :-)

Great comeback too! I thought St. Joe might have had your number in that one!

[CincyFan]

well Iona the only reason why they are in the top 25 is mostly because of me, and their past head coach (can't remember since he just left after this year). They are somehow an 93 overall. Plus playing a super easy non-conference this year i really thought they would go undefeated (they lost to dayton last year for the national champs and they were a 95 overall).

Dayton is amazing. I don't know how they do it, but they always seem to have my number, plus always bring in top ten recruiting classes it seems.


The favorites this year are Dayton, Iona, and Ohio State to win it all, and in that order. Which is quite interesting.

But here is an inside look on Iona's team this year,

SR SG Shagari Dancy 91 overall (he went there for me but thats when i left for XU)
JR PF Atila Ramsey 87 overall
JR SF Fred Joynes 86 overall (another guy i brought in)
JR SG Chas Callahan 85 overall (the last guy of the recruiting class)
SO PG Randolph Morrissette 82 overall (was top 10 in his position)
JR PF Marin Murphy 82 overall
FR PG Sonny Eldridge 78 overall
FR PG Lionel Bedeau 76 overall
FR SF Zachary Avery 74 overall
SR PG Jacoby Soto 71 overall
and then 3 walkons who are 69, 59, 54 overall

[CincyFan]

-January 26, 2014
-Conference Game
-Richmond (14-6, 0-4) vs. #16 Xavier (14-5, 3-2)

Xavier plays perfect team ball for the first time all year

Xavier would come into this game with a lot of questions. How’s the players stamina after a double-overtime win last game. Did Clemmon’s head get too big after last games performance, and can he put numbers up like that on a normal day. Did Minoff take last year’s off-season too highly since his defense isn’t up to par this year? Lastly does Xavier come in this game and gain some ground in conference play with a win?

Most of the questions were answered this game. Richmond would do Xavier a favor as they would just run a half-court offense in which they wouldn’t even attempt a fast break. With that the game was close at the beginning before Coach Ryan wanted to push the ball. With that they would take a commanding lead at half with the score of 32-19.

Second half would be pretty much like the first half. Richmond wouldn’t be able to score more than twenty points in any half as they only score fifteen points in the second half as they would fall 68-34 to the Musketeers. Everyone on Xavier would score in this game, and the leading scorer would be Minoff who had thirteen. Next thing is that all the starters scored in double-figures except for Fellows who had nine points. Clemmons and Minoff would battle each other for leader on the rebounding factor, and in the end Clemmons would win (13) to Minoff’s (12). With that rebounding edge Clemmons won Player of the Game has he had eleven points, thirteen rebounds, two assists, and three steals in the win.

Key Performers:
Xavier:
SO PG Herbert Stevenson 10 points (5-8, 0-3), 1 rebound, 5 assists, 2 steals, 1 block
JR C Rod Minoff 13 points (6-9), 12 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 1 block


Richmond:
JR PF Rickey Dux 10 points (5-10), 11 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal
SR PG Darnell Chadwick 8 points (3-8, 0-2), 2 rebounds, 3 assists

[CincyFan]

Top 25 (updated on 1-27-14)

1.(1) Dayton 16-1
2.(4) Oregon 16-2
3.(11) Rhode Island 15-0
4.(3) Kentucky 17-2
5.(2) Ohio State 16-4
6.(5) Wisconsin 18-3
7.(10) Indiana 14-4
8.(9) Vanderbilt 15-3
9.(16) Xavier 15-5
10.(14) G. Washington 15-4
11.(6) Iona 16-2
12.(8) Auburn 13-4
13.(7) Temple 14-3
14.(19) Arizona State 15-4
15.(18) Georgia Tech 14-5
16.(17) Mississippi State 13-5
17.(13) Cincinnati 15-4
18.(11) Florida 14-5
19.(12) Washington 12-5
20.(--) UCLA 12-4
21.(15) Arizona 15-4
22.(--) Syracuse 15-6
23.(--) Massachusetts 16-3
24.(22) Arkansas 11-5
25.(--) Maryland 14-3

[CincyFan]

-January 19, 2014
-Conference Game
-#9 Xavier (15-5) vs. #13 Temple (14-3)

Temple uses fast tempo to establish early lead, but will they run out of gas

Temple would be on their horse from the get go as they outran Xavier on both sides of the floor to a quick 12-2 lead. They would push their lead up to as much as nineteen in the first half. After a Xavier timeout and looking to regain their game plan is when it looked Xavier looked comfortable in the game. They would chip away at the lead and would walk into half down by two in a 39-37 game.

Second half seemed to be a lot slower game pace with more miss shots, but in the end it still was a high scoring half. Musketeers would get five people in the game in double-figures while the Owls would have three. Rod Minoff would dominate the game in the second half as he pulled down six rebounds and would win Player of the Game as he had a total of fourteen points, nine rebounds, one steal, and three blocks in the close 72-66 win over #13 Temple.

Key Performers:
Xavier:
FR C Zack Clemmons 13 points (4-7), 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals, 1 block
SO PG Herbert Stevenson 13 points (3-5, 1-2), 5 assists, 6 steal

Temple:
SR SF Luther Birley 12 points (5-10), 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 5 steals
SO SF Vern Taylor 6 points (3-6), 7 rebounds

[CincyFan]

Top 25 (updated on 2-03-14)

1.(1) Dayton 18-1
2.(2) Oregon 17-2
3.(3) Rhode Island 17-0
4.(6) Wisconsin 20-3
5.(8) Vanderbilt 17-3
6.(5) Ohio State 17-5
7.(11) Iona 18-2
8.(77) Indiana 15-4
9.(4) Kentucky 17-4
10.(12) Auburn 15-4
11.(9) Xavier 16-5
12.(10) G. Washington 16-5
13.(15) Georgia Tech 16-5
14.(19) UCLA 14-4
15.(18) Arizona State 17-4
16.(17) Temple 15-4
17.(13) Florida 15-6
18.(11) Cincinnati 16-5
19.(12) Mississippi State 14-6
20.(--) Massachusetts 18-3
21.(15) Syracuse 16-6
22.(--) North Carolina 13-7
23.(--) Arkansas 12-6
24.(22) Wake Forest 16-6
25.(--) Michigan 15-5

[CincyFan]

Monthly Report:

Atlantic Ten Conference: We have dove into about seven games into the conference play, and despite being quite early we still have a very surprises on our hands in the past month. First surprised is that all six teams last month in the top 25 are still in it. Number two surprised is that Rhode Island moved up to #3 in the nation due to the only undefeated team in the nation (they were a big pretender last month) as they won against Temple who is also ranked in the top 25. Most of the other conference wins however were against the lower competition in the A-10. Will they stay undefeated as all the teams they play left have winning records with four more top 25 teams to play?

Xavier who started out conference play 1-2 has stormed back to a 5-2 mark in conference play that boosted them from ninth place in their conference to tied for third. Their true test will be at the end of the month where they play three top 25 teams.

#3 in the nation Rhode Island is first in conference play with a 7-0 mark. #1 Dayton is second with a 6-0 record. #20 Massachusetts and #11 Xavier are tied for third with their conference play record at 5-2. #12 George Washington comes in fifth with a 4-3 mark. Only Temple (#16) isn’t in the top five in conference play with a 3-4 mark despite going undefeated in non-conference play (oh how the weak the non-conference games A-10 schedules up). Richmond who only played against #4 Wisconsin in the non-conference game with a winning record (who won 62-59), and went 14-2 in non-conference play, has lost all seven conference games so far.

With such a crazy and wacky year how many teams will get into the Big Dance. Right now the projection is five with leaving Temple out, but stranger things have happened like Rhode Island staying undefeated at 17-0.



PLAYER STATS:
Rod Minoff: 16.9 ppg, 10.1 rpg, 0.7 apg, 1.2 spg, 1.9 bpg, 17.4 mpg
Adam Davis: 13.7 ppg, 1.4 rpg, 3.1 apg, 1.0 spg, 0.0 bpg, 18.2 mpg
Herbert Stevenson: 11.5 ppg, 2.4 rpg, 3.9 apg, 2.7 spg, 0.4 bpg, 17.6 mpg
Petie Fellows: 8.3 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 2.2 apg, 1.9 spg, 0.6 bpg, 17.5 mpg
Zack Clemmons: 8.2 ppg, 7.1 rpg, 2.1 apg, 1.5 spg, 1.4 bpg, 17.2 mpg
Pete Whitworth: 4.1 ppg, 0.8 rpg, 0.9 apg, 0.4 spg, 0.2 bpg, 7.5 mpg
Ramon Bender: 4.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 0.0 apg, 0.0 spg, 0.0 bpg, 5.5 mpg
R.J. Clemons: 3.9 ppg, 1.1 rpg, 0.9 apg, 0.7 spg, 0.3 bpg, 10.8 mpg
Marshall Fernandez: 1.9 ppg, 2.1 rpg, 0.4 apg, 0.2 spg, 0.3 bpg, 5.9 mpg
Jarrett Cowen: 1.8 ppg, 1.1 rpg, 0.5 apg, 0.4 spg, 0.2 bpg, 9.0 mpg
Kudjo Bradshaw: 2.8 ppg, 1.2 rpg, 0.4 apg, 0.5 spg, 0.2 bpg, 5.6 mpg

[knox33]

You're boys are looking strong right now. Hey, I also like the NBA scouting grades. I thought about doing something like that too (because of all the recent NBA draft information I've been looking at over the past month). The way I'm doing it is through the "Senior News" post that I review their careers on and give info on what they are doing next. None of my guys are draft worthy yet and will likely be playing overseas. BUT I think these new guys I've recruited will be leaving early for the $$$.

[CincyFan]

i think that is awesome if you do that especially with the senior news knox33. I must say i am really tired with this year, its been going on for at least over 2 months now (even though my xbox fried and i had to turn it back in, and now the replacement needs to be returned) so i am trying to finish this year off by today. Actually have 2 games left until conference tournament so that is why there are some crazy mass posting going on the past day or so. I will slow it down at the Big Dance, or maybe the conference tournament (depending on how i do) so we shall see. Sorry if people are upset if i am posting like 10 games today.

[CincyFan]

-February 6, 2014
-Conference Game
-St. Bonaventure (8-8, 4-3) vs. #11 Xavier (16-5, 5-2)

The Bonnies put up 46 in second half, but would be that enough to Win?

Xavier would break down the doorway in this one to start the game and would carry it all the way to half with a 36-23 lead. The Bonnies couldn’t matchup with Minoff with their center, Mensah Atkinson, since he was in foul trouble in the first four minutes of the game. They would bring in Dan Melvin, a freshman, as he would score two easy buckets before coming down with a rebound with a strained knee with just two minutes left to go in the half.

Welcome freshman center Stanislav Foye from Baltimore, Maryland. He isn’t the best rebounded, but the kid can just light it up from the field on turn around jumpers as he would spark kick his team for the second half. He would score all fourteen points in the second half, and with Aly Harper who put in thirteen in the second half would help the Bonnies tie the game at 67 apiece with just 1:57 left in the game. After swapping buckets it came down to the final possession for the Musketeers. Davis and Stevenson would just pass the ball back-and-forth until ten seconds remained. Stevenson would came off the pick driving to the basket to kick the ball out to freshman Davis who would try to take his second game winning shot of the year. He would shoot the open jumper only to see it clank off the rim. Minoff would tip the ball thinking their wasn’t that much time left (actually 3.2 seconds remained) and would be off the mark. He would tip the ball back up with just 1.1 seconds and this time the bucket would fall, but their was a whistle on the play. Minoff looked to pick up his fifth foul of the game on a over-the-back call, but as the ref came up to the score book it was called on the Bonnies. Minoff would sink the extra point, and a failed full court heave would give the Musketeers a close but well deserved three point win in a close 72-69 game. Player of the Game went to Minoff would sealed up another double-double in the last seconds of this game with twenty-six points, eleven rebounds, two assists, and two blocks in the game.

Key Performers:
Xavier:
FR C Zack Clemmons 10 points (4-8), 6 rebounds, 1 block
SO PG Herbert Stevenson 9 points (3-4, 1-2), 1 rebound, 8 assists, 1 steal

Temple:
JR SG Aly Harper 19 points (5-13, 3-6), 1 rebound, 2 assists, 1 steal
SO PG Daron Pettyjohn 12 points (4-10, 3-6), 1 rebound, 7 assists

[CincyFan]

-February 9, 2014
-Conference Game
-Saint Louis (16-6, 5-3) vs. #11 Xavier (17-5, 6-2)

Saint Louis would hold Musketeers scoreless for the first seven minutes

Apparently the Musketeers didn’t eat their breakfast tomorrow since they came out slow. How slow? Try four turnovers in the first two minutes plus going 0-11 to open the game. Problem was that Saint Louis really didn’t capitalize on it as they only led 11-0 for the first seven minutes. Musketeers would then score eight unanswered points to make it close before Saint Louis would get back on track. Musketeers would be down by five at break in a 28-22 game.

Second half Xavier would look like their #11 ranking as they would come out with a fire on defense. Again they didn’t shot so hot in the second half, but Minoff or Clemmons was their as they grabbed offensive rebound after offensive rebound to help Xavier finally take a lead. If they didn’t shoot well it would be Stevenson to turn this game around as he had five steals in the second half. Xavier would punish Saint Louis in the second half to only give up seventeen points unlike the forty-six points in the second half of last game. Xavier would cruise to a win, but not a high scoring affair as they won 56-44. Sophomore point guard Herbert Stevenson won Player of the Game despite shooting just 4-11 from the field as he ended up with nine points, five assists, and six steals.

Key Performers:
Xavier:
FR C Zack Clemmons 12 points (6-8), 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals
JR C Rod Minoff 8 points (4-5), 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals

Saint Louis:
SR C Nile Hull 8 points (3-4), 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal
FR PG C.J. Fadipe 7 points (2-4, 1-3), 1 rebound, 5 assists


Top 25 (updated on 2-10-14)

1.(1) Dayton 20-1
2.(3) Rhode Island 19-0
3.(4) Wisconsin 22-3
4.(2) Oregon 19-2
5.(7) Iona 21-2
6.(6) Ohio State 18-6
7.(5) Vanderbilt 18-4
8.(11) Xavier 18-5
9.(10) Auburn 16-5
10.(8) Indiana 16-5
11.(9) Kentucky 17-5
12.(12) G. Washington 18-5
13.(21) Syracuse 18-6
14.(13) Georgia Tech 17-6
15.(17) Florida 16-6
16.(15) Arizona State 18-5
17.(18) Cincinnati 17-5
18.(22) North Carolina 15-7
19.(--) Pepperdine 18-4
20.(--) Alabama 16-7
21.(20) Massachusetts 19-3
22.(19) Mississippi State 15-7
23.(25) Michigan 16-5
24.(14) UCLA 14-5
25.(--) Georgia 16-7

[CincyFan]

-February 9, 2014
-Conference Game
-Saint Louis (16-6, 5-3) vs. #11 Xavier (18-5, 7-2)

Another poor shooting performance by Xavier, but does that even matter?

Again Xavier starts off slow to start the game going just one for nine. They would rally to tie the game 29-29 at halftime. Minoff would be a dominating force inside as Stevenson would do all the dirty work to get him the ball.

That’s when the problem arose. Stevenson slashing to the basket early on in the second half would get bumped and would fall to the ground. He would stay down for a while, and even though the collision wasn’t that bad it was the fall that would do him in. He would sprain his wrist and would be out for the remainder of the regular season. Coach Ryan opted to go with R.J. Clemons (SR) in at shooting guard while moving Adam Davis back to point. It would be a bad decision to not bring in Whitworth as Clemons would make his first shot of the game, but would miss his next ten shots.

Game would be a battle all the way to the end to where Davis would kick it out to a wide open Clemons who would miss the open jumper to give Fordham the upset as they won 55-54. Senior point guard Casey Huff would be the Player of the Game as he had the winning shot for Fordham with 31.2 seconds left. He had seventeen points, three assists, and two steals.

Key Performers:
Fordham:
FR SF Darian Giddens 12 points (3-7, 2-3), 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 blocks
SR PF Robbie Hehn 4 points (2-5), 10 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block

Xavier:
JR C Rod Minoff 25 points (9-18), 12 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 blocks
FR C Zack Clemmons 7 points (3-5), 8 rebounds, 2 assist, 2 blocks








Top 25 (updated on 2-17-14)

1.(1) Dayton 22-1
2.(5) Iona 23-2
3.(2) Rhode Island 20-1
4.(9) Auburn 18-5
5.(7) Vanderbilt 19-4
6.(4) Oregon 20-3
7.(6) Ohio State 20-6
8.(3) Wisconsin 23-4
9.(12) G. Washington 20-5
10.(10) Indiana 17-6
11.(11) Kentucky 18-6
12.(8) Xavier 18-6
13.(28) North Carolina 17-7
14.(13) Pepperdine 20-4
15.(17) Georgia Tech 18-7
16.(15) Cincinnati 18-6
17.(18) Syracuse 19-7
18.(22) Alabama 17-8
19.(--) Florida 16-8
20.(--) Michigan 17-6
21.(20) Maryland 18-5
22.(19) Mississippi State 16-8
23.(25) Massachusetts 20-4
24.(14) UCLA 16-5
25.(--) Georgia 17-7

[CincyFan]

-February 19, 2014
-Conference Game
-Temple (15-7, 3-7) vs. #12 Xavier (18-6, 7-3)

Xavier finally starts the game they want to, but will Temple find a way to win?

Xavier started up with an upbeat tempo since their starting point guard is out with an injury. They were trying to get an early jump on Temple so they didn’t have to fight back in the game due to personal issues. They would take an early lead, by as much as six, but as the time twiddled down to halftime the Owls started to cut into that lead. They would tie it right before half with just seven seconds remaining. Adam Davis who moved to point guard this game (instead of Clemons) finally made his first shot in the game as a deep three-pointer would hit nothing-but-net as the buzzer sounded. Xavier leads 34-31 at half.

Second half Adam Davis would take over early to give the Musketeers the lead that they carried all the way until the finally buzzer sounded. Although Temple did make a run at the end of the game where they pulled as close as six, Adam Davis was there to put the dagger in the Owls side. Small Forward Petie Fellows received Player of the Game award as he scored thirteen points, eight rebounds (led team), one assist, one steal, and one block in the 69-54 win.

Key Performers:
Xavier:
JR C Rod Minoff 12 points (3-9), 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 3 blocks
FR C Zack Clemmons 10 points (5-8), 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 block

Temple:
JR PG Javier Hardy 14 points (4-14, 1-3), 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal
SR SG Yakhouba Hubbard 10 points (5-12), 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal



-February 19, 2014
-Conference Game
-#12 Xavier (19-6, 8-3) vs. #3 Rhode Island (20-1, 10-1)

Rhode Island flex’s its muscles against Xavier

Xavier would end the first half on a 10-0 run. Too bad when they started on the run that Rhode Island was up by twenty-two points. The Musketeers now trail by twelve at half with the score 38-26. The Rams have been dominating the boards all throughout the half as they have a 17-8 lead.

“Well now we see what the hype about this team really is. Yes they are beasts on the boards and have a lot of tall people on their team who loves to crash the boards. On offense they are not the best looking team, but they have the lucky rolls so far in the first half. If we can come out and get some lucky breaks and some good defensive stops we can get back into this game.” is what Coach Ryan had to say at halftime.

Second half Xavier would cut the lead to four with just a few minutes in due to Adam Davis starting to light up as he scored eight consecutive points. When the bench players came in the Rams would get back on track and expand the lead back to ten with just 6:40 left in the game. Coach Ryan had to bring back his starters with limited rest to try to get the game back in control. With 44 seconds left and down by three it would be do-or-die time for the Musketeers. Adam Davis would come up with a huge steal, deke out the defender to pull up for a nice six foot jumper to sink it. He would be fouled on the play and would make the extra shot to tie the game at 75 apiece. Now on the ensuing play for the Rams they would get trapped after the first pass from half court by Clemons and Davis who would force another turnover. Clemons would grab it barely as Davis would take off down the court to hit the open layup to give the Musketeers their first lead of the game. Senior Moises Guy would take a three-pointer to try to win it (he was perfect 3-3 from deep all game), but would fall short on this one as Xavier would pull out a squeaker against the Rams as they won 77-75. Adam Davis was the Player of the Game as he dominated the second half and lead all scorers with thirty-two points, two rebounds, six assists, and one steal in the upset.

Key Performers:
Xavier:
JR C Rod Minoff 8 points (4-6), 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 7 blocks
FR C Zack Clemmons 8 points (4-6), 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals

Rhode Island:
SR SG Moises Guy 20 points (7-15, 3-4), 4 rebounds
SO PF Woody McCroskey 16 points (6-9, 1-1), 6 rebounds, 4 assists





Top 25 (updated on 2-17-14)

1.(1) Dayton 24-1
2.(2) Iona 24-2
3.(7) Ohio State 22-6
4.(3) Rhode Island 20-2
5.(5) Vanderbilt 20-5
6.(6) Oregon 22-3
7.(11) Kentucky 20-6
8.(10) Indiana 18-7
9.(12) Xavier 20-6
10.(8) Wisconsin 23-5
11.(9) G. Washington 21-6
12.(4) Auburn 18-7
13.(17) Syracuse 21-7
14.(21) Maryland 20-5
15.(16) Cincinnati 20-6
16.(14) Pepperdine 21-4
17.(24) UCLA 18-5
18.(15) Georgia Tech 19-8
19.(13) North Carolina 17-8
20.(20) Michigan 18-7
21.(22) Mississippi State 17-9
22.(--) Illinois 17-7
23.(--) Arkansas 15-9
24.(25) Georgia 18-8
25.(23) Massachusetts 20-6

[CincyFan]

-February 27, 2014
-Conference Game
-#9 Xavier (20-6, 9-3) vs. #1 Dayton (24-1, 12-0)

Can Xavier finally get a Win over Dayton?

Xavier wanted to pull out all the stops on defense to try to steal a win against the number one team in the nation. Dayton knew it would have its hands full with Davis and Minoff so they had to choose which one to stop and hope the other would have an off night. With the Musketeers holding the Flyers to under 35 percent in the first half was good, apparently they put too much effort on the defensive side instead of the offensive side where they shot under 30 percent. Now going into half they are trailing by seven in a 32-25 game.

As the game finally counted down to zero it would give the screaming fans of the Flyers what they wanted. A win, not so pretty win, but a win never-the-less with a 63-51 win over the Musketeers. Dayton would choose to stop Ryan, who still had a outstanding shooting night as he was 4-5 and 1-1 from deep. Problem was he was double teamed most of the night, and Minoff did have the off night only shooting 4-17 while having seven shots blocked. Dayton did have a ton of trouble shooting wise tonight as they were held to just 34 percent, but that would be good enough for the win as Dayton takes both games against Xavier this year. Junior point guard Elliah Poole was Player of the Game with ten points, four rebounds, two assists, two steals, and two blocks.

Key Performers:
Dayton:
SR PG Rhau-Chavis Wagner 13 points (4-9, 1-4), 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks
SO PF Errick Cobb 3 points (1-3), 8 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals, 2 blocks

Xavier:
JR C Rod Minoff 11 points (4-17), 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, 3 blocks
SR SF Petie Fellows 11 points (4-15, 1-2), 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, 1 block


-March 1, 2014
-Conference Game
-#9 Xavier (20-7, 9-4) vs. Charlotte (12-14, 4-9)

Bench plays Brilliant in Upset???

Two days ago Xavier lost to #1 Dayton. Two days from now they get their starting point guard (Stevenson) back from injury. Now they face a not so good Charlotte team who would challenge them in the first half. They would do such a good job that at halftime Xavier would be trailing them in a 32-31 game.

“I will take this game on my shoulders all the way. Not my coaches or players gave this game away. It was mine. I didn’t prepare them for this game, and looks what happens. Maybe I was just getting excited since this team was slated as the #2 team in the Big Dance right now.” said Coach Ryan after the game.

Second half everything seemed to go wrong for the Musketeers. First they couldn’t make a basket. Next it seemed that Charlotte couldn’t miss, and even when Xavier would foul them they still would make the bucket and then the foul shot. Charlotte would run away with this game for the biggest lost all season for the Musketeers as they lose 70-53. Junior power forward Roosevelt Scheer, a bench player, was Player of the Game as he scored ten of his eighteen points in the second half, had two rebounds, and an assist in the win.

Key Performers:
Charlotte:
JR PG Steven Hampton 8 points (3-10, 1-7), 1 rebound, 4 assists, 2 steals, 1 blocks
JR SF Vakeaton Boddie 9 points (4-5, 0-1), 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 steals, 1 block

Xavier:
JR C Rod Minoff 11 points (4-17), 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, 3 blocks
SR SF Petie Fellows 11 points (4-15, 1-2), 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, 1 block






Top 25 (updated on 3-03-14)

1.(1) Dayton 26-1
2.(2) Iona 26-2
3.(5) Vanderbilt 22-5
4.(3) Ohio State 24-6
5.(10) Wisconsin 25-5
6.(8) Oregon 20-7
7.(7) Indiana 21-7
8.(6) Kentucky 22-4
9.(4) Oregon 20-4
10.(15) Rhode Island 22-6
11.(12) Auburn 19-8
12.(9) Xavier 20-8
13.(11) G. Washington 21-8
14.(21) Maryland 20-5
15.(16) Cincinnati 20-6
16.(14) Pepperdine 21-4
17.(24) UCLA 18-5
18.(15) Georgia Tech 19-8
19.(13) North Carolina 17-8
20.(20) Michigan 18-7
21.(22) Mississippi State 17-9
22.(--) Illinois 17-7
23.(--) Arkansas 15-9
24.(25) Georgia 18-8
25.(23) Massachusetts 20-6

[CincyFan]

-March 5, 2014
-Conference Game
-#12 Xavier (20-8, 9-5) vs. Richmond (16-14, 2-12)

Everyone healthy, but can Xavier get some momentum back before tournament?

Stevenson would be back in the lineup after missing the past five games in which Xavier went 2-3. He would be the spark plug in the first half as he led the Musketeers in a face pace offense that would run all over Richmond. The Spiders would try everything to slow him down, but when they got Stevenson to get rid of the ball it was usually to Rod Minoff (who had a double-double in the first half) would just dominated the inside as the Musketeers led 38-24 halfway through.

Second half it was more calmer of an approach for the Musketeers. Coach Ryan just wanted to hold the lead and they would win. Especially with Stevenson just coming back from injury he took out most of his starters for the majority of the second half. The Musketeers would match every point that the Spiders put up as they lost by the same margin as halftime (14) in a 66-52 game. Minoff with his double-double in the first half grabbed Player of the Game award as he came away with twenty-seven points, eleven rebounds, one assist, and one block.

Key Performers:
Xavier:
FR C Zack Clemmons 2 points (1-1), 10 rebounds, 1 assist, 4 blocks
SO PG Herbert Stevenson 11 points (3-11, 1-5), 5 assists, 2 steals

Richmond:
SO SG Bingo Hines 14 points (7-10, 0-2), 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal
SR PG Darnell Chadwick 7 points (2-5, 1-2), 4 rebounds, 3 assist, 1 steal, 2 block

[CincyFan]

-March 8, 2014
-Conference Game
-#24 Massachusetts (22-7, 9-6) vs. #12 Xavier (21-8, 10-5)

Xavier trying to hold on to second place in A-10 with last game of year

There would be eleven lead changes in the first half. The last one would come with 1:47 left in the first half when Adam Davis would bury a deep three-pointer in the corner to take a 28-26 lead. Only one more shot would connect in the half for both teams in which it was another Davis three-pointer as the Musketeers would walk into half holding a small lead in a 31-26 game.

Bender who has gone public about his lack of playing time finally got some time this game and made the most of it as he scored a career high eleven points in the game. However, it was Davis’s shooting and Minoff/Clemmons rebounding that helped the Musketeers seal the win. Rod Minoff would end the season with another double-double with twelve points, eleven rebounds, two assists, three steals, and two blocks in a 60-45 win.

Key Performers:
Xavier:
FR SG Adam Davis 18 points (6-12, 4-7), 1 assist, 2 steals
FR C Zack Clemmons 4 points (1-4), 11 rebounds, 1 assist,1 block

Massachusetts:
SR PG Glenn Fellers 5 points (1-3, 1-2), 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal
JR PF Demarshay Sarchet 10 points (4-7, 1-1), 10 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block

[CincyFan]

Top 25 (updated on 3-03-14)

1.(1) Dayton 28-1
2.(2) Iona 28-2
3.(3) Vanderbilt 23-6
4.(7) Kentucky 22-8
5.(6) Indiana 22-7
6.(4) Ohio State 24-7
7.(5) Wisconsin 25-6
8.(8) Oregon 22-6
9.(17) UCLA 21-6
10.(12) Xavier 22-8
11.(10) Cincinnati 12-7
12.(13) G. Washington 23-8
13.(9) Rhode Island 21-5
14.(22) Wake Forest 22-8
15.(16) Syracuse 22-9
16.(--) Georgetown 19-7
17.(19) North Carolina 19-10
18.(25) UNLV 20-8
19.(18) Georgia Tech 20-10
20.(--) Georgia 21-9
21.(--) Florida State 19-11
22.(15) Michigan 19-10
23.(14) Maryland 21-8
24.(23) Illinois 19-9
25.(--) Ole Miss 20-9

[CincyFan]

E.O.Y. Conference Standings
1. #1 Dayton (28-1, 16-0)
2. #13 Rhode Island (21-5, 11-5)
2. #10 Xavier (22-8, 11-5)
4. #12 George Washington (23-8, 10-6)
4. St. Bonaventure (14-11, 10-6)
6. Massachusetts (22-8, 9-7)
7. Duquesne (21-10, 8-8)
8. Saint Louis (18-12, 7-9)
9. Charlotte (14-15, 6-10)
9. Fordham (16-13, 6-10)
9. La Salle (16-13, 6-10)
12. Saint Joseph’s (13-16, 5-11)
12. Temple (17-11, 5-11)
13. Richmond (16-16, 2-14)

[CincyFan]

Conference Tournament Writeup:

First Round Xavier had to face off against #6 Massachusetts after they beat Charlotte in the first round. Xavier used their extra day of rest as expected as they cruised to a 75-65 win. Round Two looked as if it would be match up of Rhode Island. Rhode Island gave them a fit in the regular season and it would be a very physical game. However, the Rams were looking to far ahead to Xavier as La Salle pulled the upset.

Xavier almost looked past them to Dayton as they barely won in a 60-58 contest that had Adam Davis beating the buzzer to win the game. The match up that everyone in the A-10 and Ohio has been waiting on. This is only cause the crosstown shootout game is already passed. Dayton won the first two meetings this year. Last time they meet Stevenson was out and Dayton easily cruised to a win. This time would be different, but another Musketeer player went down in Adam Davis in the final minute as he was slammed hard to the floor off of an offensive rebound. He is listed to day-to-day, but Xavier finally bested Dayton in the championship game 55-48.

[skarface2k1]

E.O.Y. Conference Standings
1. #1 Dayton (28-1, 16-0)
2. #13 Rhode Island (21-5, 11-5)
2. #10 Xavier (22-8, 11-5)
4. #12 George Washington (23-8, 10-6)
4. St. Bonaventure (14-11, 10-6)
6. Massachusetts (22-8, 9-7)
7. Duquesne (21-10, 8-8)
8. Saint Louis (18-12, 7-9)
9. Charlotte (14-15, 6-10)
9. Fordham (16-13, 6-10)
9. La Salle (16-13, 6-10)
12. Saint Joseph’s (13-16, 5-11)
12. Temple (17-11, 5-11)
13. Richmond (16-16, 2-14)
Dayton was a beast in the conference this year UNH!!!Sorry about the poor play from your team down the stretch.Hopefully that last win will get them going for the NCAA touney.

[skarface2k1]

Conference Tournament Writeup:

First Round Xavier had to face off against #6 Massachusetts after they beat Charlotte in the first round. Xavier used their extra day of rest as expected as they cruised to a 75-65 win. Round Two looked as if it would be match up of Rhode Island. Rhode Island gave them a fit in the regular season and it would be a very physical game. However, the Rams were looking to far ahead to Xavier as La Salle pulled the upset.

Xavier almost looked past them to Dayton as they barely won in a 60-58 contest that had Adam Davis beating the buzzer to win the game. The match up that everyone in the A-10 and Ohio has been waiting on. This is only cause the crosstown shootout game is already passed. Dayton won the first two meetings this year. Last time they meet Stevenson was out and Dayton easily cruised to a win. This time would be different, but another Musketeer player went down in Adam Davis in the final minute as he was slammed hard to the floor off of an offensive rebound. He is listed to day-to-day, but Xavier finally bested Dayton in the championship game 55-48.
Congrats on the big touney win!Plus,the final take down of Dayton.Good luck in the NCAAs.Coach Sanders of Indiana is with you.

[CincyFan]

i really should post the NCAA tournament. I know COach Sanders you really want to know how we did, but i am just going to let u know it was crazy. All i will say is that we did get a #1 seed in the tournament.

[chestnutz6]

hey you do want you want. the basic set up was pretty much yours i just decided to add the NBA stuff in so it wasn't an excat copy of yours. I don't care if you use the format (unlike other people who throw fits). we are all here to enjoy legacys. Anything to expand on someone's legacy is fine by me. Its not like it cost anything to make or whatnot.

Haha I had that feature in my first year at Maryland, the Player Comparison. :dance: mine

But congrads on the great tournament champoinship, just trying to catch up to all these posts. It's like 2 pages in 5 hours! =D

[CincyFan]

yea sorry about all that chestnutz6. i know its a lot that is why i am going to wait a day (or most likely end of tonight) before i start to post anything about the tournament. i promise you that it won't be like that ever again, but i was getting a little bored into this season since i didn't recruit anyone and for how long its been in this season. I usually am about 4-5 games done from what i post, just like to spread out everything since i do play about 2 games a day.


since i do have this whole week off is very nice so i decided to get the year done now. i do have to go to florida at the end of this week, and most likely will send my 360 back to microsoft on like thrusday so their will be a delay time frame for at least 3 days (since i will be in florida) for posts. at least i can finish up about half the season this year and then just post a game every day until i get the 360 back.

well thats my perfect little world, and well my perfect little world never works out so we shall see what will happen.

[chestnutz6]

damn you for having a week off! but my class does get to go on a trip starting wednesday, so I'll be gone from then til friday night.

[CincyFan]

yea but i am out of high school, heck i am out of college. but then again i pretty much do nothing in life other than just enjoy it and act have fun. i guess thats what happens when you go from the sports world into theatre (tore ligaments in my ankle in college bball). so in my free time (which ironically is a lot) my only escape from theatre is sports or video games. i have too much drama in my life as it is and i hate drama. seriously it finds me. I can walk into a simple store and i will be surrounded by drama.


i will be posting the NCAA stuff starting tonight after Jack Bauer (24) tonight. so that will be around 10 EST

[chestnutz6]

HAHA! great minds think alike my friend. I'll be posting stuff at 10 EST time as well, for Jack is calling. What is it like two episodes left?

[CincyFan]

yep the finale is coming up next week. well let me get everything the way i like it and then i will be posting the start of the tournament now since Jack is over

[skarface2k1]

You to sound like great friends on here.You guys don't chat with me like that.Cincyfan when are the new post comming.I started putting some of mine up this morning i will finish tommorrow.Enjoy florida.

[chestnutz6]

Haha skarface your my bffaeaeaeaeaeaeae (best friend forever and ever and ever and ever) =D

[CincyFan]

Haha skarface your my bffaeaeaeaeaeaeae (best friend forever and ever and ever and ever) =D



and skarface wonders why i don't talk to him like chestnutz6. lol i am only kidding.

the reason why i haven't posted anything yet is cause its so depressing to post. I haven't played any games (actually only played the first game of next year which was on monday before 24 came on).

so i get on after 24 to turn on my xbox and hey look nothing happens. i was really hoping for my 360 not to crash until i actually left for florida, but instead if hasn't worked. secretly i think its actually microsoft's doing.

Here are the reason's why microsoft did this to me.
1. when my 360 crashed the first time it was like the week before the Elite systems came out. So when i called i asked them if they had something in the 360's to fry when the new systems came out only to make us buy it. Which in turn was just a joke, but i think the person i was talking to on the phone was an musican. (Its a theatre joke)

2. After sending an email to microsoft asking why i had to pay 140 dollars to get it fix since mine was an original launch 360, and that the person on the phone told me that if it was an launch system and if had was worked on already i would have it free. apparently they didn't find the reasoning behind my theory and said my warrently was already expired.

3. after getting mine back 2 days after my next door neighbor got his back (yes his broke too, which was weird cause when i went to the UPS store she said 45 already came in earlier that week to be sent back to microsoft...which was another reason i wrote in the letter of reason 2). His system wasn't the one he sent back in, but a brand new one and no it wasn't an elite. So i check mine and its not my old one, but its not a new one either. Its one that looked pre-owned. Since it had some scuff marks on it.

4. Ironically enough the only game that does work is Crackdown (which ironically the Halo 3 Beta comes out for in like 6 hours). Now i tried NBA, and Winning Eleven and like the 34 other 360 games i have and this is the only one that works. Go figure. For how much i do like halo 3 (or the beta coming out) i rather play College Hoops right now.




so for those reasons i been too depressed to come check these boards, or been able to post anything about my playoffs. My goal is to steal my neigbors 360 for a couple days so i can start to put things up before i leave. But as for right now like i said i am too depressed to read any other legacy for the pain it causes it, and i am too sad to post anything since i can't even remember everything off the top of my head right now. So for the delay and the wrong posts.


Lastly most of those posts about how it was microsoft's fault was out of sheer humor (although everything i wrote is true about what happened). I am content of my 360 and won't switch to a ps3 (mostly cause i don't feel like dropping like 5K in a month for a system, accessories, and games). Sorry for the wait, but i promise this Dance is something that is very exciting, crazy, unpredictable, funny, sad, and well quite frustrating too.

i'm out

[CincyFan]

You to sound like great friends on here.You guys don't chat with me like that.Cincyfan when are the new post comming.I started putting some of mine up this morning i will finish tommorrow.Enjoy florida.

and also skarface its cause you don't have soft hands, long flowing hair. Your not a tarius, nor do you like long walks on the beach under the moon full of stars on a crisp night where you have to walk, cuddle, and spoon at the same time as chestnutz6 does. Sometimes i wonder what he see's in me.

but then again all you have to do is buy me a shot and i am good to go.



(now that is all for humor, or God do i hope so)


i'm a theatre person, we are just all messed up in the heads

[skarface2k1]

and also skarface its cause you don't have soft hands, long flowing hair. Your not a tarius, nor do you like long walks on the beach under the moon full of stars on a crisp night where you have to walk, cuddle, and spoon at the same time as chestnutz6 does. Sometimes i wonder what he see's in me.

but then again all you have to do is buy me a shot and i am good to go.



(now that is all for humor, or God do i hope so)


i'm a theatre person, we are just all messed up in the heads
You two dudes are crazy!I am sorry to hear about your 360.I was supposed to be getting one for fathers day.The way you are talking is making me think about waiting until all the bugs are worked out.Plus,i hope that line above was a joke?Because you are right you are in the threatre!LOL!

[skarface2k1]

Haha skarface your my bffaeaeaeaeaeaeae (best friend forever and ever and ever and ever) =D
Chestnut lets not get to carried away!How the season going?

[vols21]

lol. was starting to wonder if you all needed to get a room. lol

[CincyFan]

i think vols is feeling left out. lol

[skarface2k1]

no vol21 we don't need to get a room.unless their are alot of but-***** women running around in there!LOL! haha

[knox33]

You guys are crazy...no seriously. Just kidding.

[CincyFan]

am i crazy cause i haven't won a national championship in like 8 years? man i can't wait to get my 360 back (had to send it into today since i can't get anything working)

[skarface2k1]

we are waiting cincyfan!LOL

[chestnutz6]

Vols I know you want to have a room with all of us. You me skarface and cincy, and if knox is up to it he can join in after weve had our share.

=D

sorry bout yo 360 man

[CincyFan]

ok i am officially back from vacation. hopefully i can get this job coming up, which if i get will put some pressure on me for posting with my legacy though. Other than that i am just here to tell everyone i am back.

However, there won't be that much posting or actually any posting until at least the earliest on Tuesday. The reason why is that i haven't got my 360 back so its kind of hard to post when i can open up the file and write about it. So i am sorry if u are waiting to hear about the Big Dance, but i promise when i get it i will post every single day until i get caught up to the new year (actually got 2 games done already) so until the 360 gets back their won't be any posting. Good news is that when i do get it back there will be plently of posting to make up for the lost time

[knox33]

Welcome back. Good luck with the job and we'll be waiting for some new writeups.

[CincyFan]

while waiting for tomorrow (or at least hoping it will come by tomorrow since Dallas, TX they received my 360 on the 23rd of May) will be the start of posting. But until then here is something i guess i can write about the tournament.

[CincyFan]

When the release of the bracket came out in the middle of the year it looked as Xavier was going to be slated as the number 2 seed for the dance. They were currently only lost three games all year and was ranked close to the top 10. Some said this team was going to be a number one seed in the tournament, and if it did happened how funny this tournament would look like compaired to like the early 90's or in the '00 decade.

Dayton was the number one team in the nation halfway through the year only with just one loss. They are the defending champions and are an automaticallly locked as the number one team. That is unless they go on a lossing spree. Xavier, if continuing their winning ways, could be the second A-10 school to have two number one seeds in the Big Dance. Add in the four other teams in the A-10 that could make it and this could be the conference that could be sending the most teams to the Big Dance.

As the cards would unturn it would be Xavier who would falter losing 5 out of 7 games after the first bracket came out and they dropped from number two seed to a fifth seed. While the rest of the conference wasn't doing that much better, except for Dayton, it looked as if only four teams would get in.

Then it happened. Xavier getting their players healthy came back, and started to crush opponents. Xavier would win their final games, and would easly cruise to the conference championship against Dayton. With everyone back this time for Xavier they would grind out the game to overtime before winning it all.

When the official bracket came out Xavier and Dayton were number one seeds. The other teams in the A-10 that had steller years also got in as the A-10 lead the way with six teams in the Big Dance. Xavier is the most shocking one seed as they have eight losses on the year, but apparently winning by one in overtime for the conference championship game against Dayton make them worthy of the number one seed. For how crazy the Big Dance is put together this year would that make for a crazy dance as well?


....Time will only tell

[skarface2k1]

cincyfan,what's up.Congrads on grabbing up a number 1 seed in the NCAAs.I look forward to seeing what your boys will do in the touney.Plus,i will be starting a new legacy tonite because i feel my curent one was to easy.I put some sliders in to help the computer out.So,i will start posting that legacy on thursday.I have yet to select a new team.that will be done tonite.I hope you will follow my friend.Coach sanders out.

[CincyFan]

YEAH!!!! Christmas came early. or so we hope everyone. I woke up today and what do i find. My 360 came in the mail, and hopefully this one is brand new. I am so excited that i decided to tell everyone on here that i got it back so i can write about my legacy again. I don't even know if its a new 360, a replacement, or they just fixed it. Well i am going to play a game or two, start the write ups and then the posting will begin tonight.


...THE WAIT IS FINALLY OVER....

[CincyFan]

Tournament Time is Upon Us. Lets take a Deeper Look into the Bracket. Usually when you think of Number one seeds you think of Duke, UNC, Arizona, Wisconsin, other big power houses schools. This year however you end up with these teams:

#1 overall in Worcester Regional: Dayton
#2 overall and #1 in Memphis Regional: Wisconsin
#3 overall and #1 in Indianpolis Regional: Xavier
#4 overall and #1 in Phoenix Regional: Indiana

Ironically two came from the Big Ten and the other came from A-10 which are located in Ohio.Can someone say Midwest now has the best teams in the country? A-10 would actually sneak in the Big Dance with a surprising seven teams. However, that wouldn’t be the best conference as nine teams came from the ACC.

First round opponent was Weber State. This game wouldn’t even be close as Xavier would roll right over the #16 seed. Despite the score being 75-49 it was still deceiving since Xavier pretty much didn’t take a shot in the final four minutes of the game and Weber state went on a 13-0 run to close out the game. Xavier didn’t need much from the bench and they would slow the pace so it wouldn’t be a blow out. Round two looks to be another easy win against #9 West Virginia. Some would say that it’s a trap game against Xavier since they are looking ahead because the next round, if Xavier wins of course, will be a matchup between two A-10 schools. #4 Rhode Island is playing against #5 Massachusetts in the second round, and the winner will play either West Virginia or the hottest team in their conference (Xavier). Stay turn for tomorrow’s exciting second round game.

[CincyFan]

-Second Round of NCAA Tournament


Xavier tries to fend off “trap game”

Xavier would take an early ten point lead at the start of the game. They would keep the lead their for the majority of the half. Then Minoff and Clemmons both got in foul trouble with two fouls apiece so they had to sit. West Virginia’s big man Reece Atkinson would put up for straight points to cut the lead to six. He too would get in foul trouble so he had to sit. After switching baskets it would be the backup center, Darryl Holmaan, out of Youngstown, Ohio who would cut the lead to two at half as he stormed to half with nine points in limited time. Xavier held a slim margin with the score 32-30 at half.

Minoff would not be outdone, especially by a fellow Ohioan as he would grabbed his ninth consecutive double-double which earn him Player of the Game with thirteen points, eleven rebounds, one steal, and a block. While West Virginia would have three players in double figures, Xavier would outdo them by having four. Game would stay close the whole second half, but with three minutes to go Xavier would extend their lead to finally winning the game 66-57.

Key Performers:
Xavier:
FR C Zack Clemmons 8 points (4-8), 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals
SO PG Herbert Stevenson 10 points (4-8, 2-3), 2 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal

West Virginia:
JR PG Christopher Dewitt 17 points (6-14, 3-8), 6 rebounds, 1 steal, 2 blocks
SR SG Demond Adasi 5 points (2-6, 1-1), 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, 2 blocks

[guckin1989]

Good stuff. Keep up the run.

[CincyFan]

-Sweet Sixteen of NCAA Tournament


Matchup against another A-10 school, Senior leads way

While this game was looked at as one of the exciting match up’s in the sweet sixteen it would fail to live up to its name. Senior Marc Butler would lead the way for his team (Minutemen) in the first half cruising to 10 points an six rebounds. Problem was that’s all the scoring the Minutemen would do in the first half as they were blown out 36-14.

Second half wouldn’t be a much different story than the first although Xavier did bring in most of their backups in. Minutemen did outscore Xavier by one in the second half, but that wouldn’t do anything as Xavier would cruise to a 60-39 victory. Bulter who did most of the scoring in the first half came out in the second half and scored four straight points, only to get injured on the next offensive series. Senior Small Forward Petie Fellows would win Player of the Game as he lead all scorers with fifteen points, eight rebounds, twp assists, and a steal.

Key Performers:
Xavier:
FR SG Adam Davis 11 points (4-5, 1-1), 4 assists, 1 block
JR C Rod Minoff 9 points (3-14), 14 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals, 3 blocks

Massachusetts:
SR PF Marc Bulter 14 points (5-7, 1-1), 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 3 blocks
JR SG Jackie Krager 7 points (3-7, 1-4), 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals, 1 block

[CincyFan]

Final Scores of the Sweet Sixteen:

#1 Dayton 65 vs. #4 Georgia 47
#10 Saint John’s 42 vs. #6 Georgia Tech 62
#8 San Diego State 65 vs. #13 USC 60
#10 Notre Dame 48 vs. #6 Mississippi State 88
#1 Xavier 60 vs. #5 Massachusetts 39
#2 Vanderbilt 46 vs.#3 UCLA 58
#1 Indiana 47 vs. #5 Georgetown 41
#2 Iona 61 vs. #6 Florida State 51



Next round match up is against #3 UCLA. While they have tall, quick guys on their team they don’t have very good shooters (especially at the foul line). If UCLA can contain the boards and limit the open shots of Xavier’s they have a chance of upsetting the #1 seed.


The rest of the Elite Eight games….

#1 Dayton vs.. #6 Georgia Tech
#8 San Diego State vs. #6 Mississippi State
#1 Xavier vs. #3 UCLA
#1 Indiana vs. #2 Iona


Upset Bracket

As you can see in the final eight three of the four #1 seeds are still in it. Other high seeds are still in it which is pretty calm for the Big Dance. Only weird bracket so far is the one where the only #1 seed lost in. Which one was that you ask? Well it would be Memphis Regional. #1 Wisconsin would walk all over #16 Valparaiso in the first round. Apparently they were looking ahead since they lost in the second round to #8 San Diego State (who is not in the Elite Eight). Also #4 and #5 seeds both lost in the first round to #13 USC and #12 UAB respectively. In the bottom half of the bracket it would be #7 Maryland losing to #10 Notre Dame in the first round. The next two high seeds would lose in the second round would be #2 Ohio State falling to #10 Notre Dame (who knocked out two higher seeds…Cinderella?), and #3 Cincinnati would lose to #6 Mississippi State. With the lowest seed going into the Sweet Sixteen on that Bracket being #6 it would be at least that to make it to the Elite Eight.

Also of Note was that in the Worcester Regional (#1 Dayton seed) was that #2 and #3 both got knocked out in the second round like those two seeds did in the Memphis Regional.

[vols21]

some interesting match-ups in the elite 8. Good Luck with UCLA!!

[CincyFan]

-Elite Eight of NCAA Tournament


UCLA comes out firing, but Xavier has the bigger guns

Didn’t take long to see why UCLA was a third seed and Xavier was the number one seed. Both came out hitting shots left and right as they both shot over 47 percent from the field in the first half. UCLA put up thirty points in the first half, but the problem was that Xavier would outdo them and put up forty.

Second half was pretty much the same for the first half. Xavier puts up a lot of points and the other team doesn’t. It wasn’t that Xavier was hotter shooting wise, they both shot 42 percent for the game, but that Xavier did all the little things to blow this game wide open. Senior Small Forward Petie Fellows put his team on his shoulders as he won Player of the Game to send Xavier to their second final four in three years. He had twelve points, thirteen rebounds, six assists, and two blocks in the blowout win that was 76-55.

Key Performers:
Xavier:
FR SG Adam Davis 17 points (6-12, 3-8), 1 rebound, 2 assists, 1 steal
JR C Rod Minoff 16 points (6-14), 9 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 1 block

UCLA:
SO PF Reid Clemmons 11 points (5-8, 1-1), 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals, 1 block
JR PF Floyd Whaley 8 points (3-10), 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal, 3 blocks

[CincyFan]

Final Scores of the Elite Eight:

#1 Dayton 71 vs. #6 Georgia Tech 62
#8 San Diego State 60 vs. #6 Mississippi State 64
#1 Xavier 76 vs. #3 UCLA 55
#1 Indiana 33 vs. #2 Iona 51


Next round match up is against #2 Iona. Despite leaving them four years ago to take over Xavier it seems as if Iona always does well with whoever is coaching. In the past four years (Coach Ryan’s last year there) they have lost two coaches to better teams. Iona has won one national championship (year after Coach Ryan left), and then the next year went back to the national championship game to only lose it to Dayton (another A-10 school). Last year they lost in the Final Four to Dayton again who went on to win it for the repeat. Iona and Coach Ryan have only faced once in the four seasons at Xavier. Xavier came back in the game to win by double digits in the second year he was at Xavier. Coach Ryan said there is no bad blood between the schools, but everyone has this game was the Much-Watch-Game of the Final Four.


The rest of the Final Four games….

#1 Dayton vs.. #6 Mississippi State
#1 Xavier vs. #2 Iona


What if?

Right now there are a certain what if’s going on? What if Dayton wins and Xavier loses. Will Dayton three peat over the team it won for their first championship? Will Iona finally take over the crown again for the Mid Major schools?

Or what if the game everyone wants to see? Dayton and Xavier in the national championship? Two A-10 schools playing for the crown in a world where it seems only power conferences always win. Dayton has had the upper hand the last two seasons winning four out of the five times they meet. This year has been a different story. Dayton won the first game by one. Blew out Xavier the second meeting in-season where Xavier was missing two starters, and for the conference championship game for the A-10 they met up a third time to where Xavier was all healthy and won by one in overtime. While most of the country doesn’t want to see a A-10 Battle, but how intriguing would it be that the most exciting game to watch the past two seasons could meet for the finals of the national championship?

All the questions will be answered tomorrow so stay tuned…..

[CincyFan]

this should of been up for awhile, but since i picked up Forza 2 today i kind of lost like 3 hours in that game, but like i said here is the update.

-Final Four of NCAA Tournament


The Tale of Two Tale’s: Ryan’s warm welcome, and then the other side

Fans from both teams were cheering for Coach Ryan as he took the court. Maybe it was a plan to trick Coach Ryan thinking that they were not ready for the game. Or maybe Xavier wasn’t ready might be a good reason as they (Iona) would dominate Xavier from the get go. Xavier would get in a hole early and they wouldn’t be able to recover by halftime. Actually there was not anything good about the Musketeers team as they are in a dog fight with the score 37-29.

Second half it seemed as if Xavier was ready to play as they came out and held Iona to just eighteen points in the second half. Xavier despite the tough nose defense would still find time for their offense as they scored an amazing forty-nine points as they cruised to an 78-55 win. Coach Ryan finally makes his first trip to the national championship in eight years against Dayton.

Key Performers:
Xavier:
SO PG Herbert Stevenson 22 points (8-16, 6-10), 1 rebound, 1 assist, 1 block
FR C Zack Clemmons 7 points (2-4), 10 rebounds, 1 steal, 2 blocks

Iona:
SR SG Shagari Dancy 18 points (7-14, 2-5), 1 rebound, 4 assists, 1 steal, 2 blocks
JR PF Atila Ramsey 9 points (3-8), 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals, 2 blocks

[chestnutz6]

WOW talk about storylines! Beat your old team, and now go up against your rivalin the national championship. The media must be having a field day with this tourney. Great job

[knox33]

WOW talk about storylines! Beat your old team, and now go up against your rivalin the national championship. The media must be having a field day with this tourney. Great job

Man, I know. I like how you're keeping up with the overall story line. It always makes for a good read. Good luck against Dayton. You've got me on the edge of my seat. Good job as always.

[CincyFan]

finals will hopefully be up tonight, if not tomorrow for sure. Hopefully its not a disappointment for anyone that its not up by now. I actually have a full day today and tomorrow, but i am going to try to squeeze it in. Hopefully today than tomorrow

[CincyFan]

-Championship Game of NCAA Tournament


With the Epic game hype, would it be just that or the complete opposite?

So what it seemed like two weeks that have pass it has only been two days since the Final Four. Xavier and Dayton for the championship game. Two A-Ten schools battling it out for all the marbles, and bragging rights for the next year as well. You know all the drama these two teams have faced all year, but not its not about the past for the future. The time is right now for this game. The battle between good (Xavier) and evil (Dayton).

Xavier would put together a 6-0 to start the game. That would be pretty much the only good thing Xavier did in the first half. It would be the last time they would lead as they lost it after Dayton if two three-pointers, and two dunks in a minute and a half. Dayton would walk all over the starters (who in fact where all healthy for Xavier this game) in the first half as they went on a 18-0 run at one point. As the closing buzzer sounded for the first half it would be Dayton up by fifteen with the score 35-20.

Coach Ryan was displeased by the nine turnovers in the first half. Or how is team got outrebounded 15-6 in the first half as well. How about the lack of execution on both sides of the ball, maybe that was it also? Whatever it was this game was getting out of control fast. Xavier would need a fast start in the second half to try to make this into a game.

Like the start of the game, where Xavier went on a 6-0 run, it would be Dayton’s turn to go on a quick start. It would be a 9-0 run to push the game to twenty-four points in the first two minutes of the second half. Then Coach Ryan did the unthinkable. He called a full timeout. Instead of giving his players a little rest and water he made them stand for the duration of time. He restricted the water also, and the only thing he said was, “Welcome everyone to the national championship. It was fun wasn’t it? If you don’t want to play just tell me and I will go over to the score keeper and pull us out. Now if you want to actually attempt to play basketball that is fine, but this is the last time I will call a timeout this game. The only rest you will get is when I pull you out of this game. And on that note can I please have five people who want to play.”

The team would huddle up as the starters said something and came out and walked over to half court. For the next minute they would set up their defense, but still couldn’t score a basket. With 9:13 left in the game it would be the first time Xavier would score cutting the lead to 26 points. After trading baskets with the Flyer’s they would finally start a run. With two minutes left the game would be just a seven point game. A minute pass it would be a five point game, but on the next offensive possession freshman Adam Davis hit a wide open three to cut the lead to two. After a miss shot by Dayton it would be Xavier’s ball with just 23 seconds left. Herbert Stevenson would take a three to try to win it, but it would clank off the back rim. Minoff was there to tip the ball in to send this game to overtime with the score 82-82

In overtime it would be the Minoff and Clemmons show. It seemed Davis and Stevenson would go cold, and Dayton would smother senior Petie Fellows. Minoff and Clemmons would be beasts on the boards as they would always get second chance points to keep up with the offense of junior guard Poole and senior Rhau-Chavis Wagner. At the end of overtime it would be 93-93.

Welcome to the second overtime. Coach Ryan was true to his word as he hasn’t called a timeout since the first couple minutes of the second half. Clemmons and Minoff were getting tired and it showed as Senior power forward Mamery McCants started to have his way down low. He would be the key as both teams were missing almost every outside shot from ten feet. He would score five points and grab six rebounds (was Player of the Game with fifteen points, sixteen rebounds, two assists, and a block) in the second overtime alone and that would be enough for Dayton to edge out Xavier for the Championship Game in double overtime with the score 99-98.

Key Performers:
Dayton:
SR PG Rhau-Chavis Wagner 23 points (12-25, 6-9), 3 rebound, 13 assists, 3 steal, 1 block
JR PG Elliah Poole 25 points (7-18, 2-2), 3 rebounds, 8 assists, 6 steals


Xavier:
JR C Rod Minoff 23 points (11-26), 21 rebound, 3 assist, 1 steal, 7 blocks
FR C Zack Clemmons 20 points (10-21), 13 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals, 5 blocks

[chestnutz6]

Tough, tough tough tough loss. Looks like your little idea of no timeouts hurt your team in the end. Thinking about leaving?

[CincyFan]

Oh there is no reason for me to leave. I have four starters coming back, a bench that can only get better with time, and finally getting some top 20 classes at Xavier. Add all that in with Xavier as my favorite team and i will at least stay until i at least win one championship.

[CincyFan]

With just losing the National Championship it looks as if Xavier didn’t really lose that much. They lost two seniors which were both coaches on the floor. However, only one was a starter so that’s not that bad. Also lost Junior Power Forward Jarrett Cowen who transferred to Tennessee Tech. Cowen was disgruntled by losing his starting job as a sophomore (started every game as a freshman) by red-shirt freshman center Zack Clemmons. Not only was Cowen’s stats not that good as a starter he seemed to get worst as the year went on in his sophomore season. To make matters worst he would miss the latter part of the year as he went down with two injuries (sprained wrist and then a lower back strain).

So with pretty much the whole starting team coming back it looked good for the Musketeers as they come into the off-season with no one signed yet. Scouts had projected that this year’s recruiting class didn’t really to go after players for need, but just to get at least a top 20 recruiting class. Scouts said that Xavier could start one of two shooting guards at the small forward spot. Both were red-shirted last year and both stand in at 6’7” and weight the exact same at 205. These players are Courtney Esterkamp and Jabahri Hartman.

After losing Cowen as he left the team they would pick up another power forward in Virgil Massogo as he is the only true power forward on this team. He was the second best power forward in high school and the sixth best player. He hails from Long Beach, CA and choose Xavier over hometown’s USC and UCLA. He attended VC All-Stars Camp and was an HS All-American and Mr. Basketball of his state.

With one more scholarship it would be handed out to someone everyone didn’t expect. It would come down to small forward Ryan Davis (not an relationship to shooting guard Adam Davis). He would choose Xavier over power houses schools of UNC, Duke, Cincinnati, and Ohio State. He was all but ready to sign on to North Carolina, but after watching the championship game and finding out that Xavier only had one small forward on the team he had a better chance to play at Xavier than North Carolina since they had three small forwards. Ryan lives in Charlotte, NC and attended 2K Sports Elite Camp since he was a HS All-American and Mr. Basketball. Also another thing to say is that he is the best player coming out of high school as he is the number one recruit for his position and overall. This is the first time Xavier has gotten the top recruit, and for a matter of fact the first time Coach Ryan has recruited someone in the top five overall.

[CincyFan]

Top 10 recruiting classes:

………………………….AA……MR B……5.…….4.………3.………..2
North Carolina 4 ***** (4 AA and 4 MR.B)
Indiana 3 ***** (3 AA and 1 MR. B)
Xavier 2 ***** (2 AA and 2 MR.B)
Stanford 1 *****, 2 **** (1 AA)
Texas Tech 1 *****, 2 ****, 1 *** (1AA)
Connecticut 3 ****, 1 *** (1 MR. B)
Auburn 3 ****, 2 *** (2 Mr. B)
Oregon 1 *****, 1 ****, 1 *** (1 AA and 2 Mr. B)
Kansas St 3 ****, 1 *** (1 Mr. B)
Nevada 4 ****, 1 *** (1 Mr. B)
#13 G. Washington 2 ****. 2 ***
#18 Dayton 3 **** (1 Mr. B)
#30 Temple 1 ****, 2 ***
#33 Saint Louis 3 ***, 1 **
#37 Rhode Island 1 ****, 2 ***
#42 Duquesne 4 ***
#54 Charlotte 3 ***
#94 Fordham 5 ***, 1 **
#145 Massachusetts 4 ***, 2 **
#149 Saint Joseph’s 2 ***
#307 St. Bonaventure 1 ***
#310 La Salle 1 ***

[CincyFan]

National Champions: Dayton Flyers (36-2, 16-0)
NABC Player of the Year: SR C Ije Soroye George Washington
2K Sports Mid-Major Player of the Year: SR C Najeeb Felder American
NABC Coach of the Year: Brian Gregory Dayton (259-110, 2 N.C., 48 years old)
NABC Defensive Player of the Year: JR C Rod Minoff Xavier
Pete Newell Big Man of the Year: SR C Ije Soroye George Washington

First Team All-American:
PG SR Irving Fanning Illinois
SG SR Karl Lawrence Missouri
SF SR Jushay Hancock North Carolina
PF JR Haruna Balkman Cincinnati
C SR Ije Soroye George Washington

Second Team All-American:
PG SR Jud McClinton Florida
SG SR Wendell Brempong Old Mississippi
SF SR Winsome Emmett Indiana
PF SR Romas Garnett Houston
C SR Vladimiras Marshall Iowa

A-10 Awards:
Conference Champs: Dayton (36-2, 16-0)
Tournament Champs: Xavier (30-9, 11-5)
Coach of the Year: Brian Gregory Dayton
Player of the Year: C SR Ije Soroye George Washington
Freshman of the Year: SG Adam Ryan Xavier

First Team:
PG SR Rhau-Chavis Wagner Dayton
SG SR Gerrod Broermann Duquesne
SF SO Amien Medina Saint Louis
PF SR Mamery McCants Dayton
C SR Ije Soroye George Washington

Second Team:
PG JR Kareem Cesar La Salle
SG SR Chase Wiley Duquesne
SF SR Petie Fellows Xavier
PF SR Marc Bulter Massachusetts
C JR Rod Minoff Xavier

Freshman:
PG Kris Wells Fordham
SG Adam Davis Xavier
SF Marty Westphal St. Bonnaventure
PF Garrett Cranford Duquesne
C Zack Clemmons Xavier

[CincyFan]

Coaches Attributes:
A- overall
A+ offense
A- defense
A+ team
C- scouting
A+ charisma
B- discpline


Coach Ryan had four offers at different schools. With the recruiting class he brought in and so close from his first national championship (first time to the final game in eight years) he decided to wait off from leaving to try to stay to win one at Xavier. Offers from the other teams from Xavier’s A.D. was North Carolina (rumor had it that if Ryan Davis went there that Coach Ryan would of jumped ship), Wake Forest, Seaton Hall, and last Washington State.

[CincyFan]

Pre-Season All-American’s


First Team:
PG Elliah Poole Dayton
SG Filberto Elder Ohio State
SF Shane Bryan Vanderbilt
PF Willie Weaver Wisconsin
C Rod Minoff Xavier


Second Team:
PG Barney McCully Kentucky
SG Kim Richard Syracuse
SF Avery Spencer Vanderbilt
PF Stanislav Frye Cincinnati
C Senque Spooner Michigan


As you can see Dayton and Xavier both have a player who made pre-season All-American’s. While this is the third time Dayton has a player on it (second time on first team), it would be Xavier’s first time ever having a player represent the Pre-season All-American list. Minoff is well deserved to be on the list as he is staying for his final year of college ball. Rumor had it he would have been a top ten pick last year, but not saying he is projected of being in the top three this year.

[CincyFan]

2013 ROSTER


STARTERS
PG JR Herbert Stevenson (6'2" 196) 88 ovr

SG SO Adam Davis (6'1" 178) 87 ovr

SF FR Ryan Davis (6'6" 199) 82 ovr

PF (C) SO Zack Clemmons (7'0" 222) 80 ovr

C SR Rod Minoff (7'0" 237) 87 ovr


BENCH
PG JR Pete Whitworth (6'1" 233) 81 ovr

SG FR Jabahri Hartman (6'7" 205) 79 ovr

SF (SG) FR Courtney Esterkamp (6'7" 205) 81 ovr

PF (SF) JR Ramon Bender (6'8" 231) 82 ovr

C JR Marshall Fernandez (6'9" 235) 66 ovr


RESERVES
SF SR Kudjo Bradshaw (6'8" 248) 79 ovr

PF RS FR Virgil Massogo (6'10" 216) 78 ovr




BIO‘S & STATS

STARTERS
JR PG Herbert Stevenson (6'2" 196)
If he didn’t get injured for the five games last year he would have been at least a second team All-American. While his points dropped (-1.1) he went up in every other categories (rebounds, assists). When he plays he always keeps Xavier in contention for every game. Barring any injury this year he could help lead Xavier to a first place in the A-10 which Coach Ryan hasn’t won outright yet in three years. LAST YEAR STATS: 10.3 ppg, 2.0 apg, 4.3 apg, 2.3 spg, 0.3 bpg, 17.2 mpg


SO SG Adam Davis (6'1"178)
Was listed as the best shooter on the team last year as a freshman. He didn’t disappoint either has he scored 32 points in one game and averaged 12.8 that got him locked up as Conference Freshman of the Year and All-Conference Freshman. If he becomes a better defender we could be looking at a player that could be All-American as a sophomore. Can show he can run point or off guard. Has a quick first step than is very dangerous as he is a dead on jump shooter. LAST YEAR‘S STATS: 12.8 ppg, 1.2 rpg, 3.2 apg, 0.98 spg, 0.3 bpg, 17.3 mpg

FR SF Ryan Davis (6'6" 199)
Number one recruit from high school. Might leave after the year, but has some flaws. Its not that many, but he could just improve in certain area’s. One of them is rebounding. Might not have a chance to be a big rebounding factor on a team that starts two seven footers, but it will only make him that much better. He is good shooter but is spotty at times which is another thing he has to work on.
LAST YEAR‘S STATS: N/A

SO PF(C) Zack Clemmons (7'0" 228)
Despite Minoff controlling the boards last year he still did an unbelievable job as he snagged 7 rebounds a game. He is the best shooter in NCAA as a center, and doesn’t miss that much. While he got a lot of early playing time his time diminished the last couple of games to give him a rest. Look for his minutes to increase after the departure of Cowen. Might not be the big of a presence this year as Minoff is a senior, but will get to shine the next two years as he moves back to center. He did win All-Conference Freshman though last year. [/COLOR="Red"]LAST YEAR‘S STATS: 7.5 ppg, 7.1 rpg, 1.8 apg, 1.3 spg, 1.2 bpg, 15.9 mpg[/COLOR]

SR C Rod Minoff (7'0" 237)
He came back for his senior year. Now the question is who will win the number one overall pick to pick up one of the best centers in college the last couple of years. He got robbed last year when he didn’t win the Player of the Year award with a couple of other one’s, but he isn’t upset. Actually it was a blessing since he has worked harder this off-season. Don’t be surprised if he has a double-double every game this year. LAST YEAR‘S STATS: 16.9 ppg, 9.9 rpg, 0.9 apg, 1.2 spg, 1.8 bpg, 17.76/3/07 mpg

[CincyFan]

2014-2015 Schedule

((KEY: BLACK=non-conference BLUE=tournament game RED DATE=conf. game))

11/13 vs. Savannah State
11/14 @ Round 2
11/20 vs. Round 3
11/21 vs. Final 2k Sports Classic
12/3 vs. Connecticut
12/12 vs. #10 Kentucky
12/13 vs. Saint John’s
12/23 @ #7 Cincinnati
12/26 vs. North Carolina
1/1 vs. #8 Syracuse
1/10 @ Fordham
1/14 vs. Richmond
1/17 @ Duquesne
1/21 vs. #25 La Salle
1/24 vs. Charlotte
1/26 vs. Ohio State
1/31 vs. Massachusetts
2/4 @ #3 Dayton
2/8 vs. George Washington
2/11 vs. Saint Louis
2/14 @ Duquesne
2/18 vs. George Washington
2/21 @ Saint Joseph’s
2/26 vs. Ruchmond
2/28 @ St. Bonaventure
3/4 @ Temple
3/7 vs. Rhode Island

[chestnutz6]

Wow what a great team.

Loooking forward to taht showdown after christmas with NC

[vols21]

killer non-conference schedule (most are home games which helps some). That should prepare your troops for another run at the national title. This could be your year!

[CincyFan]

2014 Press Conference With Xavier's Head Coach Adam Ryan

Do you feel losing the national championship game, and then the recruits you brought in the polls did unjust to your team by putting you #12? And do you think your team can make a run back to the national championship and win it this time around? And lastly do you think you can finally get a team to the top of the polls?

Adam Ryan : Tell you the truth polls don’t mean that much to me at least. The only thing they are good for is putting bulls eye’s on people’s backs. Then again I never had a team that was rated #1 in the nation nor do I care about that. This team and lasts year team was capable, but for us to actually get that we need to start the year strong. I strongly believe our team can make it back. We have four seniors and the top recruit from high school as our starters. Its up to them to see how much they want it though.

People are saying you have one of the toughest schedules in the league (non-conference), but most of them are home? What was the logic behind that, or was it just to balance out for the hard schedule?

Adam Ryan : I don’t really have much to say with our team’s schedule. The A.D. usually puts it together, but I will say that some teams on the schedule felt more comfortable playing us at our place than theirs. Maybe it is cause we’ve have some upsets in the past two years on the away court, but the real reason I don’t know.

How does it feel to win the last two Conference Championships, but then watch Dayton go on to win the last two National Championships? Especially last year as you lost by one in double overtime. And how you haven’t won the league outright since taking over Xavier (5 years ago).

Adam Ryan : What do you want me to say. It’s depressing that our rival in our league as won it the last two years. The last two years though they were the better team though. They lost some key players, while he only lost one, but brought in a very talented freshman. We are very capable this year to beat Dayton in conference play, and win the league outright.

What would you think or expect if you got back to the National Championship game against Dayton again this year? How you will you play against Dayton to finally get that monkey off your back?

Adam Ryan : Personally we don’t have to play a certain way to win against Dayton. This year we have the better team so all we need to do is just play our game and hope that the stars are align just right for us. Now there are plenty of teams that can make it to the final game of the year. If both of us do I hope it is just as exciting as last year’s except for a better outcome for us.

Rumor is that Coach Erik Chesonis wants to be an assistant coach of yours? Any truth to the rumor?

Adam Ryan : I don’t know why he would want to be my assistant coach. He has already won a national championship. Other than he wants to learn how to talk to girls and actually learn how to coach against good teams well that is just fine by me. My door is always open and I am a teacher at heart. I am only kidding cause he does have a sensitive spot and I don’t want to get him upset. He is a good friend of mine, and despite rubbing his ring in my face every time I talk to him, he is a very good guy and a great coach. Despite all of that I will say that I do know he will be leaving Maryland though, and it won’t be to be an assistant for Xavier.

[vols21]

LOL - bring in Erik the kid and teach him a few things. :-)

funny, funny:rotfl:

[chestnutz6]

hahahah I must admit I LOLed. Haaa wow....

In other news, the world wants to know why CincyFan's name incorporates Cincinatti, yet his favorite team is Xavier? And why does a man do dance? And why...

[CincyFan]

Oh how I will answer those questions. and for everyone reading this it was just a joke with the last question on the interview. Good way to incorporate other people’s legacies in mine. Which might be another thing to add on to people’s legacies.


Why is my name CincyFan, and I hate UC basketball for the majority of my life. First off I love Cincinnati Bearcat football. I know more about that team than half the people who go there. Plus I have been going to their games since I was like 5 or so. I always never liked Bob Huggins although Cincinnati has one of the best players to ever play the game to go to their school in Oscar Robinson. For not liking UC Basketball (and I love pretty much all Cincinnati sports teams and if they don’t have a sports team I just look for another Ohio team to follow) I had to go three miles up the road to Xavier. Where in fact I use to go to summer camp for basketball before being recruited by Winston Bennett from Kentucky where I use to play with the UK team for summer ball from my freshman year. Was going to go to UK for basketball , but for my luck Rick left UK for NBA and Tubby came in and I didn’t receive my scholarship (which is fine cause I wouldn’t of played for Tubby anyways).

Back to why I don’t like UC Basketball. One of my two best friends I had growing up (yes I only had two till up to my sophomore year I am pathetic I know) was a better point guard than me. Although we were both athletic enough to play 1-4 spots. He got more notice than me (family name) which is fine but was better than me, and also started varsity since his freshman year. He also played basketball his whole life, while I didn’t even touch a basketball until fourth grade. But Ryan and I were teammates growing up in pretty much every sports team. Soccer we made Ohio news for not losing a game for like four years until people complained we were too good, so they broke up our team. Baseball we played on the same team until I quit playing for the team to go to AAU baseball. Ryan always was better at me than for basketball. Hell he was better than pretty much anyone in the state since he was rated the #2 guard in the state. (we never played football since our school didn’t offer it until 6th grade so we were good in everything else it seemed since we didn’t have to worry about football.)

My freshman year I was named “comeback kid” as a nickname since how I played. My coach who ironically was my first coach when I entered the fourth grade never started me. He would only bring me in at the end of the quarter (if we were down by a lot), if not I would just play the second quarter. Would then sit the third quarter and would come back in the fourth to win the game. I had nine game winning shots my freshman year and we lost I think five games, but was never close for me to take the winning shot. Hence where I said close games are better for a team to boost their confidence. While watching the varsity play it was always a joy to watch Ryan cause he was so good. (Point of note I was only a defender until my freshman year, and just learned how to actually shot the ball properly). Sophomore year I was suppose to make the varsity team with Ryan. Things went wrong (politics) and I was cut from the JV squad (son of high school coach made the team who was horrible at basketball). After my sophomore year I left the school to go somewhere else. Where I wasn’t being looked at but UK, Ryan was getting interest to go to UC. Where his uncle played in the late 70’s. Junior year at the new school was rough since it would be the first time I ever was on a team that had a losing record in any sport (that was how good our program was at the other school where it seemed we won championships in every sport every year). I could never get Ryan in one-on-one growing up. After my junior year I vowed I would become a threat and that I could play both offense instead of defense. After my Junior year I still spend more time at my old high school playing with Ryan. I improved so much where Ryan actually had to play against me and halfway thought the summer I finally could beat him. Our games were so intense it would take an hour to see who could score the first to ten playing by straight ones. Things looked to turn around going into my senior year. My old high school coach resigned for legal matters that happened and it looked as if Ryan’s dad (who was an assistant coach there) would get to be head coach. I told everyone I would come back if Ryan’s dad was coach, but as things turned out they asked this guy who didn’t even know a lot about the game. I didn’t come back, Ryan also left the school to go to a Power team. I was beginning to soften up to UC since Ryan was about to sign with them. After the year Bob Huggins said he wasn’t going to offer him a scholorship, and said he wasn’t good enough to make the team. Since Ryan was black we use to kid around with him saying that the reason why he didn’t get an offer is cause he hasn’t been to jail or been in trouble with the law. Plus his grade point average was too high to also go there cause that would of broken Bob Huggins record of having everyone on his team to not graduate.

[CincyFan]

So there went any hope to actually be interested in UC basketball. Sorry for having that so long, but there is some insight to how our paths to UC crossed. My senior year we had bets on who could have better stats. Ryan had the advantage since he actually played pretty much the whole game where politics decided to screw me over once again. Our first game of the year he had 29 points, 8 rebounds, like 7 assists, and four steals where he played the whole game. I on the other hand actually started to year (actually got demoted since a booster parent was mad that I was an outsider who was starter and their son didn’t get to start who went to the school his whole life) and played all but five minutes of the first game and had 20 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals, and 3 blocks. At the end he actually beat me out averaging like 26 points a game, around 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals a game. He also averaged around 20 minutes a game. I on the other hand lost my starting job got less time as the year went on. Coach said it was cause of my defense at first, and then that my offense was lacking next. I ended up from starting the first five games of the year to ending the year as the first playoff game came where I didn’t even entered the game until the second quarter. Reminded my of my freshman year all over. Our team was losing 19-3 after the first quarter. At halftime I closed out with the last shot to bring us within a point 26-25. Again third quarter comes and I sit for the first four minutes. I come back in and we are losing by 11 again. At the end of the fourth we were down by three and I received the inbound pass and made my way through three people to hit a three pointer to send it in overtime.

My coach in overtime said this and I am not adding anything in either this is his exact words, “Okay we came this far, not what I want is for Jason and Derrick to take the shots in overtime since they are our best shooters. They gotten us this far let them finish it off.” Apparently my six three pointer in the game wasn’t that good though. Or my twenty points with the last shot to tie up the game. Or how with seven seconds left our center (Jason) couldn’t handed his man and would of won the game if I didn’t come over and block the shot not once, but twice. In overtime we lost by like nine and I only touched the ball three times. Twice was cause they didn’t have anyone to inbound so I was the last resort. Do I hold a grudge though? Absolutely not. Why? Cause after the game I wasn’t upset or mad that we lost actually I was happy. Jason and some of the other starters where upset and had their hands down. I just went on my way to change and didn’t have a worry on my mind. The coach asked me why I was so upbeat, and my response was that, “Hey I did my part to send the game in overtime. I had nothing to do in the lost since you wanted me to have no part in the game plan. There is nothing invested in me with this lost.” And also I was on an AAU team where we were twenty times better than my high school team. That was the end of it for me. I did end up though averaging only 12 minutes a game in fourteen minutes a game and still averaged 14.8 points. Plus I lead the team in assists, steals, and blocks with over 3 a game. Funny how a 6’1” shooting guard leads the conference in blocks. So Ryan did win the bet for better overall stats. However I had the better shooting percentage and I was sixth in the state for three-point percentage at 59 percent.

[CincyFan]

Last question for why does a man do dance. Well I already answered it, but another good reason is that it builds up leg strength. Funny how my first dance class would be ballet which I took for 2 years. But talk about leg strength my vertical rose about four inches from that. Even though my balance was above average it made it near perfect. I became so quick from the leg exercises that people called me “Pistol Pete” or how I moved on the court. Things people said could never be done I made it ease. I got called for traveling from refs because it baffled them how I could weave in and out of guys. I remember one time I was playing and it was the only time I actually talked back to a ref (in real life I always talk back especially to authority), but I stole the ball ran down, split both defenders by switching the ball behind my back for a layup. The refs called me for traveling. I asked why and one said because you took three steps. The other said it wasn’t physically possible to pull off. I argued saying I only took the proper steps and that we have it on film. They didn’t listen to it, but after the game my coach put it on and we watched it. He had to go in super slow motion to see since it was so fast and in the end I only took one step. In the end dance helped out a lot more than that sprinting and all the other exercises that coaches do in basketball. Now coaches at some power schools are sending their kids to dance classes, especially ballet to get them quicker. Plus the girls are not that bad in them either.

And for the last but why? Well my answer is cause I want to.

[CincyFan]

anyone else here have a sports background?

[chestnutz6]

I do I'l give a detailed thingy when I get back from school, and also answer why my name is chestnutz. We should make a whole thread for this hahaha

[CincyFan]

yea thats enought about off topic things, the next post i will put up will be about my legacy. You always have to get me off topic chestnutz6

[guckin1989]

wow.
I just read you whole ppst about basketball. I stopped playing my sophmore year. I didn't make the team until 7th grade missing the team in 5th and 6th. I was a bench playuer and rarely saw the floor. I was a good defensive player in my opinion. I scored only like 4 points in my 7th grade year and like 8 points in my 8th grade year. I was always told i wasn't physical enough. Even though in about 5 minutes of play a game i would get about 2 blocks and steals. I played AAu in 10th grade. I was tied for tallest on the team standing at 6 ft. But only saw the floor for like 5 minutes a game. I played on the Varsity AAU team and i had to guard one of the top prospects in my state (Maine) which there aren't many good players but i was only 6 ft and he was 6 ft 9. He didn't score on my the 10 minutes i guarded him but he didn't crush my ankle when he tried to back me down. The varsity team then fell apart and was cancelled since we didn't have enuff players. We had 5. When i said i was tallest i meant on the JV team afetr the varsity was cancelled since we did have a kdi that was 6ft 5. But anyways. In our last game of that season i scored 8 pts within in one minute. My only points. I've always been told im not aggressive enough and that discourged me. So i stopped playing. I probably would have kept playing if my family could afford for me to go to some better camps. I went to one camp and it was at the local YMCA. All in all i had fun. And i love to play pick up ball and plan on joining an adult league after i graduate. Should be fun.


Anyways lets see some updates =P

[CincyFan]

okay this is just a test run. So anyone who reads this or keeps up with my legacy i would love to hear yours thoughts. Too long? Do I need to add/change/delete anything. I did have a write up for each team, but it was getting excessive and i think no one wanted to read all of that even though it was only like 1 1/2 paragraphs. I think that is it. I am going to take a quick nap since I have to leave around noon so i won't respond to any post.

Hell if you hate it just say so and I will delete it off the post. Everything took about an hour. With the write up's it was about 15 minutes more. Then again it was mostly changing and adding things need i thought were cool or needed. The only real main issue was getting the freshman downpat. Everything else was pretty easy to do. Hope everyone enjoys if not i won't do this next year.

[CincyFan]

A-10 Conference Breakdown

Dayton:
Coach: Brian Gregory
Coaches Record: 12 years 259-110 (2 N.C.)
Last Year’s Record: 35-2, 16-0
Last Year’s Record Against Xavier: 3-1
Key Wins: Xavier (2 Reg. Season, N.C.), George Washington (2 times)
Key Losses: Virginia, Xavier (Conference Finals)
Player’s leaving: PG Rhau-Chavis Wagner (94), PF Mamery McCants (90), PF Marion Bowers (77)
Recruiting Class: PF Karim Pulice (74), PG Emmett Porter (73), PF Tremmell Drayton (68)





Rhode Island:
Coach: Jim Baron
Coaches Record: 14 years 408-393
Last Year’s Record: 22-7, 11-5
Last Year’s Record Against Xavier: 0-1
Key Wins: Loyola (IL), Syracuse, Robert Morris
Key Losses: Massachusetts (2nd Round), La Salle
Player’s leaving: SG Moises Guy (78), SG Kent Holden (74), SG Jim Sinville (72)
Recruiting Class: SG Nic Okpwae (72), C B.B. Huffman (72), SG Stephane Power (69)




George Washington:
Coach: Karl Hobbs
Coaches Record: 14 years 236-166
Last Year’s Record: 25-10, 10-6
Last Year’s Record Against Xavier: 1-0
Key Wins: Xavier, Syracuse, Auburn
Key Losses: Hofstra, W. Carolina
Player’s leaving: SG Cam Chambliss (86), PG Gilbert Brower (83), C Ije Soroye (82 and somehow was P.O.T.Y.)
Recruiting Class: C Eduardo Benson (73), C Albert Braswell (69), SF Gary Drabyn (68), PG Jemere Hehn (68)




Saint Bonaventure:
Coach: Anthony Solomon
Coaches Record: 12 years 126-194
Last Year’s Record: 15-13, 10-6
Last Year’s Record Against Xavier: 0-1
Key Wins: Texas A&M, Nevada
Key Losses: UAB, Virginia Tech, Connecticut
Player’s leaving: PF Kerwin Ball (58)
Recruiting Class:




Massachusetts:
Coach: Travis Ford
Coaches Record: 10 years 212-218
Last Year’s Record: 25-10, 9-7
Last Year’s Record Against Xavier: 0-3
Key Wins: Florida, Duke, St. John’s
Key Losses: North Carolina, Xavier (one season game, Conference 2nd R, Sweet Sixteen)
Player’s leaving: PF Marc Bulter (77), C Jamaar Lemons (76), PG Glenn Fellers (73), PF Collier Abelard (71), PG Erwin Jack (70), PG Matt Samuels (65)
Recruiting Class: PG Milton Conley (71), SF Rich Dearman (68), C Markus Brewing ton (67), PG Serge Klein (65), SG Cheyne Martin (56), SF Lamarquis Glover (53)



Duquesne:
Coach: Ron Everhart
Coaches Record: 9 years 311-278
Last Year’s Record: 21-12, 8-8
Last Year’s Record Against Xavier: 0-1
Key Wins: Miami (FL), Columbia
Key Losses: C. Connecticut, Temple
Player’s leaving: SG Chase Wiley (86), SGZ Gerrod Broermann (81), C Toby Terrell (80), PG Samuel Brock (57)
Recruiting Class: PG Patrick Mohammed (71), SF Bobby Joe Quick (70), C J. Van Weerdhuizen (69), C Steveroy Eddins (63)




Saint Louis:
Coach: Brad Soderberg
Coaches Record: 13 years 212-187
Last Year’s Record: 20-14, 7-9
Last Year’s Record Against Xavier: 0-1
Key Wins: St. John’s, Ball State, Connecticut
Key Losses: Manhattan, S. Illinois, Tennessee Tech (3rd Round)
Player’s leaving: C Nile Hull (73), PF Johnnie Robinson (61), PG Maleye Frazier (56), SG Elgrace Wheless (69 SO who left team)
Recruiting Class: PG Bennett Winter (72), PG Barney Okpwae (70), C Marshall Williams,




Charlotte:
Coach: Bobby Lutz
Coaches Record: 17 years 261-222
Last Year’s Record: 14-16, 6-10
Last Year’s Record Against Xavier: 1-0
Key Wins: W. Virginia, Xavier, NC State
Key Losses: Siena, UNC Asheville, Drexel
Player’s leaving: SG Gerrardo Clarke (80), PF Frank Helena (80), SG Paco Bass (73)
Recruiting Class: SG Delvon Munns (72), SG J.J. Mohammed (68), SG Wade Bryan (67)




Fordham:
Coach: Coach Fordham
Coaches Record: 12 years 229-224
Last Year’s Record: 17-14, 6-10
Last Year’s Record Against Xavier: 1-0
Key Wins: Columbia, Xavier, Northwestern
Key Losses: Robert Morris, Lehigh, Chicago State
Player’s leaving: PG Casey Huff (84), PF Robbie Hehn (80), PF Amani Esterkamp (77) PG Tarik Claudino (76), C Rexson Milligan (60), SG Caron Evertsen (59)
Recruiting Class: SF Jeremee Benton (66), PF Marty Bradford (66), SF Bernard Newton (65), PG Marquis Bing (64), PF P.J. Halcomb (56), PF E.F. Bing (54)




La Salle:
Coach: John Giannini
Coaches Record: 11 years 283-259
Last Year’s Record: 17-14, 6-10
Last Year’s Record Against Xavier: 0-2
Key Wins: Duke, Georgetown
Key Losses: St. John’s, Akron, Robert Morris
Player’s leaving: SF Pierre Shimokawa (63), PF Terrell Sowers (63 SO who left team)
Recruiting Class: SG Armando Wagner (67)




Saint Joseph‘s:
Coach: Phil Martelli
Coaches Record: 20 years 340-254
Last Year’s Record: 13-16, 5-11
Last Year’s Record Against Xavier: 0-1
Key Wins: UAB, Duke, TCU
Key Losses: Baylor, Niagara, UMBC
Player’s leaving: PF Joseph Douglas (79), PG Shammond Rollins (59)
Recruiting Class: PF Owen Pandov (71), PF Allen Christie (66)




Temple:
Coach: Fran Dunphy
Coaches Record: 9 years 455-273
Last Year’s Record: 17-12, 5-11
Last Year’s Record Against Xavier: 0-2
Key Wins: Utah, NC State, Marquette
Key Losses: Charlotte, Fordham
Player’s leaving: SG Yakhouba Hubbard (83), SF Luther Birley (83), PG J.S. Kragel (53)
Recruiting Class: PG Wallace Cruz (73), PF Kenan Sherman (72), PG Darien Drabyn (71)



Richmond:
Coach: Chris Mooney
Coaches Record: 10 years 139-163
Last Year’s Record: 16-16, 2-14
Last Year’s Record Against Xavier: 0-2
Key Wins: Ball State, Tennessee, Oregon
Key Losses: Winthrop, Nebraska, Saint Joseph’s
Player’s leaving: PG Darnell Chadwick (73), SG Sidney Cuffle (60), C Brendan Maye (64 SO who left team)
Recruiting Class: SF Jamaal Mann (60), SF Jakob See (58)

[skarface2k1]

I do I'l give a detailed thingy when I get back from school, and also answer why my name is chestnutz. We should make a whole thread for this hahaha
Chestnut and cinyfan you dudes are crazy.My name is Skarface2k1 because that was my line name when i pledged my fraternity(Kappa Alpha Psi)).Plus,i played high school(prep) and college baskektball.Check out my new post.Thanks again for the advice to stay with my current legacy or to just move on to a new school.Interesting post you have going Cinyfan.

[skarface2k1]

A-10 Conference Breakdown

Dayton:
Coach: Brian Gregory
Coaches Record: 12 years 259-110 (2 N.C.)
Last Year’s Record: 35-2, 16-0
Last Year’s Record Against Xavier: 3-1
Key Wins: Xavier (2 Reg. Season, N.C.), George Washington (2 times)
Key Losses: Virginia, Xavier (Conference Finals)
Player’s leaving: PG Rhau-Chavis Wagner (94), PF Mamery McCants (90), PF Marion Bowers (77)
Recruiting Class: PF Karim Pulice (74), PG Emmett Porter (73), PF Tremmell Drayton (68)





Rhode Island:
Coach: Jim Baron
Coaches Record: 14 years 408-393
Last Year’s Record: 22-7, 11-5
Last Year’s Record Against Xavier: 0-1
Key Wins: Loyola (IL), Syracuse, Robert Morris
Key Losses: Massachusetts (2nd Round), La Salle
Player’s leaving: SG Moises Guy (78), SG Kent Holden (74), SG Jim Sinville (72)
Recruiting Class: SG Nic Okpwae (72), C B.B. Huffman (72), SG Stephane Power (69)




George Washington:
Coach: Karl Hobbs
Coaches Record: 14 years 236-166
Last Year’s Record: 25-10, 10-6
Last Year’s Record Against Xavier: 1-0
Key Wins: Xavier, Syracuse, Auburn
Key Losses: Hofstra, W. Carolina
Player’s leaving: SG Cam Chambliss (86), PG Gilbert Brower (83), C Ije Soroye (82 and somehow was P.O.T.Y.)
Recruiting Class: C Eduardo Benson (73), C Albert Braswell (69), SF Gary Drabyn (68), PG Jemere Hehn (68)




Saint Bonaventure:
Coach: Anthony Solomon
Coaches Record: 12 years 126-194
Last Year’s Record: 15-13, 10-6
Last Year’s Record Against Xavier: 0-1
Key Wins: Texas A&M, Nevada
Key Losses: UAB, Virginia Tech, Connecticut
Player’s leaving: PF Kerwin Ball (58)
Recruiting Class:




Massachusetts:
Coach: Travis Ford
Coaches Record: 10 years 212-218
Last Year’s Record: 25-10, 9-7
Last Year’s Record Against Xavier: 0-3
Key Wins: Florida, Duke, St. John’s
Key Losses: North Carolina, Xavier (one season game, Conference 2nd R, Sweet Sixteen)
Player’s leaving: PF Marc Bulter (77), C Jamaar Lemons (76), PG Glenn Fellers (73), PF Collier Abelard (71), PG Erwin Jack (70), PG Matt Samuels (65)
Recruiting Class: PG Milton Conley (71), SF Rich Dearman (68), C Markus Brewing ton (67), PG Serge Klein (65), SG Cheyne Martin (56), SF Lamarquis Glover (53)



Duquesne:
Coach: Ron Everhart
Coaches Record: 9 years 311-278
Last Year’s Record: 21-12, 8-8
Last Year’s Record Against Xavier: 0-1
Key Wins: Miami (FL), Columbia
Key Losses: C. Connecticut, Temple
Player’s leaving: SG Chase Wiley (86), SGZ Gerrod Broermann (81), C Toby Terrell (80), PG Samuel Brock (57)
Recruiting Class: PG Patrick Mohammed (71), SF Bobby Joe Quick (70), C J. Van Weerdhuizen (69), C Steveroy Eddins (63)




Saint Louis:
Coach: Brad Soderberg
Coaches Record: 13 years 212-187
Last Year’s Record: 20-14, 7-9
Last Year’s Record Against Xavier: 0-1
Key Wins: St. John’s, Ball State, Connecticut
Key Losses: Manhattan, S. Illinois, Tennessee Tech (3rd Round)
Player’s leaving: C Nile Hull (73), PF Johnnie Robinson (61), PG Maleye Frazier (56), SG Elgrace Wheless (69 SO who left team)
Recruiting Class: PG Bennett Winter (72), PG Barney Okpwae (70), C Marshall Williams,




Charlotte:
Coach: Bobby Lutz
Coaches Record: 17 years 261-222
Last Year’s Record: 14-16, 6-10
Last Year’s Record Against Xavier: 1-0
Key Wins: W. Virginia, Xavier, NC State
Key Losses: Siena, UNC Asheville, Drexel
Player’s leaving: SG Gerrardo Clarke (80), PF Frank Helena (80), SG Paco Bass (73)
Recruiting Class: SG Delvon Munns (72), SG J.J. Mohammed (68), SG Wade Bryan (67)




Fordham:
Coach: Coach Fordham
Coaches Record: 12 years 229-224
Last Year’s Record: 17-14, 6-10
Last Year’s Record Against Xavier: 1-0
Key Wins: Columbia, Xavier, Northwestern
Key Losses: Robert Morris, Lehigh, Chicago State
Player’s leaving: PG Casey Huff (84), PF Robbie Hehn (80), PF Amani Esterkamp (77) PG Tarik Claudino (76), C Rexson Milligan (60), SG Caron Evertsen (59)
Recruiting Class: SF Jeremee Benton (66), PF Marty Bradford (66), SF Bernard Newton (65), PG Marquis Bing (64), PF P.J. Halcomb (56), PF E.F. Bing (54)




La Salle:
Coach: John Giannini
Coaches Record: 11 years 283-259
Last Year’s Record: 17-14, 6-10
Last Year’s Record Against Xavier: 0-2
Key Wins: Duke, Georgetown
Key Losses: St. John’s, Akron, Robert Morris
Player’s leaving: SF Pierre Shimokawa (63), PF Terrell Sowers (63 SO who left team)
Recruiting Class: SG Armando Wagner (67)




Saint Joseph‘s:
Coach: Phil Martelli
Coaches Record: 20 years 340-254
Last Year’s Record: 13-16, 5-11
Last Year’s Record Against Xavier: 0-1
Key Wins: UAB, Duke, TCU
Key Losses: Baylor, Niagara, UMBC
Player’s leaving: PF Joseph Douglas (79), PG Shammond Rollins (59)
Recruiting Class: PF Owen Pandov (71), PF Allen Christie (66)




Temple:
Coach: Fran Dunphy
Coaches Record: 9 years 455-273
Last Year’s Record: 17-12, 5-11
Last Year’s Record Against Xavier: 0-2
Key Wins: Utah, NC State, Marquette
Key Losses: Charlotte, Fordham
Player’s leaving: SG Yakhouba Hubbard (83), SF Luther Birley (83), PG J.S. Kragel (53)
Recruiting Class: PG Wallace Cruz (73), PF Kenan Sherman (72), PG Darien Drabyn (71)



Richmond:
Coach: Chris Mooney
Coaches Record: 10 years 139-163
Last Year’s Record: 16-16, 2-14
Last Year’s Record Against Xavier: 0-2
Key Wins: Ball State, Tennessee, Oregon
Key Losses: Winthrop, Nebraska, Saint Joseph’s
Player’s leaving: PG Darnell Chadwick (73), SG Sidney Cuffle (60), C Brendan Maye (64 SO who left team)
Recruiting Class: SF Jamaal Mann (60), SF Jakob See (58)


That was cool and it wasn't that long.Good idea!!

[vols21]

I like it too. Interesting reading - see a little about the other teams in the A-10.

Not real thrilled about St. Joe's though!!! A win over TCU and then losing the Niagra. That's like a double whammy -- if you've followed TCU the last few years and know what a rivalry we have with Niagra.

[chestnutz6]

I hate this legacy it should burn.

But I might have to steal that last idea =D it was good

[CincyFan]

I like it too. Interesting reading - see a little about the other teams in the A-10.

Not real thrilled about St. Joe's though!!! A win over TCU and then losing the Niagra. That's like a double whammy -- if you've followed TCU the last few years and know what a rivalry we have with Niagra.


Vols that is the only reason why i put them as a win is because of you. So you should feel special about that. I knew therer was a rivalry and i am trying to incorporate other team legacies in my somehow. Right now the only think i can do is talk about how teams other people are using are doing in mine.

[CincyFan]

I hate this legacy it should burn.

But I might have to steal that last idea =D it was good


Well it looks like i am done posting on this site. Since my friend chestnutz6 doesn't want me to post saying that my legacy sucks i am quietly fold up my chair and walk out. Its been fun everyone, and I will still read the other legacies.

[chestnutz6]

HA I fooled you CindyFan

[CincyFan]

Top 25 (Pre-season)

1. Wisconsin
2. Georgia
3. Dayton
4. Vanderbilt
5. Iona
6. Providence
7. Cincinnati
8. Syracuse
9. Mississippi State
10. Kentucky
11. Kansas
12. Xavier
13. Boston College
14. Florida State
15. LSU
16. UCLA
17. Florida
18. San Diego State
19. Oregon
20. DePaul
21. Indiana
22. Pittsburgh
23. Arizona
24. Iowa
25. La Salle

[CincyFan]

-November 13, 2014
-First Round of 2K Sports College Hoops Classic
-#12 Xavier (0-0) vs. Savannah State (0-0)

Freshman too dominate for Savannah St., so how about the rest of the team?

Freshman Ryan Davis would score the first six points for the Musketeers to give them a 6-0 run. That would be the story of the game as he would actually go on to be leading scorer of both teams with twelve points which he scored all in the first half. The starters came out at halftime to rest up for the second round game that takes place tomorrow. Davis’s twelve points almost out scored the whole team of Savannah State Tigers has they only had thirteen. With the lead 35-13 it looked bleak for the Tigers.

Red-shirt freshman Jabahri Hartman would score all his twelve points in the second half to tie Davis’s mark. The Tigers threaten in the second half to break the twenty point mark, but they fell short as their last second half hit the back of the rim. They managed to put up eighteen points. Xavier had thirty-one in the second half which was the total points the whole game for the Tigers. Ryan Davis was Player of the Game with twelve points, one rebounds, one assist, two steals, and a block as his team cruised to a 66-31 win.

Key Performers:
Xavier:
JR PG Herbert Stevenson 10 points (5-9), 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 steals
FR SG Jabahri Hartman 12 points (4-8, 0-1), 2 rebounds, 2 steals

Savannah State:
FR PF Cassiano Meyer 5 points (2-7), 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal
SO PF Erik Sood 4 points (1-1), 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal

[skarface2k1]

Great win!Your team seem to have played a great game.Good luck with the rest of the 2k sports touney.

[CincyFan]

-November 14, 2014
-Second Round of 2K Sports College Hoops Classic
-#12 Xavier (1-0) vs. Colorado (1-0)

Minoff injured again, will the losses pile back up for the Musketeers?

Xavier would control the first half even if it wasn’t by that much control. They never gave up the lead after taking the lead within two minutes of the game as they go into halftime with the score in their favor, 37-31. All-American Rod Minoff who didn’t have a stellar last game would redeem himself in the first half of this one as he had eight points and five rebounds. This is a great game for the two different styles of play. Xavier is the finesse team, while the Rams are the muscle-we-are-going-to-pound-it-inside team.

That would be the end of a good night for Minoff as he would strained his Achilles in the first play of the second half as he tried to back down a Ram’s defender. Senior center for the Rams, Barry Radford, would get hot as he scored ten of his fourteen points in the second half. Two other players would turn it on from the outside as small forward Carpenter and point guard Jameson would also score in double figures. Despite their great shooting night they didn’t have an answer for sophomore guard Adam Davis who seems to always light it up when his team needs it, and Clemmons who would will his Musketeer team to hold onto the lead while Minoff was sideline. Rams would cut it to six with a minute to go, but after miss shots and great foul shooting by the Musketeers, Xavier would go on to win this one in a 72-62 game. Game note on Minoff after the game is that he will miss 23 days which will put him out for at least three games. Player of the game was Zack Clemmons who had nineteen points, eight rebounds, three steals, and five blocks in the win.

Key Performers:
Xavier:
SO SG Adam Davis 14 points (5-6, 1-2), 1 rebound, 1 assist
FR SG Jabahri Hartman 13 points (4-7, 0-2), 2 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block

Colorado:
SR C Barry Radford 14 points (4-10), 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal
SR SF Shawan Carpenter 11 points (5-12, 1-3), 7 rebounds, 1 assist

[CincyFan]

-November 20, 2014
-Third Round of 2K Sports College Hoops Classic
-Michigan (2-0) vs. #12 Xavier (2-0)

Michigan steals Colorado’s game plan and again the injury bug strikes twice this time!

Michigan came into this game with height and weight, so they decided to be very physical this game and hopefully get a better outcome against the Musketeers than the Rams did last game. First minute of play Xavier would take three shots and would miss all three while the Wolverines didn’t even take a shot since Clemmons blocked their first two shots. Then the injury bug came. Freshman small forward Ryan Davis went down with a sore knee in which he will miss the final game in the non-conference tournament. A few minutes later in the first half it would be sophomore small forward DeAndre West going down with a pulled hamstring for the Wolverines.

While Michigan would use their physical side in the game it would be Xavier to take an early run just off of their sheer speed difference. Stevenson would steal the ball four times in the first two minutes of the game to make the lead 15-3. This game would be over from that point as they walked into halftime with the most points scored in the first half for Coach Ryan in his nine years as head coach with a score of 49-24.

Second half would just be about holding the lead. Xavier would do so while Michigan could only muster some firepower out of their point guard who shot seventy percent from the field. Xavier would expand their lead to blow out the Wolverines in a 85-50 game. Zack Clemmons was the man of this game, and also player of the game, with twenty-one points, ten rebounds, two assists, a steal, and seven blocks.

Key Performers:
Xavier:
JR PG Herbert Stevenson 15 points (7-10, 1-1), 1 rebound, 5 assists, 6 steals
FR SG Jabahri Hartman 16 points (6-6), 1 rebound, 1 assist, 3 steals, 1 block

Michigan:
SO PG Jeb Ireland 19 points (7-10, 3-5), 2 rebounds, 2 assists
SR SG Donny Larson 6 points (3-9, 0-2), 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal

[skarface2k1]

CincyFan,i am sorry for the three big loses with your players.I hope your team can play without those guys and keep winning.good luck in the championship.

[knox33]

Zack Clemmons was the man of this game, and also player of the game, with twenty-one points, ten rebounds, two assists, a steal, and seven blocks.

Looks like Clemmons is playing like a man possessed.

[CincyFan]

-November 21, 2014
-Final Round of 2K Sports College Hoops Classic
-Siena (4-0) vs. #12 Xavier (3-0)

Xavier drops in the polls, but was it a undeserving drop? Press Conference Tomorrow!!!

Xavier looked to continue their undefeated streak and win their third consecutive pre-season tournament in three years. Again the championship game wasn’t against a big time school. Not to say Siena is not a good team since they did beat Notre Dame and New Orleans to face off against Xavier, but are they really in the same league as them?

Coach Fran McCaffery of Siena would say this about Xavier at halftime while they were trailing 37-22, “The last two games they (XU) got beat up. They lost their All-American center, and freshman star in Ryan Davis. I though our team could at least out run them, but even they did that better than us. Personally I haven’t seen a team this good at the early part of a year ever. They had three different lineups this season and they are still putting up over 70 points a game. Right now if the season ended Xavier would probably win the championship. However, its only two weeks in and everyone is trying to get in rhythm so well see if how good they are when everyone else catches up to their level, especially against Dayton. But now our hats off to them for how well they played.”

How well would Xavier play you ask? First off they only allowed twenty-two points in the first half and then nineteen in the second half. The Musketeers on the other hand put up over thirty points in both halves. Xavier would walk out champs of the 2K Sports College Hoops Classic with a 70-41 win. Everyone on Xavier did their part and Clemmons is looking like a fine candidate for defensive player of the year for the next two years since the reining two time winner of that is the starter center Rod Minoff of this team who will be back from his injury next game against Uconn. Zack Clemmons would grab Player of the Game again with ease as he cruised to nineteen points, eight rebounds, one assist, one steal, and six blocks.

Despite getting the win and winning the tournament the new polls have Xavier falling from #12 in the polls to #15.

Key Performers:
Xavier:
SO SG Adam Davis 17 points (5-13, 0-2), 1 rebound, 1 assist, 3 steals
FR SG Courtney Esterkamp 8 points (3-5), 1 rebound, 3 assists, 3 steals, 1 block

Siena:
JR PF Isaiah Burleson 10 points (4-5), 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 1block
JR C Rakim Woods 6 points (3-7), 8 rebounds

[skarface2k1]

It's all good i like the polls,but i hate the polls.I feel no matter what ranked or not each team has a chance to win it all.It just depends on the match ups.

[CincyFan]

2014 Press Conference With Xavier's Head Coach Adam Ryan

Do you feel that the polls are not up to standards? Does the polls need to be changed in format? What is the moral of the team seeing that winning four games and a non-conference tournament drops them in the polls when they come out?

Adam Ryan : Thought we were on one question per reporter. For one lets talk about how I think the polls need to change. I really don’t think so, but I would like to see the polls give a little more slack for the small schools. Take Iona for instance. They won a national championship and have made three final fours I think in four years. With all of that they still lose a game and drop 15 spots. When if Indiana or Maryland lose they only drop two to three spots. I think the polls are up to standards. They put us in like that from last season. Maybe with the injuries they think we might slip up and lose some games. The moral is good of the team, and its actually made them work harder without me asking too.

Why did you schedule the whole week off before recruiting? Do you think the lack of games for a week also dropped you in the polls.

Adam Ryan : Good question. Personally I don’t think having a week off credits for a drop, but I will say we do have a tough schedule coming up. As for the reason we have a whole week off is that I can spend time going over to a couple of kids houses to try to sway them to come to our school.

Talking about recruiting who is on your target list?

Adam Ryan : You will know when we sign them. I don’t like to get into the public about them. I don’t want the kids sweating it out to hear about if this school is good for them or whatnot. I think a lot of times media has a say in where a kid goes to school. When I meet with kids I like too see what they are about, and I leave the school of choice in their hands. I don’t promise them anything other than coming to a good academic school and to learn the game of basketball.

There is a rumor a kid wanted some extra cash to come to Xavier? What is the truth about that?

Adam Ryan : I can’t get into it since the NCAA is looking into it. All I can say is that there was something like that and we didn’t want to take that avenue with a person so we didn’t pursue that. That’s a very slip and deep road in which our coaches are very weary of and stay away from.

Do you think your lack of success of recruiting is due to the fact your having had a #1 team in the nation, and high school kids don’t look at Xavier for a power team or conference? If the polls keep knocking you back do you think that has a direct result in recruiting?

Adam Ryan : I think if a player doesn’t come to Xavier it is cause the school wasn’t right for him or he wasn’t right for our program. I don’t think the polls nor our conference has anything to do about recruiting. Look at Dayton they had two top five recruiting classes before. So I don’t think its our conference. Maybe its my recruiting process that is not bringing them in. And talking about recruiting its been fun everyone, but I need to catch a plane so I can talk to some recruits.

[CincyFan]

Top 25 (updated on 1-02-15)

1.(4) Vanderbilt 3-0
2.(3) Dayton 2-0
3.(1) Wisconsin 2-0
4.(5) Iona 2-0
5.(6) Providence 2-0
6.(10) Kentucky 5-0
7.(2) Georgia 2-1
8.(7) Cincinnati 1-0
9.(9) Mississippi 2-0
10.(11) Kansas 3-0
11.(14) Florida State 2-0
12.(19) Oregon 2-0
13.(16) UCLA 3-1
14.(12) Xavier 4-0
15.(20) DePaul 4-0
16.(15) LSU 2-1
17.(8) Syracuse 3-0
18.(21) Indiana 4-1
19.(--) Minnesota 2-0
20.(--) Utah State 2-0
21.(25) La Salle 0-0
22.(17) Florida 2-2
23.(23) Arizona 3-1
24.(--) West Virginia 1-0
25.(18) San Diego State 1-1

[skarface2k1]

way to talk with the press.they seem to get a little pushy sometimes and need to be taken down a bite.there have been times where i just refuse to talk with them.good luck on your recruiting trip.I thought i was the only person not to schule any games either the week of or before that week comes of early recruiting.Good JOB.

[vols21]

winning a big game the week before the signing date can you a big boost in recruiting. At least it seems to help me.

Hope you land some big fish. We look forward to hearing about the next generation of X-Men.

[CincyFan]

Well for my 600th post I thought it was kind of special. Don’t really know why, but decided it had to be on my posts (I think all my ?00 posts have always been in a post I started). Since the next thing I can write about is recruiting I will just jump into it. Because recruiting is always a special thing.

Last year the recruiting segment was…well there really wasn’t one since I didn’t recruit anyone. This year there will be since breaking news hit the campus today. Xavier brings in only one recruit this year. Although they only had two scholarships rumor had it that only three people were suppose to be circulating on Xavier’s board to who could come in. Rumor also had it that Xavier offered both scholarships and was hoping to sign both of them in-season.

Speculation has begin. Everyone thought it would be point guard Rodrigo Dumont of Baton Rouge, LA. Even though he was the #4 rated guard and the #27 overall player from high school he was one of the best shooters and offensive players around. Reason behind this was that Junior point guard Herbert Stevenson is thinking about going pro (which Stevenson and Coach Ryan said is totally untrue). We talked to the Musketeer coach if he was one of the target players and Coach Ryan said, “This is absolutely false. While Dumont is a very talented kid, we felt that it wouldn’t be wise to bring him in. Stevenson is our starter, and will be next year. Despite all the rumors you heard. He wanted to say close to home which is fine, and we didn’t even contacted him since he said he wanted to stay in the southeast.” He would sign with Auburn to boost their team.

Next person they thought Xavier would go after was 7’1” center Charlie Buckendahl. With Minoff leaving this year it would come down to just him or Clemmons. HE was rated the #3 center and #15 player overall from Chicago, IL. Coach Ryan had to say this about Buckendahl, “Yes he was one of the players we wanted to go after since he was high up on our board, and after talking to him found out we were one of his top three schools at the beginning of the year. After Minoff went down and Clemmons did so well just playing true center our second conversation was just about that. He wanted to play his first year. I told him that if he did come we would mostly red-shirt him, and then put him at power forward like we did Clemmons last year and this year. He said he really wanted to play his freshman year to make an impact on a team, and that we should look somewhere else. So that was it and we wished him luck where ever he went.” He would choose one of the top schools on the rise with Vanderbilt.

While Coach Ryan only give up the two recruits he is talking to, or maybe its more than two or less no one really knows. What we do know is that someone did sign with Xavier. And with that we give you the New X-Man to be on the squad next year. And with that comes controversy.

Name: Buster Ellerbee
Hometown: Bronx, NY
Position: Power Foward
Position Rank: #1
Overall Rank: #2
Other Schools: Dayton, Iona, DePaul, Kentucky, Vanderbilt
Height: 6’11”
Weight: 240
All-American: Yes
Mr. Basketball: Yes
Camp: 2K
Attributes: A+ in offense, rebounding, hustle, quickness
Attributes: A- in shooting and leaping
Attributes: B+ in potential
Attributes: B in Intelligence

And the controversy is….

Virgil Massogo was the second best player Xavier brought in last year and he is also a power forward. He was the #2 PF/ #6 OVR player who is red-shirting this year. He is a 79 overall, but with Ellerbee signing what does this mean. Again we caught up with Coach Ryan and this is what he had to say. “Right now Massogo is working on getting stronger since he is only 216 pounds at 6’10”. Buster is right now at 240. While he looks to be the more stronger type, Massogo has been practicing with this team for a year. Right now I am not guaranteeing the starting spot to Massogo or am I saying Ellerbee has it. I told Ellerbee he will have a chance at the starting spot, but he will have to prove it in the off-season scrimmages we have. Other than that we are just thrilled to have him on our team.”

While this might not be the best news for other teams in the conference, it is however the best coach Ryan and Xavier has had in its four years in-season. It would be the first time ever that Coach Ryan has brought in a five star recruit in-season in nine years also.

[skarface2k1]

Cincyfan you only had one spot open on your team?If so you are bringing in a beast.Congrads on the signing.

[CincyFan]

acutally only have two spots, but i only got one recruit to sign with me in-season. Now down to one more left to get after season. and no i am not going to tell u who i am going after either. You will have to wait until the end of the year to find out.

[chestnutz6]

Nice pickup, should be interesting to see who starts.

Since this thread seems to be where all the off-topic stuff goes, I figured I'd ask a question. When a player goes down with an injury, usually the computer will leave him in the starting lineup. Now the way I deal with this is just putting that guy last on the depth chart, but sometimes either the computer when I sim or when I play the game they automatically put that guy in the game. This usually results in them being hurt for longer. Is there a way to make sure that they never get put in?

And congrads on 600. I wonder if we'll have a celebration when you get 756 or w/e the record is. Or maybe we'll just pull a Barry Bonds and not celebrate at all...

[CincyFan]

god i hate barry bonds, but that is really off topic. When a player goes down with an injury i make sure he isn't in my starting and bench lineup (if you really want to spend time just check all the other lineups). Best is when you have 11 people on the active roster cause then he is like forbidden to play since you have two full five man teams. However if you don't if you make sure he is last he will most likely not be put in. If it is its only for a minute or two and he won't be injury for a longer time.

[CincyFan]

-December 3, 2014
-Non-Conference Game
-Connecticut (1-3) vs. #10 Xavier (4-0)

After a week off and moving up the polls five spots was it a sign for this game?

Only game of the week was against a much lesser opponent in Connecticut Huskies. Once a power program they have been stalling of late and this season are just 1-3 heading into this game. Teams have tired pushing around Xavier (twice and lost), run-and-gun against Xavier (and lost) so what else is their to do to try to take a win from Xavier. Connecticut studied tape of the Dayton game and saw that they slowed everything down and told Xavier if they want to win you have to earn it in the half court game. In which Xavier has only one twice in the last six meetings. Connecticut would try this approach and guess what? It worked as they only trailed by six at half in a 28-22 game. It would be the first time all year that Xavier was held under thirty points in the first half.

Second half Connecticut would attack the basket since Minoff was out and that Clemmons had to set out to stop the quick guards slashing to the basket since he only had two rebounds all game (career low). Huskies would keep cutting into the lead until finally with 5:38 left in the game they took the lead for the first time all game. It would be a short lead as Adam Davis would score seven points in a matter of a minute. Xavier seemed to play better when it was close as they pulled out ahead and would hold the lead for the rest of the game as they won 57-49 in the low scoring affair. Player of the Game went to Zack Clemmons. Despite only have two rebounds he did end up with twelve points, three steals, and six blocks again.

Key Performers:
Xavier:
JR PG Herbert Stevenson 5 points (2-4, 0-1), 7 assists, 7 steals, 1block
SO SG Adam Davis 16 points (7-9. 1-1), 1 rebound, 1 assist, 1 steal

Connecticut:
JR C Luther Dillon 21 points (9-12), 10 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block
SO PG Eddie Gatling 14 points (6-13, 2-3), 1 assist, 1 steal

[CincyFan]

-December 12, 2014
-Non-Conference Game
-#2 Kentucky (8-0) vs. #6 Xavier (5-0)

Talent wise teams are equal, but who plays the better team ball always wins

Coach Ryan has never faced Tubby Smith’s ball club before. Ironically the first time they will meet both teams are undefeated and in the top 10 in the nation. The Wildcats had a very intimating back court as their smallest player was their 6’6” points guard. Funny thing was that their center was only 6’7” and their tallest man was their small forward at 6’11”. The first half was sloppy, but Xavier would be able to shoot over 35 percent in the half (UK 26 percent) as they jumped out to a 22-13 lead at halftime.

Second half wouldn’t be so much about defense anymore, but offense as their was fifty-eight points scored in the second half. Problem for Kentucky was that they couldn’t beat a near perfect Musketeer team in the second half. Xavier turned the ball over only twice in the second half as they cruised to a 55-38 win over the #2 team in the nation. Zack Clemmons for the third straight game grabbed Player of the Game with this game being a double-double with twelve points, ten rebounds, two assists, one steal, and two blocks. Minoff who finally is back from injury for the past three weeks had a good outing in his first game back.

Key Performers:
Xavier:
FR SF Ryan Davis 12 points (5-14, 0-1), 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 block
SR C Rod Minoff 9 points (4-8), 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks

Kentucky:
JR SF Dominique Boythe 4 points (2-6), 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 blocks
SR SG Cornell Riddick 8 points (4-10, 0-3), 2 rebounds, 1 assist

[CincyFan]

-December 13, 2014
-Non-Conference Game
-Saint John‘s (6-2) vs. #6 Xavier (6-0)

Another grind them out ballgames, but does Xavier come out on top?

People question if Minoff would be a top five pick in the upcoming draft. After another slow start to a game it would be the bench (Esterkamp scoring ten points to end the half) to push Xavier out on top 34-23 at break. Minoff and the starters would have a slow start, and it looked as if everyone is trying to play too much team ball.

Second half with Saint John’s jumping out to an early 12-2 run to start the second half to close the gap to one it would be the All-American showing his true colors. Minoff would step in and again didn’t have a big rebounding night, but once again did it all on the defensive side as he came away with six blocks. He also added in ten points in the second half to seal the game and Player of the Game award as he had fifteen points, six rebounds, and six blocks as Xavier went on to win 62-49.

Key Performers:
Xavier:
FR SF Ryan Davis 10 points (4-8, 0-1), 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal
SO C Zack Clemmons 9 points (1-4), 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks

Saint John‘s:
SR C Terry Richardson 19 points (7-10), 11 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 1 block
JR SF DeAngelo Coggins 8 points (3-6, 1-1), 6 rebounds, 1 steal

[CincyFan]

-December 24, 2014
-Non-Conference Game (Cross Town Shootout)
-#2 Xavier (7-0) vs. #7 Cincinnati (7-2)

Last year’s game was “best game of the year”, no way it would be best game this year too, right?

Some fans can boast that their state has four teams in the top 25. Not a lot can boast that three teams from their state are in the top ten. No one can boast that they have two teams less than three miles away from each other with another team just a thirty minute drive from them ranked number 1,2 and 7 in the polls. Last year Cincinnati wasn’t the better team in which they received a close lost to Xavier. It wasn’t even half way through the year and yet was being called the best game of all of last year. This year with both teams in the top ten couldn’t mean another thriller in Cincinnati. Or could it?

First half would be about who could score more off of second chance points since it seemed no one could make their first attempt. Its not that they didn’t have open looks because there wasn’t any open looks at all in the first half. If you want to learn defense this was the game to watch. Cincinnati would hold a slim margin at half after the buzzer sounded after a crazy first half that saw nineteen lead changes and six ties. First time all year that Xavier has been down at half losing 30-26.

Despite shooting less than 25 percent in the first half Xavier was still in this ball game. They could again tie the game up within the first minute of the second half, and once again the lead changes would come plentiful. With just a minute left and Xavier down by two it looked as if this game would come down to the wire like last year. After a miss shot, and miss tip-in by Clemmons, Minoff would finally tie the game up with a power slam off of the miss shot. Cincinnati would look to take a quick shot to try to get the ball back for the last shot, but after a loose ball at half court and then a miss call they had to slow things down. It would look on replay that after Patrick tried to hit Powe in the corner that he would lose control as the ball would go out of bounce. However, the refs gave the ball back to Cincinnati. After taking a shot with just 14 seconds left it looked as if the fate of the game would be in Xavier’s hands. Yet again Balkman would seem to go over Ryan Davis’s back to tip the ball in. Xavier would get off one of the best open shots of the night after reversing the ball around, but Adam Davis’s shot was off with just six seconds left. Minoff would grab the offensive rebound and take it up strong. An awkward shot which looked like he was fouled clanked off the front rim without a call. Minoff would grab a rebound and take another shot. The ball would roll around and roll out. He would tip the ball back in this time to tie up the game. The refs blew the whiste and said the tip was after the buzzer sounded in which Cincinnati came out upsetting Xavier. Senior power forward Haruna Balkman would win Player of the Game, as he hit the winning shot, as he came away with seventeen points, eight rebounds, one assist, one steal, and one block in the game.

Key Performers:
Cincinnati:
SR SG Herman Powe 12 points (4-9, 2-3), 1 rebound, 1 assist, 2 steals
SR PF Stanislav Frye 9 points (3-11), 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals

Xavier:
SR C Rod Minoff 17 points (5-18), 9 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 1 block
SO C Zack Clemmons 4 points (2-8), 16 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal

[CincyFan]

-December 26, 2014
-Non-Conference Game
-#5 North Carolina (10-0) vs. #2 Xavier (7-1)

Why go cold against a top 5 team? Why Now???

Xavier would come out shooting like…well pretty much the opposite of shooting. Its like when a kid yells out, “My grandmother can shoot better than that, and she’s been dead for 15 years.” That was how bad Xavier shot in the first half. They could of pulled people out of the student section to shoot better than their team. Despite all of that they were only down to the Tar Heels at halftime by five. Good thing was that North Carolina was just a little better at shooting but not that much.

Musketeers came out and still started out slow shooting and looked as if it wanted to give this game away. Minoff would still looking for his first points not from the foul line it would be Adam Davis to get them back in the ball game. When he started to light it up the team finally began to shoot better, but not a lot better. It would be all they needed to give them more time as regulation ran out. Xavier would tie the game up at 63 apiece. In overtime it would be Minoff who would finally get going (regulation was 2/12) he would turn it on as he score four straight buckets. Adam Davis would seal it up as he would be the only other person to score in overtime where he hit a jumper with the foul shot as Xavier squeaked out a close one in overtime 74-72. Rod Minoff was Player of the Game with sixteen points, fifteen rebounds, one steal, and a block.

Key Performers:
Xavier:
SO SG Adam Davis 21 points (8-15, 2-7), 2 rebounds, 4 assists
SO C Zack Clemmons 7 points (3-13), 12 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 blocks

North Carolina:
FR SF Darell Dearmon 13 points (6-14, 1-4), 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals, 2 blocks
SR PF Kirk Malaman 14 points (4-10), 17 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, 2 blocks

[CincyFan]

ok a quick note before a post about the latest game. Apparently i stopped writing down the Top 25 or something since i can't find it anywhere for a couple of weeks (i am currently half way though the year) so they're won't be any until after this week's game. sorry about that.

[CincyFan]

-January 1, 2015
-Non-Conference Game
-Syracuse (7-5) vs. #3 Xavier (8-1)

Syracuse looks to get back on its winning ways, but how the game started is how it ends

Syracuse started the year ranked. They would even win their first four games. Then they went out for a drive and crashed and burned bad. They lost to Texas Tech in the third round of a non-conference tournament. Next tournament they lost in the first round to Illinois (who is 4-7). Got back to its winning ways of winning three straight (Michigan State only winning team) before losing three straight to teams with a combined record of 9-26. Now they face the #3 team in the nation who only lost one game. Good thing for Sean Miller of Syracuse is that before he took the job he was the Musketeers coach.

Syracuse would be down as much as seven in the first half before the Musketeers got cold and they finally started to heat up. Reason why is that Syracuse would start the game off 0-5 for the game. Also didn’t help that Ryan Davis would get the party started by hitting a three from the dead corner. They would go into half though with a tied ball game at 25-25. Miller would firer up his team at half where it seemed Ryan would do the opposite for the Musketeers.

The Orange would come out firing in the second half. They would finally take the lead for the first time and would hold on to it as each minute passing it would expand. While it looked as if the less-than-full-health Minoff Musketeer team looked all but lost in the second half they would still go down fighting. With a 1:38 left and down by nine it looked all but over for the Musketeers. Stevenson would miss a jumper, but then Minoff would spring to life in the last two minutes. He would grab an offensive rebound for the second chance points. Next offensive time he would grab another rebound this time to kick it out to Adam Davis for a three to cut the lead to six. After a miss shot from the Orange, and rebounded by Minoff, he would grab another offensive rebound to kick it out for Adam Davis who hit the jumper and was fouled to make it a three point game. Orange would miss a shot from Tukker double-cutch downlow which would give Minoff five rebounds in a minute. On the offensive side another outside shot was missed, but this time it would be Clemmons who got the offensive rebound to put it up for the second chance points. The Orange would try to win the game instead of putting pressure by shooting a three which was off the mark. Minoff would grab the defensive rebound. With just 8.9 seconds left and down by one it looked as if Xavier would comeback for the win. The ball would go inside to Minoff to finish off the game. He would be blocked with just 4.3 seconds left. Adam Davis would run over to tip the ball out to Ryan Davis who was standing in the corner of the baseline. He would get the shot off with just 1.2 seconds left. As he started the game with a three from that spot he would win the game from that spot by two in a wild 64-62 game. With the game winning shot he would be Player of the Game with seventeen points, five rebounds, and a block.

Key Performers:
Xavier:
SO C Zack Clemmons 6 points (3-9), 8 rebound, 2 assists, 1 steal, 2 block
SR C Rod Minoff 10 points (4-10), 11 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, 4 blocks

Syracuse:
JR SG Kim Richard 15 points (5-12, 1-2), 3 rebounds, 2 steals
SR C Brandin Witherspoon 12 points (5-10), 9 rebounds, 1 steal

[vols21]

good run of games. tough loss to cross-town rival Bearcats. A lot of close games

[CincyFan]

Top 25 (updated on 1-05-15)

1.(1) Dayton 11-1
2.(2) Xavier 9-1
3.(3) Kansas 10-1
4.(7) Georgia 9-2
5.(6) Wisconsin 11-2
6.(4) Vanderbilt 9-3
7.(5) UCF 13-0
8.(8) San Diego State 11-2
9.(17) La Salle 7-1
10.(12) Cincinnati 13-3
11.(10) Rhode Island 11-2
12.(13) UCLA 10-3
13.(9) DePaul 13-3
14.(22) Iona 9-3
15.(16) North Carolina 12-2
16.(--) G. Washington 9-2
17.(19) Minnesota 11-3
18.(25) Kentucky 10-5
19.(18) Iowa State 12-2
20.(--) Florida 8-3
21.(--) Oregon 12-3
22.(15) Providence 8-4
23.(14) St. Bonaventure 12-2
24.(23) Boston College 8-4
25.(--) Michigan State 12-3


Monthly Report:

Atlantic Ten Conference: And the best conference in College Basketball is….wait is this right…. Atlantic Ten. Believe it or not it is. Not before everyone gets ahead of themselves it won’t be that way for long. Yes up to this point of the year it is the best. Now we have conference play and it will show who is good and who isn’t. A-10 have been known for a soft schedule. Xavier is trying to change that this year (3 top 25 teams), and so is Saint Joseph’s and Richmond (2 teams each). Six teams are in the top 25 polls this month with Dayton and Xavier in the one, two spots. However, the best team in college ball is not from the A-10 nor is it Iona. It is UCF who boasts a 13-0 record. Back to the A-10 though. This year it looks as if six teams might finish in the top 25 this year. Despite being the best conference a lot of good players have left last year and it looks as if more a leaving this year (could it be the second best player in the Nation leaving from the A-10 this year). While this year might be all A-10 it might not be again for quite a while.

Xavier looks like the better team right now despite getting close wins in North Carolina and Syracuse, but lost to crosstown shootout team Cincinnati by two. While these were the past three games its calm waters for Xavier as they don’t face a ranked team until three weeks (#9 La Salle) and then have to play a strong 10-3 Ohio State team. Dayton has it the roughest as if has to face three top 25 teams in the next two weeks. By weeks end it could be Xavier up at the number one spot in the polls, which would be the first in Adam Ryan’s long career so far, or it could be drawn out till the end of the month.




PLAYER STATS:
Adam Davis: 12.7 ppg, 1.0 rpg, 1.9 apg, 2.0 spg, 0.1 bpg, 19.9 mpg, 10 gp, 10 gs
Rod Minoff: 12.1 ppg, 7.7 rpg, 1.0 apg, 0.9 spg, 3.7 bpg, 13.0 mpg, 7 gp, 7gs
Z. Clemmons: 11.3 ppg, 8.4 rpg, 1.6 apg, 1.3 spg, 3.3 bpg, 21.3 mpg, 10 gp, 10 gs
Ryan Davis: 9.4 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 1.5 apg, 1.2 spg, 0.6 bpg, 14.2 mpg, 9 gp, 9 gs
H. Stevenson: 7.2 ppg, 1.3 rpg, 3.6 apg, 3.2 spg, 0.4 bpg, 20.2 mpg, 10 gp, 10 gs
Jabahri Hartman: 6.2 ppg, 1.1 rpg, 0.5 apg, 1.2 spg, 0.3 bpg, 9.9 mpg, 10gp, 1 gs
C. Esterkamp: 5.1 ppg, 1.5 rpg, 1.4 apg, 0.6 spg, 0.1 bpg, 11.9 mpg, 10 gp, 3 gs
Pete Whitworth: 4.0 ppg, 1.8 rpg, 1.5 apg, 0.9 spg, 0.2 bpg, 11.7 mpg, 10 gp, 0 gs
Ramon Bender: 1.9 ppg, 1.3 rpg, 0.5 apg, 0.4 spg, 0.3 bpg, 8.0 mpg, 10 gp, 0 gs
M. Fernandez: 0.8 ppg, 0.9 rpg, 0.2 apg, 0.5 spg, 0.1 bpg, 5.5 mpg, 10 gp, 0 gs
Kudjo Bradshaw: 0.4 ppg, 0.4 rpg, 0.0 apg, 0.0 spg, 0.4 bpg, 4.2 mpg, 5 gp, 0 gs

[skarface2k1]

Man sorry about the lose to cross town team,but way to get the big wins over UNC and Syr.Keep up the good work.

[knox33]

Man, Dayton still looks like they are the team to beat again this year. It's always good story lines when rivals are #1 and #2 in the polls.

[CincyFan]

-January 10, 2014
-Conference Game
-#2 Xavier (9-1) vs. Fordham (10-5)

Xavier looks for tomorrow for polls, but do they forget the game today?

Xavier gets manhandled in the first half so badly that Coach Ryan benches all his starters for their poor play. Freshman Jabahri Hartman looks to be the breakout star if he gets to play put up another double digit night from coming off the bench. He would score all twelve points in the first half to cut Fordham’s lead to eleven at half. That is how bad the starters played as when they came out they were down by eighteen. So at half for the first time all year Xavier trails with the score 31-21.

Xavier would come out in the second half, but Fordham would just put up the points. In one point in the second half the announcers got confused and actually started to talk about how good Xavier was running their offense and using the clock for the good shot, then they realized it wasn’t Xavier but Fordham. The starters would get back on track with the help of the bench, and would storm back to show why they are ranked #2 in the nation as they pulled out a close 70-63 win as they scored forty-nine points in the second half. Adam Davis would grab Player of the Game award as he had eleven points, one rebound, two assists, and five steals.

Key Performers:
Xavier:
JR PG Herbert Stevenson 10 points (5-7, 0-1), 1 rebound, 2 assists, 3 steals
SR C Rod Minoff 10 points (2-5), 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steal, 2 blocks

Fordham:
SO SG Kris Wells 14 points (6-12. 2-5), 1 steal, 1 block
SO PF Gerald Gross 9 points (4-6), 11 rebounds, 5 assists

[CincyFan]

Top 25 (updated on 1-12-15)

1.(2) Xavier 10-1
2.(3) Kansas 12-1
3.(1) Dayton 12-2
4.(6) Vanderbilt 11-3
5.(5) Wisconsin 12-3
6.(4) Georgia 9-3
7.(10) Cincinnati 14-3
8.(8) San Diego State 13-3
9.(20) Florida 10-3
10.(14) Iona 11-3
11.(12) UCLA 12-3
12.(13) DePaul 14-4
13.(11) Rhode Island 12-3
14.(19) Iowa State 9-2
15.(9) La Salle 12-2
16.(--) LSU 9-4
17.(25) Michigan State 11-3
18.(7) UCF 10-1
19.(17) Minnesota 12-4
20.(21) Oregon 8-4
21.(15) North Carolina 12-2
22.(--) Arizona 8-4
23.(16) G. Washington 12-3
24.(18) Kentucky 8-6
25.(23) St. Bonaventure 12-3

[chestnutz6]

Pullin out with the top spot, nice comeback win. Ooooh who's there at the #8 spot?

[CincyFan]

-January 10, 2014
-Conference Game
- Richmond (6-6, 1-1) vs. #1 Xavier (10-1, 1-0)

Xavier #1 finally, but can play as the #1 team in the country to a win?

Last couple of games have been rocky. So much that there is talk that Dayton is still the powerhouse team this year despite all the talent on the Musketeers team. Against one of the bottom half teams Xavier needed to make some noise. A blowout or a convincing win to tell teams that Xavier isn’t that soft this year. With the lead at half with the score 37-19 it looked finally like Xavier was getting back on track.

Second half would be pretty much the same as the first. Richmond would try to break fifty points in the game, but would fail to do so only by two points. Xavier would cruise to an easy 78-48 win which saw four players of the Musketeers in double-figures. Ryan Davis was Player of the Game has he had twelve points, five rebounds, five assists, two steals, and a block.

Key Performers:
Xavier:
SO C Zack Clemmons 15 points (4-10), 6 rebound, 2 assists, 2 steals, 1 block
SR C Rod Minoff 17 points (8-10), 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 6 blocks

Richmond:
JR SG Bingo Hines 13 points (5-12, 1-3), 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal
SR PF Rickey Dux 11 points (4-5), 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal

[CincyFan]

-January 17, 2014
-Conference Game
- #1 Xavier (11-1, 2-0) vs. Duquesne (11-5, 0-2)

Xavier now has a bullseye, but how they play its super small

As the #2 team they had to come back to win their first conference game. Being #1 they held their opponents to less than fifty points last game. That was a bottom feeder, but what can a middle of the pack team do against the #1 team. Especially when they have one of the best shooting guards not only in the conference but in the NCAA too. Apparently it wouldn’t be a problem as Xavier cruised to an early 40-26 lead at half. Lazarius Den Boer who is averaging close to 18 points a game coming in this game went into half with zero points on 0-4 shooting. Adam Davis would open the game with the first five points showing why he should be one of the elite shooting guards in the country.

Second half would be just to see if Xavier could hold Duquesne to less than fifty points. They wouldn’t hit that mark despite being super close as they only give up fifty-one points for the game. Xavier would put up another forty point half to just blowout this game with the final score of 86-51. Rod Minoff got Player of the Game as he had sixteen points, eleven rebounds, one assists, two steals, and two blocks. Note of the game was that Den Boer only ended up scoring two points from the foul line and was 0-10 for the field and 0-4 from deep.



Key Performers:
Xavier:
SO C Zack Clemmons 12 points (6-12), 9 rebound, 1 assist, 1 steal, 2 block
SO SG Adam Davis 13 points (5-7, 1-1), 4 assists, 4 steals

Duquesne:
JR PG Quemont CarMichael 14 points (6-18, 2-10), 1 rebound, 2 assists
JR PF Tahric Pearson 11 points (5-7), 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 blocks














Top 25 (updated on 1-19-15)

1.(1) Xavier 12-1
2.(2) Kansas 14-1
3.(4) Vanderbilt 13-3
4.(3) Dayton 13-3
5.(6) Georgia 11-3
6.(8) San Diego State 15-3
7.(15) La Salle 10-2
8.(14) Iowa State 15-2
9.(13) Rhode Island 14-3
10.(16) LSU 12-4
11.(10) Iona 14-3
12.(5) Wisconsin 12-5
13.(9) Florida 12-3
14.(18) UCF 16-1
15.(11) UCLA 13-4
16.(7) Cincinnati 14-5
17.(19) Minnesota 13-4
18.(22) Arizona 13-4
19.(21) North Carolina 16-2
20.(20) Oregon 14-4
21.(--) Utah State 13-3
22.(17) Michigan State 14-4
23.(12) DePaul 14-6
24.(--) Boston College 10-5
25.(--) Providence 10-6

[skarface2k1]

cincyfan,what time frame are you playing on?10 or 15 minutes?Great way to get on top.I to have climb up to number one.More post will be upated tommorrow.

[CincyFan]

-January 21, 2014
-Conference Game
- #7 La Salle (10-2, 3-1) vs. #1 Xavier (12-1, 3-0)

The unthinkable happens even before Ryan Davis’s injury!

With three minutes into the half freshman Ryan Davis goes down with another injury during his freshman year. It would be just a sprained ankle is the word we had at halftime in which he would miss five days until he was completely healed. Which means he might be back for the Ohio State game on the 26th of this month. Even before the injury it wasn’t a scare for Xavier as they were up big and would go into half with a 37-20 lead.

What that mean for Xavier had halftime was to start their sixth man who would be in the running for sixth man of the year for College Ball if they had one. Freshman shooting guard Jabahri Hartman came in and would help Xavier not miss a beat in the second half as they just totally walked all over La Salle in this game. While Xavier was the better team across the board it would be La Salle who had the edge in chemistry who had an outstanding 95. It would seem they would need 140 rating to compete with Xavier as they walked away with an convincing 77-42 victory. Despite Hartman scoring sixteen points off the bench the Player of the Game would go to Rod Minoff who finally looks back to form as he recorded his first double-double of the year with seventeen points, fourteen rebounds, four assists, two steals, and a block.



Key Performers:
Xavier:
SO C Zack Clemmons 10 points (5-8), 6 rebound, 1 assist, 1 steal, 1 block
FR SG Jabahri Hartman 16 points (7-11), 2 assists, 1 steal

La Salle:
JR SG Tahric Mbyirukira 14 points (5-16, 1-3), 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals
SR PG Kareem Cesar 13 points (5-18, 1-4), 2 assists, 3 steals

[CincyFan]

cincyfan,what time frame are you playing on?10 or 15 minutes?Great way to get on top.I to have climb up to number one.More post will be upated tommorrow.


first off i play on 13 minutes. Secondly you better post tomorrow since i haven't been able to read anything for quite some time. its very sad

[skarface2k1]

first off i play on 13 minutes. Secondly you better post tomorrow since i haven't been able to read anything for quite some time. its very sad

You haven't seen my post from monday.I have lost two games this year.plus,i will be posting my last couple of games of my non-conference games.i start conference play tonite.I may need to step up to 13 minutes to to score more points.

[CincyFan]

-January 24, 2014
-Conference Game
- Charlotte (11-7, 2-3) vs. #1 Xavier (13-1, 4-0)

Xavier looks to dominate league play by team ball

Even with Ryan Davis sitting out for the majority of the game the Musketeers wouldn’t need him. He did play six minutes in the second half after being okay by the medical team. Stevenson would put pressure on the 49ers all night as he came away with four steals in the first half (7 total). While at halftime the game was kind of close with the score of 31-24 the Musketeers wouldn’t be in danger at all in the first half.

Second half they would drive the dagger in deeper to the 49ers so they couldn’t have a chance to fight back. Stevenson was perfect from the field on six of six, but the man story would be Zack Clemmons. He would win Player of the Game with thirteen points, ten rebounds, one steal, and three blocks as he lead the #1 Musketeers to a 70-47 game. In five conference games this year they held their opponents to under 55 points for four games.



Key Performers:
Xavier:
JR PG Herbert Stevenson 13 points (6-6, 1-1), 1 rebound, 3 assists, 7 steals
SR C Rod Minoff 11 points (5-10), 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 blocks

Charlotte:
SR PG Steven Hampton 15 points (6-18, 1-12), 4 assists, 1 steal
JR SG Billy Rodriguez 12 points (5-11, 1-2), 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 1 block


Top 25 (updated on 1-26-15)

1.(1) Xavier 14-1
2.(2) Kansas 15-2
3.(3) Vanderbilt 15-3
4.(4) Dayton 14-4
5.(8) Iowa State 17-2
6.(6) San Diego State 15-4
7.(17) Minnesota 15-4
8.(5) Georgia 11-5
9.(9) Rhode Island 15-4
10.(--) Utah 15-3
11.(7) La Salle 10-4
12.(18) Arizona 14-4
13.(16) Cincinnati 15-6
14.(22) Michigan State 16-4
15.(19) North Carolina 16-3
16.(14) UCF 18-1
17.(20) Oregon 15-5
18.(15) UCLA 15-4
19.(--) St. Bonaventure 15-4
20.(--) Temple 14-5
21.(13) Florida 13-4
22.(--) Purdue 14-5
23.(--) St. John’s 14-5
24.(21) Utah State 14-4
25.(23) DePaul 15-7

[CincyFan]

-January 26, 2014
-Non-Conference Game
- Ohio State (11-7) vs. #1 Xavier (14-1)

Last non-conference game looked like a trap game with OSU’s record

Ohio State would be ranked early on in the year before going on a cold streak. Now they meet the #1 team in the nation which is south of them in Ohio. Xavier would look to bust this game open early on to show them why they are the best team, but the Buckeyes would keep it close. Xavier would go back to team ball which saw every starter grab an assist in the first half as they lead 31-27.

Second half would be back and forth. Every bucket the Musketeers made the Buckeyes had an answer. The only problem was that the Buckeye’s couldn’t manage to outscore the Musketeers, not even by a point, in the second half as they go on to lose by the same margin at halftime. Rod Minoff would prove he was to dominate in the game as he scored thirteen points, seventeen rebounds, and a block in the 57-53 win.



Key Performers:
Xavier:
JR PG Herbert Stevenson 10 points (3-7, 2-4), 2 rebounds, 2 assists
FR SF Ryan Davis 11 points (4-15, 2-7), 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 1 block

Ohio State:
JR SG Filberto Elder 15 points (3-7, 1-1), 1 rebound, 5 assists, 1 steal, 1 block
SO SF Zaljko Linderman 9 points (4-9), 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals, 1 block

[CincyFan]

-January 28, 2014
-Non-Conference Game
- #1 Xavier (15-1, 4-0) vs. Massachusetts (11-6, 3-3)

Don’t tell Minoff his stats are bad on the year

A couple of students of Massachusetts during pre-game were making fun of Rod Minoff’s stats this year. They had the NCAA magazine from the beginning of the year that said First Team All-American Rod Minoff should average a double-double a game. With an injury this year his stats are at 12.2 points per game and 8.4 rebounds per game. They should of kept their mouths shut as at halftime with the lead 33-20 for the Musketeers Rod Minoff had twelve points and nine rebounds.

Xavier would blow out the game in the second half and would hold Massachusetts to under fifty points in a 66-44 game. Rod Minoff would be Player of the Game with twenty-three points, eighteen rebounds, two assists, two steals, and a block. Reporters were blocked from talking to Minoff which is one of the rules coach Ryan has, so we could get a comment from Minoff.

Key Performers:
Xavier:
SO SG Adam Davis 11 points (4-12, 3-7), 1 rebound, 5 assists, 1 steal
SO C Zack Clemmons 10 points (5-9), 7 rebounds, 1 steal, 2 blocks

Massachusetts:
SR C B.J. Marigney 13 points (6-16), 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks
FR SF Rich Dearman 8 points (3-8, 2-3), 6 rebounds, 1 steal






Top 25 (updated on 2-02-15)

1.(1) Xavier 16-1
2.(3) Vanderbilt 17-3
3.(2) Kansas 15-4
4.(4) Dayton 16-4
5.(7) Minnesota 17-4
6.(5) Iowa State 17-4
7.(6) San Diego State 16-5
8.(18) UCLA 17-4
9.(14) Michigan State 18-4
10.(17) Oregon 17-5
11.(15) North Carolina 17-3
12.(11) La Salle 10-5
13.(10) Utah 16-4
14.(22) Purdue 16-5
15.(8) Georgia 12-6
16.(19) UCF 19-2
17.(9) Rhode Island 15-5
18.(25) DePaul 17-7
19.(13) Cincinnati 16-7
20.(19) St. Bonaventure 16-5
21.(20) Temple 15-6
22.(12) Arizona 14-6
23.(21) Florida 14-5
24.(--) Pittsburgh 13-9
25.(--) Syracuse 15-7

[CincyFan]

Monthly Report:

Atlantic Ten Conference: While last month showed some quality teams playing against each other in conference it’s the game in two days that the A-10 conference has been waiting for. It will pit up against the #1 Xavier vs. #4 Dayton at Dayton. Right now Xavier has all the momentum, but Dayton has Xavier’s number for the last couple of years. Especially last year where they beat Xavier for their second National Championship. Six teams are still in the top 25 with the lowest ranked team being Temple at #21. Even though some ranked teams have to play against each other till the end of the year it looks as if all six could still remain in the top 25 as the Big Dance starts.

Xavier’s only biggest challenge comes against Dayton this month. Other than that it will be seven more games until they play against another ranked team on the 28th of this month. Then finishing off the conference play with two ranked teams in the last two games of next month.

Dayton has to play Xavier and then goes to St. Bonaventure (#20) two games later. They end the next month playing #12 La Salle and then Charlotte who is 11-10. They need to stay in second to hopefully have an easy road to play Xavier in the championship game. If not they will be playing Xavier sooner than they want, especially since Xavier starts to heat up around conference tournament time.

La Salle has a tough next game. Its not against a conference foe, but against Boston College. Despite them being 11-7 they are still a dangerous team playing in the ACC. Other than that game they don’t really play a worthy opponent until the 25th of this month against #21 Temple. They need to get back on track since losing that last three games to #1 Xavier, #17 Rhode Island, and #20 St. Bonaventure. Right now they have the best chance to fight for Dayton for the second seed, and the big game will be next month when they take on Dayton before ending the year to #21 Temple.

Rhode Island has probably one of the toughest schedules coming up. In the next three games they play two top 25 teams. Then the end the year playing Xavier which looks to be an exciting game. As long as they make it thought the next two weeks they could be able to win most of the remaining games until they meet the #1 team in the country.

Saint Bonaventure has the other hardest schedule to play out. They two have two top 25 teams (one being Dayton) in the next three games. They even have their last non-conference game after the #17 Rhode Island game. They end the month playing #1 Xavier, but get a break as their last two games of the year are against the bottom feeders of the conference.

Temple right now has a so-so schedule until the end of the year. They have two games against middle of the pact teams that should help them go into the #17 Rhode Island game. In two weeks they go against #12 La Salle before ending the year playing against Xavier and La Salle again.



PLAYER STATS:
Rod Minoff: 13.7 ppg, 9.3 rpg, 1.2 apg, 1.0 spg, 3.0 bpg, 16.2 mpg, 14 gp, 14 gs
Adam Davis: 12.5 ppg, 0.9 rpg, 2.4 apg, 2.2 spg, 0.1 bpg, 18.9 mpg, 17 gp, 17 gs
Zack Clemmons: 10.8 ppg, 7.7 rpg, 1.4 apg, 1.2 spg, 2.5 bpg, 18.0 mpg, 17 gp, 17 gs
Ryan Davis: 9.1 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 1.7 apg, 1.1 spg, 0.5 bpg, 16.9 mpg, 17 gp, 16 gs
Herbert Stevenson: 8.1 ppg, 1.2 rpg, 3.4 apg, 3.4 spg, 0.3 bpg, 19.4 mpg, 17 gp, 17 gs
Jabahri Hartman: 7.2 ppg, 0.9 rpg, 0.4 apg, 0.8 spg, 0.2 bpg, 9.4 mpg, 17 gp, 2 gs
Pete Whitworth: 4.2 ppg, 0.7 rpg, 1.2 apg, 1.3 spg, 0.3 bpg, 10.5 mpg, 17 gp, 0 gs
Courtney Esterkamp: 3.6 ppg, 1.4 rpg, 0.9 apg, 0.7 spg, 0.2 bpg, 7.9 mpg, 15 gp, 3 gs
Ramon Bender: 1.3 ppg, 1.3 rpg, 0.6 apg, 0.4 spg, 0.4 bpg, 7.5 mpg, 17 gp, 0 gs
Marshall Fernandez: 0.9 ppg, 0.8 rpg, 0.2 apg, 0.4 spg, 0.2 bpg, 5.7 mpg, 17 gp, 0 gs
Kudjo Bradshaw: 0.3 ppg, 0.3 rpg, 0.0 apg, 0.0 spg, 0.3 bpg, 3.5 mpg, 6 gp, 0 gs

[CincyFan]

-February 4, 2014
-Conference Game
- #1 Xavier (16-1, 5-0) vs. #4 Dayton (16-4, 5-2)

Xavier waits for this game all year, but will they be waiting some more?

Xavier has been steam rolling conference teams all year. Now is the match up everyone been waiting to see in the A-10. Does Xavier beat its arc rival in conference play finally, or will Dayton continue to have Xavier’s number. With Rod Minoff being so hot of late it looked as if this would be a good game…and it would be.

Minoff at half would have seven points with eight rebounds. Problem was that Minoff was just two-for-thirteen from the field. The rest of the team wouldn’t shoot that great as they would only shoot a combined 28 percent in the first half. Dayton would only shoot 30 percent in the game, but would hit the deep three at the buzzer to take the lead 29-27.

While the first half was exciting from the back and forth play it looked in the second half that Xavier was just tired. The starters played the majority of the game for both teams, but Dayton looked to be in better shape especially senior Poole and JR Haynes as they scored twenty points (30 for the game) in the second half. Minoff would try his hardest, but with a suffocating defense him and the rest of the Musketeers couldn’t manage anything as they shot 30 percent from the field. Dayton would shoot 40 percent for the game and would come away with a 59-50 win. Freshman Karim Pulice did all the little stuff for the win which earned him Player of the Game with seven points, nine rebounds, three assists, and a block.



Key Performers:
Dayton:
SR Elliah Poole 15 points (5-12, 3-6), 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals
JR B.J. Haynes 15 points (6-10, 1-2), 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal, 1 block


Xavier:
JR PG Herbert Stevenson 14 points (6-9, 2-3), 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal
SR C Rod Minoff 13 points (5-20), 15 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 2 blocks



-February 8, 2014
-Conference Game
- George Washington (13-8, 3-5) vs. #1 Xavier (16-2, 6-1)

After a crushing lost to Dayton it’s a good or bad thing for the next opponent. This was …

All talk about this game was Xavier going to drop from their #1 after the lost to Dayton? There was talk about Xavier feeling down and George Washington could sneak out a win this game, but all that talk was ended in the first minute when Xavier was up 7-0. The half couldn’t come fast enough for George Washington as they were down 41-12.

Second half the Musketeers would let the bench players start after finishing the first half. Either they were cold from the halftime break, or just weren’t ready since they let George Washington make a little run that included five three pointers in two minutes. Coach Ryan wouldn’t allow that to go on as he had to bring in his starters back in the game with the score 44-33. The starters would continue to pile on the points before the bench player came back in to finish off the beat down for the win. Zack Clemmons would edge out Minoff for Player of the Game since he was the only Musketeer to record a double-double with fifteen points, eleven rebounds, five assists, three steals, and two blocks in the 86-45 win.



Key Performers:
Xavier:
FR SF Ryan Davis 13 points (5-7, 2-3), 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block
SR C Rod Minoff 15 points (7-12), 9 rebounds, 2 steals, 2 blocks

George Washington:
SR PG Dee Radziejewski 21 points (5-13, 3-4), 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal
JR SG Elton Johnston 7 points (2-7, 2-4), 3 rebounds, 2 assists


Top 25 (updated on 2-02-15)

1.(1) Xavier 17-2
2.(4) Dayton 18-4
3.(2) Vanderbilt 18-4
4.(8) UCLA 19-4
5.(3) Kansas 16-4
6.(11) North Carolina 19-5
7.(6) Iowa State 17-3
8.(7) San Diego State 17-5
9.(12) La Salle 13-6
10.(15) Georgia 17-5
11.(5) Minnesota 14-6
12.(--) Kentucky 18-5
13.(17) Rhode Island 17-7
14.(19) Cincinnati 18-7
15.(14) Purdue 17-6
16.(9) Michigan State 19-5
17.(10) Oregon 17-7
18.(21) Temple 17-6
19.(--) Wisconsin 16-6
20.(13) Utah 17-5
21.(22) Arizona 16-6
22.(20) St. Bonaventure 18-5
23.(25) Syracuse 16-7
24.(18) DePaul 18-8
25.(--) Utah State 16-6

[chestnutz6]

How is 12 points and almost 9 rebounds a game stats worth making fun of?

[CincyFan]

its really not, but since of the breakout game he had i thought it would be a good side stroy. Stop making fun of my team chestnutz

[chestnutz6]

Haha yeah I understand you're tryin to get some side stories going, pitting a star player against the media. It's good, but I think 12 and 9 could still get your guy a second team AA spot. I should have the first post of the 2k Legends thread up within the hour, so stay tuned!

[skarface2k1]

cincyfan,sorry for the lost to Dayton.I feel the same way you do.My team that i have problems with every season since comming to Indiana is Ohio St.In my four years at Indiana i am 1-4!!! with me only winning the one game in the Big ten tounrament.Every year they have been the first or second conference game of the year for me.meaning i always start off with a record of 0-1 or 1-1 in conference play.My first game in conference play this year is with Illionios and then it's onto OHIO STATE.I am a very worried about this game.i have dropped two games to them in there gym.We are comming off of some big wins(they will be posted later) i hope we don't have a let down.Again,sorry and good luck with the rest of the year.

[CincyFan]

-February 11, 2014
-Conference Game
- Saint Louis (13-8, 3-5) vs. #1 Xavier (16-2, 6-1)

Minoff fouls out in the first minute of the second half

While the score in the first half was Xavier 36 and Saint Louis 25 is deceiving. The Musketeers were cold all half, and didn’t make a basket until five minutes in. Still in those five minutes the score was 7-3. Even with two minutes to go the score was 23-20 Xavier. With two key three pointers, and some critical offensive rebounds the Musketeers make the different in the final minutes of the half to make it a little easier to breathe.

In the second half Minoff fouled out real quick, but still had a double-double for the game. Saint Louis thought they could make this into a game, but still couldn’t find any real open looks. When they did get an shot in the post it was usually met by Zack Clemmons who came away with Player of the Game. He had seven blocks to go along with his team leading twenty-one points, five rebounds, and two steals in a 82-58 game.



Key Performers:
Xavier:
FR SG Jabahri Hartman 17 points (7-11, 0-1), 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals, 1 block
SR C Rod Minoff 14 points (6-8), 10 rebounds, 2 steals

Saint Louis:
FR PG Bennett Winter 13 points (4-9, 1-3), 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals
SR PF Madison Hargett 10 points (4-10), 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 blocks



-February 14, 2014
-Conference Game
- Duquesne (16-7, 5-5) vs. #1 Xavier (17-2, 7-1)

Den Boer said he won’t be shut down again, and answers with 4 points…

Lazarius Den Boer after the first meeting and only scoring two points said he would not be shut down again this year, especially to Xavier. Averaging a little over fifteen a night he only put up four points in the first half. Isn’t that good especially going 2/4 in the half. Xavier would dominate the first half as they control the lead at break with 38-24.

Second half it would be Minoff and Stevenson as they scored twenty-five points in the second half. While that is all fine and dandy it wouldn’t be good enough. The rest of the Musketeers only score four points in the second half. While Den Boer was quiet in the first half he would light it up as he connected on three three-pointers with the last one tying up the game at 77. He would account for twenty points out of his teams forty-three in the second half.

Overtime would come and it was just a back and forth game. Minoff would dominate the boards while Stevenson made the shots. On the other hand Dan Boer only scored one point in overtime. It was short lived since he fouled out as he was in foul trouble from the first half. Point guard Carmichael would keep Duquesne in it scoring seven overtime points, and with the game tied at 85 Adam Ryan would attempt a deep two to win the game, but it bounced off the back of the rim.

Second overtime it would be all Minoff. After four offensive rebounds and three second-chance points that would be enough to help the Musketeers edge out Duquesne as they won the game in the second overtime 92-91. Rod Minoff was Player of the game with probably his greatest performance all year with twenty-eight points, fifteen rebounds, two assists, one steal, and two blocks.



Key Performers:
Xavier:
JR PG Herbert Stevenson 22 points (7-12, 5-8), 5 rebounds, 7 assists
SO C Zack Clemmons 9 points (3-8), 11 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 2 blocks

Saint Louis:
SR SG Lazarius Den Boer 25 points (9-14, 3-6), 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 steals
JR PG Quemont CarMichael 24 points (9-19, 5-12), 3 rebounds, 4 assist, 4 steals





Top 25 (updated on 2-02-15)

1.(1) Xavier 19-2
2.(3) Vanderbilt 20-4
3.(2) Dayton 18-5
4.(4) UCLA 21-4
5.(7) Iowa State 19-5
6.(6) North Carolina 20-4
7.(5) Kansas 16-6
8.(10) Georgia 16-6
9.(9) La Salle 14-5
10.(8) San Diego State 18-6
11.(14) Cincinnati 20-7
12.(12) Kentucky 18-7
13.(18) Temple 19-6
14.(13) Rhode Island 18-6
15.(20) Utah 19-5
16.(--) Iona 21-4
17.(17) Oregon 18-7
18.(21) Arizona 18-6
19.(15) Purdue 18-7
20.(16) Michigan State 20-6
21.(22) St. Bonaventure 19-6
22.(19) Wisconsin 16-8
23.(24) DePaul 19-8
24.(--) West Virginia 15-7
25.(--) Saint John’s 18-7

[CincyFan]

-February 18, 2014
-Conference Game
- #1 Xavier (19-2, 8-1) vs. George Washington (14-10, 4-7)

Greatest shooting performance ever in college basketball, but was it good enough?

Senior point guard Dee Radziejewski would be more than on fire in the first half. He was so impressive that at one point the score was 20-13 George Washington and he had eighteen points. He would score twenty points in the half on 7-9 shooting in the first half (2/2 from deep). Despite all of that George Washington was only beating Xavier by two in a 37-35 game at half. How impressive is that when Xavier is down by two at half with that shooting performance. It shows why Xavier is #1 in the nation for a reason while still turning the ball over 13 times in the first half which is two higher what they usually have a game.

Second half would be the same way for Radziejewski except for he would go cold after four minutes of play. When he started to go cold George Washington would be up by seven. Rod Minoff on the other side would start to light it up as he would earn Player of the Game with twenty-seven points, nine rebounds, three steals, and six blocks. While Xavier only had three turnovers in the second half they would finally put out ahead to finish with the 83-76 win.


Key Performers:
Xavier:
SO SG Adam Davis 11 points (3-7, 1-4), 1 rebound, 6 assists, 1 steal
SO C Zack Clemmons 14 points (5-11), 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal

George Washington:
SR PG Dee Radziejewski 36 points (13-25, 5-9), 3 assists, 4 steals
JR SG Elton Johnston 12 points (4-13, 1-3), 2 rebounds, 3 assist, 4 steals





-February 21, 2014
-Conference Game
- #1 Xavier (20-2, 9-1) vs. Saint Joseph’s (14-9, 6-5)

How does Minoff respond after a great game, by assuring himself the #1 pick in the draft

The good for Saint Joseph’s first. Dobbins and Matthews both had outstanding games for being in foul trouble most of the first half. They would end up scoring half of the Hawks points in the game. That was pretty much the only good for the Hawks. Now the bad news is that they were in a hole early, as much as eleven in the first two minutes, and were trailing at half 38-21. For the ugly it would be a guy named Rod Minoff who would win another countless Player of the Game award and his second consecutive.

Last games stats for Rod Minoff were twenty-seven points, nine rebounds, three steals, and six blocks. Not too shabby after playing 19 minutes. This game he only played the whole first half (13 minutes) and ended up winning player of the game. He would play the greatest first half (would be whole game if he played a minute in the second half) as he came away with a triple-double which would be the first person under Coach Ryan to receive such an honor. His double-double would come in the first three minutes of the game. This is from a guy who shot just 6/13 from the field, but was 15-16 from the foul line (again just in the first half). He would score twenty-seven points this game, twelve rebounds, ten assists, and have seven blocks in a 83-55 game. From this performance it has said that he will be the #1 pick no matter what in the draft since he does average a double-double a night.


Key Performers:
Xavier:
SO SG Adam Davis 12 points (5-7, 2-2), 2 assists, 4 steals
FR SF Ryan Davis 14 points (6-8, 2-2), 7 rebounds

George Washington:
SR PG Tremmell Dobbins 22 points (7-22, 4-10), 1 rebound, 1 assists
SO C Trent Matthews 13 points (5-7), 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 steals, 1 block









Top 25 (updated on 2-02-15)

1.(1) Xavier 21-2
2.(2) Vanderbilt 20-5
3.(3) Dayton 20-5
4.(4) UCLA 22-5
5.(8) Georgia 18-6
6.(5) Iowa State 20-6
7.(10) San Diego State 20-6
8.(6) North Carolina 21-5
9.(9) La Salle 16-5
10.(12) Kentucky 20-7
11.(13) Temple 20-6
12.(7) Kansas 17-7
13.(14) Rhode Island 20-6
14.(16) Iona 22-4
15.(11) Cincinnati 21-8
16.(21) St. Bonaventure 21-6
17.(15) Utah 20-6
18.(18) Arizona 19-7
19.(17) Oregon 19-8
20.(--) Notre Dame 17-8
21.(24) West Virginia 16-8
22.(--) Minnesota 20-7
23.(--) UTEP 20-4
24.(--) Utah State 17-7
25.(20) Michigan State 20-8

[CincyFan]

-February 26, 2014
-Conference Game
- #1 Xavier (21-2, 10-1) vs. Richmond (10-12, 5-7)

Xavier cools off, but could Richmond pull out the upset

Richmond would trail by two at half despite beating Xavier in pretty much every category that matters. Senior power forward Dux and Junior center Lagana did most of the dirty work down low for the Spiders. Even with Minoff in trouble things still looked okay for Xavier in a 29-27 game at half.

Minoff would go on a tear in the second half as he scored nine straight points to push the lead to double digits. Neither Lagana or Dux could control Minoff early on which would be the back breaker for the Spiders. They would come roaring back in the final two minutes once Minoff fouled out, but it was a little too late as they fell 62-58. Xaiver would shot one of its lowest percentages all year at 23 percent, but got it done at the foul line where they were 22/27. Minoff despite being in foul trouble for most of the game still ended up with a double-double and Player of the Game award with twenty points, ten rebounds, two assists, three steals, and a block.


Key Performers:
Xavier:
FR SF Ryan Davis 13 points (4-11, 1-3), 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal
SO C Zack Clemmons 10 points (4-6), 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block

Richmond:
SR PF Rickey Dux 7 points (3-8), 11 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 1 block
JR C Aldryan Lagana 13 points (5-11), 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks

[CincyFan]

-February 28, 2014
-Conference Game
- #16 Saint Bonaventure (22-6, 9-4) vs. #1 Xavier (22-2, 11-1)

The Bonnies show no respect to #1 Xavier

First play of the game Minoff got the ball inside. After a fake spin to the right he spun around for a wide open dunk on the left side. Foye would foul him hard to show Minoff it wouldn’t be an easy night. As it turned out it wouldn’t be an easy night for the Bonnies as they fell into a 48-25 hole.

“They didn’t show any respect. It should have been a technical foul to start the game. Lucky Minoff and the other players on our team have more class. I didn’t really want to run up the score, but for how our guys played ball I didn’t mind it.” said Coach Ryan at halftime. What he wouldn’t know is that the second half would be the excat same of the first as Xavier would walk out with a team high thirty-five assists. The Bonnies couldn’t break fifty points while Xavier couldn’t break the century mark. Rod Minoff would end up surprising Player of the Game with fifteen points, nine rebounds, three assists, two steals, and three blocks in a 89-49 blowout.


Key Performers:
Xavier:
JR PG Herbert Stevenson 18 points (6-8, 4-5), 1 rebound, 5 assists
JR PG Pete Whitworth 12 points (4-7, 2-3), 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals, 1 block

Saint Bonaventure:
SR SG P.J. Nagata 7 points (3-6, 1-1), 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals, 1 block
SO C Stanislav Foye 11 points (5-10), 5 rebounds









Top 25 (updated on 3-02-15)

1.(1) Xavier 23-2
2.(3) Dayton 22-5
3.(2) Vanderbilt 22-5
4.(6) Iowa State 22-6
5.(15) Cincinnati 23-8
6.(10) Kentucky 22-7
7.(14) Iona 24-4
8.(4) UCLA 23-6
9.(9) La Salle 18-5
10.(8) North Carolina 23-5
11.(7) San Diego State 21-7
12.(5) Georgia 19-7
13.(11) Temple 21-7
14.(13) Rhode Island 21-6
15.(12) Kansas 18-7
16.(18) Arizona 21-7
17.(17) Utah 21-6
18.(19) Oregon 21-8
19.(16) St. Bonaventure 22-7
20.(--) Syracuse 19-10
21.(--) LSU 17-10
22.(--) Purdue 20-9
23.(--) St. John’s 21-8
24.(--) Miami (FL) 19-6
25.(22) Minnesota 21-8

[CincyFan]

Monthly Report:

Atlantic Ten Conference: Last week of conference play is upon us. Xavier is now the team to beat in the A-10, and looks to seal up their first A-10 regular season championship under Adam Ryan. Dayton has to win out with Xavier losing both games for a tie for first, but for how Xavier has been playing it looks highly unlikely. Fordham is the worst team in the conference with only one win in conference and a 12-18 record.

Xavier does finish off the year playing two top 15 schools in Temple (#13) and (#14) Rhode Island. While both schools are ranked high and have good squads you won’t find a better team playing better ball than Xavier. Xavier’s overall rating is an 94 and with the #1 pick in the draft this year it looks as if Minoff (a 4 year starter) won’t let his team down the stretch.

Dayton has #9 La Salle to face next. If they can survive that game they should come away with an easy win against Charlotte who doesn’t have a winning record. A win over La Salle would make sure Dayton finishes second in the league.

La Salle has the most intriguing schedule left. They are the only school that has the most to lose, but also the most to win. Currently tied for third with Temple and Rhode Island. However they are the only team that can move up and win second place in the A-10. However the road is a narrow one for them as they face Dayton and then travel to #13 Temple. Plus if they lose to Dayton they will have to face #1 Xavier sooner than later in the conference tournament.

Rhode Island has to face a .500 ball club in Saint Louis then play at home against Xavier. While its good that Xavier comes to their place it might be a problem since they haven’t seen any real competition since the beginning of last month.

Temple has to travel to Xavier which looks to be an automatic loss since they don’t have anyone to contain both big men of Xavier. They end with Rhode Island (#9) which will be good even if they lose to give them battle ready for a tough conference tournament. Despite some glaring problems they do have one of the better teams in the conference.

With a blow out to Xavier at the end of the month it looks as if Saint Bonaventure has time to lick its wounds as it doesn’t play any stiff competition until the tournament. They have the easiest remaining schedule out of the ranked teams in the conference since they play Saint Joseph’s (15-11) and Saint Louis (12-12) which are both at home.



PLAYER STATS:
Rod Minoff: 16.0 ppg, 10.0 rpg, 1.6 apg, 1.3 spg, 3.0 bpg, 17.9 mpg, 22 gp, 22 gs
Adam Davis: 12.0 ppg, 0.7 rpg, 2.8 apg, 2.2 spg, 0.2 bpg, 18.6 mpg, 25 gp, 25 gs
Z. Clemmons: 10.7 ppg, 7.7 rpg, 1.5 apg, 1.1 spg, 2.5 bpg, 17.9 mpg, 25 gp, 25 gs
Ryan Davis: 9.8 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 2.0 apg, 1.0 spg, 0.5 bpg, 16.7 mpg, 25 gp, 24 gs
H. Stevenson: 8.9 ppg, 1.3 rpg, 3.5 apg, 2.8 spg, 0.2 bpg, 19.4 mpg, 25 gp, 25 gs
Jabahri Hartman: 8.1 ppg, 0.9 rpg, 0.5 apg, 0.0 spg, 0.2 bpg, 9.3 mpg, 22 gp, 2 gs
Pete Whitworth: 4.2 ppg, 0.9 rpg, 1.3 apg, 1.3 spg, 0.3 bpg, 9.8 mpg, 25 gp, 0 gs
C. Esterkamp: 3.0 ppg, 1.5 rpg, 0.8 apg, 0.5 spg, 0.3 bpg, 8.0 mpg, 23 gp, 3 gs
Ramon Bender: 1.3 ppg, 1.4 rpg, 0.6 apg, 0.3 spg, 0.2 bpg, 6.9 mpg, 25 gp, 0 gs
M. Fernandez: 0.8 ppg, 1.1 rpg, 0.2 apg, 0.4 spg, 0.2 bpg, 5.8 mpg, 24 gp, 0 gs
Kudjo Bradshaw: 0.3 ppg, 0.3 rpg, 0.0 apg, 0.0 spg, 0.3 bpg, 3.5 mpg, 6 gp, 0 gs

[CincyFan]

-March 4, 2014
-Conference Game
- #1 Xavier (23-2, 12-1) vs. #13 Temple (21-7, 10-4)

Temple last shot to win, hits nothing but…

First half was like a blur to the Owls. They saw them in a 38-27 hole in which Xavier shot 47 percent from the field. At half it looked as if Xavier stayed too long in the locker room for what happened next. We go to the final minute of the game since that was the most exciting. Second half we did see Tempe hold Xavier to just 18 percent from the field while Temple stormed back to be down by two in the final minutes…

With the scored tied at 48 with just 1:53 left it seemed as if Temple was going to do the impposible since they held Xavier to just ten points so far in the half. Adam Davis would take a good looking shot in the corner, but it would fall short. Minoff was there to scoop up the rebound and was fouled before he could take a second chance shot. With a new shot clock the Musketeers would look to run out some more clock. Again with just 1:05 left Adam Davis had yet another good look from mid range where it fell short once again. Minoff this time would just tip the ball back in instead of bringing down the rebound. Xavier now is up by two. Senior point guard Javier Hardy would slow things down, and after some key passes to kick it back out to him with just seven seconds on the shot clock he took a three to take the lead by one which would be the first time all game for Temple. Minoff wouldn’t be outdone as he got an old fashion three-pointer with just 22 seconds left in the game. Another senior (Edelin) for Temple would draw a foul with just four seconds left after a rebound that sent him to the line for one-and-one. He would miss the shot, but senior center Henson came up with the huge rebound. He pumped fake to get Clemmons up in the air as he took a step forward for the shot. He would release the shot with just 1.2 seconds left which was more than plenty time on the clock so the refs wouldn’t have to worry about a review. Right when he released it everyone knew the shot was it. It was perfectly on target. While Henson fooled Clemmons he forgot about the All-American who came over and swatted the ball so hard it went out of bounds as time expired. The Musketeer fans rushed the court after the game saving block. Even before that block Minoff was a shoe in for the Player of the Game with twenty-two points, fifteen rebounds, one assist, two steals, and four blocks. After the winning the game 53-52 it was more rewarding for Minoff as he was carried off by the fans.


Key Performers:
Xavier:
SO SG Adam Davis 8 points (3-11, 2-6), 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks
SO C Zack Clemmons 8 points (3-5), 7 rebounds, 1 steal, 2 blocks

Temple:
SR PG Javier Hardy 11 points (3-7, 2-2), 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 block
FR PF Kenan Sherman 10 points (3-4), 4 rebounds, 5 steals, 2 blocks




-March 4, 2014
-Conference Game
- #1 Xavier (24-2, 13-1) vs. #14 Rhode Island (22-6, 11-4)

Xavier finishes off the year as Regular Season Champs

Everyone knew this would be a tough game for Xavier at Rhode Island. Despite the score being 25-24 at halftime it was all Xavier. They would allow Rhode Island to hang around by stupid turnovers, and not 100 percent effort on some plays.

Minoff would end his career in conference play with another Player of the Game award as he had twenty-one points, thirteen rebounds, one assist, and one steal in a 58-48 win. While it was only a ten point game it would be all Xavier in the second half who seemed to be looking at the conference tournament more than this game. Adam Davis did get injured, but will be back for the first conference tournament game.

Key Performers:
Xavier:
SO SG Adam Davis 7 points (3-12, 0-6), 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals
FR SF Ryan Davis 11 points (5-14, 1-4), 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block

Rhode Island:
JR PF Woody McCroskey 8 points (4-12), 7 rebounds
SR C Karl Crumbley 12 points (5-10), 6 rebounds







Top 25 (updated on 3-09-15)

1.(1) Xavier 23-2
2.(3) Dayton 22-5
3.(2) Vanderbilt 22-5
4.(6) Iowa State 22-6
5.(15) Cincinnati 23-8
6.(10) Kentucky 22-7
7.(14) Iona 24-4
8.(4) UCLA 23-6
9.(9) La Salle 18-5
10.(8) North Carolina 23-5
11.(7) San Diego State 21-7
12.(5) Georgia 19-7
13.(11) Temple 21-7
14.(13) Rhode Island 21-6
15.(12) Kansas 18-7
16.(18) Arizona 21-7
17.(17) Utah 21-6
18.(19) Oregon 21-8
19.(16) St. Bonaventure 22-7
20.(--) Syracuse 19-10
21.(--) LSU 17-10
22.(--) Purdue 20-9
23.(--) St. John’s 21-8
24.(--) Miami (FL) 19-6
25.(22) Minnesota 21-8

[CincyFan]

A-10 Conference Tournament

Round 1 vs. Richmond (13-14)

Xavier would be in foul trouble early with three players. Add to the fact that they shot only 13 percent from the field in the first half made them into a big hole that looked as if they would be bounced out of the first round of the A-10 with the halftime score of 29-12.

Second half Minoff would play the whole second half despite picking up his fourth foul three minutes into the half. He would be Player of the game with twelve points, twelve rebounds, and four blocks as Xavier came out barely with a 48-45 win.

Round 2 vs. #9 La Salle (20-6)

Second round was all about who would score more since halftime the score was 40-37. La Salle would do all that it could, but it wasn’t good enough against #1 Xavier who sneaked out another close game in a 73-70 game. While Minoff got another Player of the game award with thirty-three points, nine rebounds, one assist, two steals, and two blocks it would be freshman small forward Ryan Davis who would be the defensive player maker to help seal the win.

Final Round vs. #19 Saint Bonaventure (26-7)

While it looked like another Dayton vs. Xavier final for the A-10 it would be the Bonnies upsetting Dayton to face off against Xavier for the finals. St. Bonaventure thought if it would be another close game that they had a chance of winning. In the first half it wouldn’t be their story book ending as Xavier would dominate the first half in a 48-22 game.

Second half wouldn’t be much better for the Bonnies other than outscoring Xavier on the half by five points. Wouldn’t be an exciting final game for Xavier as they blew out the Bonnies 74-53. Ryan Davis would win Player of the Game with fourteen points, four rebounds, four assists, and a block in the win

[CincyFan]

NCAA Tournament

NCAA shocking news

Dayton and Xavier were number #1 seeds in the big dance. Which isn’t a surprise since Xavier has been ranked #1 overall for the last nine weeks. Dayton has pretty much been in the top five for the whole year. It would be the next two #1 seeds that would bring in more speculation and amazement than the first two picks. Yes Kentucky and Cincinnati are ranked #3 and #4 overall in the new polls, but both of them were almost out of the polls a month ago, and two polls ago where in the teens. Right now all roads for Dayton look to be the easiest while Xavier looks to be the unbeatable team right now. Last could there be a re-match for the national championship game between Dayton and Xavier. Most of the critics say no, however; Dayton is to be the strongest team on that side of the bracket. Cincinnati the other #1 seed did beat Xavier earlier this year.

[CincyFan]

NCAA Tournament

Road to Championship turns into battle between the A-10

Round 1 vs. #16 UMKC

UMKC was the winner of the play-in-game against Northeastern. Despite who won everyone knew the next game would be a lost to #1 seed Xavier. Which turned out as Xavier walked all over them, mostly using their bench to rest up their starters for the later rounds. Xavier looked as it didn’t break a sweat in a 79-46 victory.

Round 2 vs. #9 Florida

Florida who use to be a national power house team has fallen on some rough times. Rumor has it that if they could make it to the final four they could bring in some top recruits. It seems as if most of the recruits are not going to their rival Florida State. They had to get through the best team in college basketball which would be Xavier who is the hottest team too.

Florida didn’t really stand a chance in this game as the Musketeers walked up and down the court with them. Some said it was cause of the break the starters had that made them well rested. Others are saying Xavier is just that good, and Florida is not as Xavier wins another huge game 75-59.

Sweet Sixteen vs. #5 Temple

Some said Temple would have been a #3 seed team, but they were placed fifth. No matter who won the outcome of last’s game (#5Temple 64 #4 Rhode Island 59) it would be a A-10 battle in the sweet sixteen spot. Temple would have the upper hand in the first half as they led 39-28.

They would even come out on a 7-0 run to start the second half that looked to crush the hearts of Xavier fans everywhere looking for that championship. Rod Minoff and company wouldn’t quit and then put on one of the best defensive shows of the year as they quietly came back and won the game 68-63.

Elite Eight vs. #2 La Salle

Back to back games against another A-10 school. While some people thought it would be an easy road since Xavier knows these teams it would be the opposite. Since Xavier knows these teams so does La Salle. If anyone could beat Xavier it would mostly come from their own conference.

With Xavier only losing two games so far on the year (one was in conference to Dayton) it wouldn’t be the third lost on the season as the Musketeers moved to the final four with a 58-43 victory. In which we saw another great defensive stand from the Musketeers not only for a half but during the whole game this time.

Final Four vs. #3 Saint Bonaventure

Third A-10 school to play against Xavier in the big dance, and everyone was saying third time is a charm. While it was just a joking matter at first there was another rumor going around. What if Xavier won? Would they face their nemesis Dayton for the finals since it was #1 Dayton vs. #6 Kansas. Could we possibly have a re-match of last years game. Well that third time a charm rumor came true.

Not for all those people who were saying third time is a charm for a A-10 school to beat Xavier, but Xavier winning its third game against a conference foe. They would cruise thought this game with the final score of 78-53. As for who they would face in the finals it would be…

[chestnutz6]

Oh the suspense is killing me...

[skarface2k1]

who will it be>>>>>

[CincyFan]

I don’t think we are in Kansas territory anymore. It would be kind of weird seeing the crowd in all blue jerseys, but alas it is a rematch of last year as #1 Xavier faces off against nemesis #1(#2 in the polls) Dayton. I have to do some running around right now, so I will post the game when I get back and the go into next season and see what everyone would like me to do, and no Chestnutz I am not going to stop posting this legacy. :)

[chestnutz6]

Haha no but seriously I'm curious to see what offers you have

[CincyFan]

-April 6, 2015
-Championship Game
- #1 Dayton (30-6) vs. #1 Xavier (33-2)

Re-Match is upon us. Another Epic Game?

Last year it was probably one of the best national championship games in the last decade. Funny thing was it was between two schools from the same conference. This year it’s a rematch of last years game and Xavier is looking to prove to the world that Dayton is not the most dominating team in NCAA right now. That’s saying that Xavier has only won one meeting in the last five games in the last two years. Xavier lost earlier in the year to Dayton, but on paper Xavier is the better team all around.

Xavier who doesn’t like to set the tempo of the game came out setting the tempo as a run and gun team. Dayton didn’t mind as the whole first half was a scoring battle back and forth. There really wasn’t any defense being played in the first half with the score 35-33 at break. Rod Minoff was doing everything in his power in the first half to give the Musketeers the lead as he had eight points, five rebounds, and three blocks. It would be the freshman for Dayton who would be the difference maker (Karim Pulice) who had twelve points, seven rebounds, two assists, and a steal.

Second half would be all Dayton early on. They would finally take the lead and actually be the first team to hold it more than a minute all game. They would push the lead to double digits with the help off Pulice and small forward Chan. It started to look as the same old story as Xavier couldn’t beat Dayton. Rod Minoff and Zack Clemmons would call a timeout without Coach Ryan wanting one. They would rally their team no by their bench, but at half court as they wouldn’t let the coaches nor water in the huddle. Minoff was heard saying, “Coach Ryan has gotten us here this far. Despite all the coaching he is doing we are the ones at fault for losing right now.” From that timeout with 6:46 left in the game and down by eleven it looked as if it sparked life in the Xavier bench, but more for Zack Clemmons. In the final five minutes he would dominate the offensive side as he scored twenty of Xavier’s thirty-one points. Minoff and Clemmons would dominate the glass on the defensive side and would make Dayton take horrible looking shots with seven blocks in the final minutes of the game. Pulice would try his hardest for Dayton to hold the lead from the offensive rebounds and put backs, but he saw their lead shrink until Xavier finally took the lead with 2:23 left. Xavier would keep pounding it inside to Minoff, who would be doubled teamed a lot, so he would kick it outside for the wide open shot. Xavier’s X-Men would come to life in the final minutes and would help give Coach Ryan his first national championship since taking over Texas Southern as his first coaching job nine years ago.


Key Performers:
Xavier:
SO C Zack Clemmons 28 points (15-20), 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 blocks
SR C Rod Minoff 18 points (3-16), 14 rebounds, 7 assists, 8 blocks

Dayton:
SR SF Lionel Chan 20 points (9-14, 1-2), 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 steals, 2 blocks
FR PF Karim Pulice 22 points (8-15), 14 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals, 2 blocks

[CincyFan]

National Champions: Xavier Musketeers (34-2, 15-1)
NABC Player of the Year: SR C Rod Minoff Xavier
2K Sports Mid-Major Player of the Year: SR PF Bubba Bridges Kennesaw State
NABC Coach of the Year: Adam Ryan Xavier (240-76, 1 N.C., 34 years old)
NABC Defensive Player of the Year: JR C Rod Minoff Xavier
Pete Newell Big Man of the Year: SR C Rod Minoff Xavier

First Team All-American:
PG SR Immanuel Hale Clemson
SG SR P.J. Nagata St. Bonaventure
SF SR Evgueni Ruffin Vanderbilt
PF SR Haruna Balkman Cincinnati
C SR Rod Minoff Xavier

Second Team All-American:
PG SR Maureece Hubbard Seton Hall
SG SR Lazarius Den Boer Duquesne
SF JR Alejandro Nixon Minnesota
PF SR Bubba Bridges Kennesaw State
C SR Senque Spooner Michigan

A-10 Awards:
Conference Champs: Xavier (34-2, 15-1)
Tournament Champs: Xavier (34-2, 15-1)
Coach of the Year: Adam Ryan Xavier
Player of the Year: C SR Rod Minoff Xavier
Freshman of the Year: SF Ryan Davis Xavier

First Team:
PG SR Javier Hardy Temple
SG SR P.J. Nagata St. Bonaventure
SF SR Monwell Fisher Duquesne
PF SR Madison Hargett Saint Louis
C SR Rod Minoff Xavier

Second Team:
PG JR Dee Radziejewski George Washington
SG SR Lazarius Den Boer Duquesne
SF JR Amien Medina Saint Louis
PF SR DeMarshay Sarchet Massachusetts
C JR Karl Crumbley Rhode Island

Freshman:
PG Multon Conley Massachusetts
SG Jabahri Hartman Xavier
SF Ryan Davis Xavier
PF Owen Pandov Saint Joeph’s
C J. Van Weerdhuizen Duquesne

[CincyFan]

Coaches Attributes:
A overall
A+ offense
A defense
A+ team
C- scouting
A+ charisma
A discpline


Coach Ryan after winning saw the best job out there was Marshall followed by Detroit. While those schools could use a coach of Ryan’s caliber it looks as if he is content to stay with the team to make a run for another championship.



Getting back to the national championship game was easy it seemed. Even the national championship game was a re-match of last year which Xavier finally got the upper hand on Dayton. Rod Minoff was too strong and he is the only person gone from this team who actually played. He is going to the draft next month, but they did lose another coach on the floor in senior Kudjo Bradshaw who hardly saw the floor this year. For right now it looks as if Xavier has the chance to repeat with the returning players (9) and the #2 overall freshman, plus one more spot open on the team.

[vols21]

where do u get the list of all-americans?

[CincyFan]

With one roster scholorship spot left it looked as if Xavier, on paper of course, needed a point guard since they have two seniors on their team, but they would surprise everyone as Xavier introduced their new X-Men. It would be a Small Forward in which Xavier just brought in the #1/#1 small forward last year in Ryan Davis. No news yet if he would leave, but they did bring in the #1 overall and #1 small forward in the country for the second straight year in 6’10” Ruben Sanchez.

Name: Ruben Sanchez
Hometown: Arlington. TX
Position: Small Foward
Position Rank: #1
Overall Rank: #1
Other Schools: Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Dayton, Texas, Oklahoma State
Height: 6’10”
Weight: 201
All-American: Yes
Mr. Basketball: Yes
Camp: 2K
Attributes: A+ in offense, hustle, quickness, Intelligence
Attributes: A in rebounding
Attributes: A- in shooting, leaping, potential

[CincyFan]

Top 10 recruiting classes:

Xavier 2 ***** (2 AA and 2 MR.B)
Wisconsin 1 *****, 2 **** (1 AA and 1 MR.B)
UCLA 2 *****, 1 **** (2 AA)
Oregon 1 *****, 2 ****, 1 *** (1 AA and 2 Mr. B)
Ohio State 2 *****, 1 ****, 2 *** (2AA and 1 Mr. B)
Georgia Tech 1 ****, 2 **** (1 AA and 2 MR. B)
Dayton 4 **** (2 Mr. B)
LSU 1 *****, 2 **** (1 AA)
Vanderbilt 2 *****, 1 *** (2 AA and 1 Mr. B)
Florida State 1 *****, 2 **** (1 AA and Mr. B)
#19 Rhode Island 3 ****
#20 Temple 2 ****, 4 ***, 1 ** (2 Mr. B)
#22 Saint Louis 3 ****, 1 **
#31 La Salle 2 ****, 1 ***, 1 **
#41 Charlotte 7 ***
#48 George Washington 1 ****, 4 ***
#56 Duquesne 4 ***, 1 **
#63 St. Bonaventure 4 ***, 1 **
#66 Massachusetts 2 ***, 2 **
#67 Maryland 1 *****, 1 ****
#68 Indiana 1 *****, 1*** (1 AA and 1 Mr. B)
#93 San Diego State 1 ****, 1 ***
#102 Saint Joseph’s 2 ***, 1 **
#120 Richmond 2 ***
#188 Morehead State 2 ***, 1 **

[CincyFan]

2014-2015 Schedule

((KEY: BLACK=non-conference BLUE=tournament game RED DATE=conf. game))

11/12 vs. UT-Pan American
11/13 @ Round 2
11/19 vs. Round 3
11/20 vs. Final 2k Sports Classic
11/23 vs. #16 Kentucky
11/28 @ Duke
12/1 vs. Marist
12/4 @ South Florida
12/25 @ Binghamton
12/29 vs. Cincinnati
12/30 @ Ohio
1/1 @ #1 Kansas
1/4 @ #14 UCLA
1/6 vs. Rhode Island
1/10 vs. Charlotte
1/13 @ Temple
1/16 @ Richmond
1/20 vs. Saint Louis
1/23 @ Fordham
1/27 vs. Saint Bonaventure
1/30 vs. George Washington
2/6 vs. Saint Joseph’s
2/11 @ Saint Bonaventure
2/14 @ Duquesne
2/17 vs. Temple
2/20 vs. Massachusetts
2/24 @ La Salle
2/27 vs. Saint Joseph’s
3/5 @ #10 Dayton

[CincyFan]

Here is the new look of the X-Men of the 2015-2016 season.... hopefully everyone will see what type of bind i am in. I did decide to reshirt Sanchez though since it looks as if Ryan Davis will leave after this year.

[CincyFan]

2013 ROSTER


STARTERS
PG SR Herbert Stevenson (6'2" 202) 91 ovr

SG JR Adam Davis (6'1" 183) 92 ovr

SF SO Ryan Davis (6'6" 203) 90 ovr

PF FR Buster Ellerbee (7'0" 250) 82 ovr

C JR Zack Clemmons (7'0" 228) 84 ovr


BENCH
PG SR Pete Whitworth (6'1" 242) 84 ovr

SG SO Jabahri Hartman (6'7" 213) 82 ovr

SF (SG) SO Courtney Esterkamp (6'7" 205) 85 ovr

PF (SF) SR Ramon Bender (6'8" 231) 85 ovr

C (PF) FR Virgil Massogo (6'10" 218) 80 ovr


RESERVES
SF FR Ruben Sanchez (6'10" 209) 84 ovr





BIO‘S & STATS

STARTERS
SR PG Herbert Stevenson (6'2" 202)
Despite not winning any awards (yes he didn’t even make all-conference team) he makes up for it with being First Team ALL-American team in the pre-season. He is one of the true leaders on this team, and look for him to do the little things other than scoring to help lead this team back to the championship game. Said he is having too much fun to leave early plus with the chances of winning another championship is another incentive to stay. LAST YEAR STATS: 8.7 ppg, 1.7 rpg, 3.9 apg, 2.6 spg, 0.3 bpg, 17.4 mpg


JR SG Adam Davis (6'1"183)
Best shooter in the NCAA comes back for his junior year. Speculation is that he will be gone after this year especially if they win another championship. If the game is close and he is on the court he is automatic for the win. Improved his defense a lot from last year so he is a complete player which gave him a seat on the first team ALL-American team this pre-season. LAST YEAR‘S STATS: 11.7 ppg, 1.4 rpg, 3.1 apg, 1.9 spg, 0.2 bpg, 16.9 mpg

SO SF Ryan Davis (6'6" 203)
Made Conference Freshman of the Year and All-Conference Freshman. He tops that this year by making first team ALL-American preseason list with fellow teammates Adam Davis and Stevenson. Had probably the best off-season and is another person who looks to leave early. Xavier doesn’t look worried though since they have another #1/#1 SF (Sanchez) who is being red-shirted this year.
LAST YEAR‘S STATS: 10.0 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 2.4 apg, 1.3 spg, 0.8 bpg, 16.5 mpg

FR PF Buster Ellerbee (7'0" 250)
One of the two recruits to help give the Musketeers the best recruiting class in the nation. While Sanchez is being red-shirted in case Ryan Davis leaves Buster is getting the starter nod to give Clemmons back to his normal spot. While growing an inch from high school it gives Xavier still two big men above seven feet. He would help Xavier not miss a beat with rebounding and controlling the paint with his big frame. [/COLOR="Red"]LAST YEAR‘S STATS: N/A [/COLOR]

JR C Zack Clemmons (7'0" 228)
He should be on the first team ALL-American, but since he hasn‘t played center in college at all some worry he can‘t complete against the best in the country. Looking at his stats when Minoff was injured last year begs to differ. Still he is one of the best returning big men in the country so that helped him to a Second ALL-American team in the pre-season. With Minoff gone and now Clemmons team down low look for him to dominate the paint this year. He could be up for Player of the Year. LAST YEAR‘S STATS: 9.7 ppg, 7.3 rpg, 1.5 apg, 1.1 spg, 2.1 bpg, 17.3 mpg

[chestnutz6]

Congrads

you find the all americans on the same list as coach of the year and stuff

[CincyFan]

COACH RYAN‘S HALL OF FAME ROSTER


STARTERS
PG 2007-2008 (2 YR‘S) Dominique White (6'1" 189) 68 ovr

SG 2008-2010 Gerrod Batte (6'2" 202) 87 ovr

SF 2009-2011 Amien McCloud (6'8" 218) 84 ovr

PF 2007-2008 St. Paul Latham (6'6" 227) 63 ovr

C 2012-2015 Rod Minoff (7'0" 237) 88 ovr






BIO‘S & STATS

STARTERS
Texas Southern Dominique White (6'1 189)
Despite not being rated over a 70 in college ball he was probably one of the best point guards that was a true leader. Did win All-Conference first team both years under Coach Ryan. One of the best clutch shooters is one thing Coach Ryan always said about him and is why he edged out Sherman Thomas of Xavier. CAREER STATS: 13.4 ppg, 1.1 rpg, 5.4 apg, 1.9 spg, 0.2 bpg, 19.5 mpg

CAREER HIGH STATS: 30 points, 4 rebounds, 11 assists, 8 steals, 2 blocks

Iona Gerrod Batte (6'2" 202)
In two of the three years under Coach Ryan he was All-Conference First Team. While being the sixth man to start the year as a freshman he would become a starter at the end of the year. His breakout season was his sophomore year where he dominated everything and actually started a couple games as point guard for how well he knew the game. His junior year he would be injured which lowered his stats, but still made conference first team. CAREER STATS: 11.8 ppg, 2.1 rpg, 4.9 apg, 2.4 spg, 0.5 bpg, 15.9 mpg
CAREER HIGH STATS: 28 points, 8 rebounds, 10 assists, 9 steals, 3 blocks

Iona Amien McCloud (6'8" 218)
Was the first player who put Coach Ryan on the map of coaching. He would be dominate all three years he played under Coach Ryan (senior year is when Ryan jumped ship to XU) as he won All-Conference Freshman, First-Team ALL-Conference, and Conference Freshman of the Year. He was Second-Team ALL-Conference his sophomore and junior year, but was the jump plug that started to bring in top recruits for Coach Ryan.
CAREER STATS: 12.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 3.0 apg, 1.5 spg, 0.9 bpg, 18.6 mpg
CAREER HIGH STATS: 31 points, 14 rebounds, 14 assists, 6 steals, 4 blocks

Texas Southern St. Paul Latham (6'6" 227)
Never was a big scorer or a dominate rebound, but was the ultimate team player. He did everything Coach Ryan wanted and never had a problem not being the star of the team. Despite not winning any awards Coach Ryan said he is probably one of the best big men he has ever coached. [/COLOR="Red"]CAREER STATS: 8.9 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 1.5 apg, 0.4 spg, 1.7 bpg, 16.4 mpg [/COLOR]
CAREER HIGH STATS: 23 points, 15 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals, 5 blocks

Xavier Rod Minoff (7'0" 237)
Beats out Iona’s Issac Davisson for the first team. While Davisson won Big Man of the Year for a mid-major team three times, Minoff would win pretty much every award which makes him first team. Davisson and Minoff both have one national championships, but Iona won it the year after Coach Ryan left. Minoff would win all these awards through his career: All Conference Freshman, First Team All-Conference, and Conference Freshman. Sophomore year he won First team All-Conference, Conference Player of the Year, First Team All-American, Pete Newell Big Man of the Year, NABC Defensive Player of the Year and NABC Player of the Year. Junior year would slow down as he only won Second team All-Conference and NABC Defensive Player of the Year. His senior year he would get back on track to be pre-season first team ALL-American. At the end of the year he won first team All-Conference, Conference Player of the Year, First Team ALL-American, NABC Player of the Year, NABC Defensive Player of the Year, and Pete Newell Big Man of the Year. Not to mention the first National Championship for Adam Ryan and Xavier. He leaves his mark, but his backup the last two years Zack Clemmons who started at Power Forward might actually be better than Minoff. CAREER STATS: 15.4 ppg, 9.1 rpg, 1.4 apg, 1.1 spg, 2.4 bpg, 18.7 mpg
CAREER HIGH STATS: 33 points, 18 rebounds, 10 assists, 4 steals, 10 blocks

[chestnutz6]

Nice feature. I like how you don't look at a player's overall rating but their stats and impact in games

[CincyFan]

thats what its all about. that is why i think we are going to be so dominate in your legacy is because everyone is good at one thing which other players aren't so we mesh very well. i was hoping people would like this feature/add-on. if i need to change or add anything about the hall of fame list please tell me since it is a trial and error like the whole writeup for your whole conference teams

[CincyFan]

A-10 Conference Breakdown (In Order from last years Conference Standings)

Dayton:
Coach: Brian Gregory (A)
Coaches Record: 12 years 289-117 (2 N.C.)
Last Year’s Record: 30-7, 13-3
Last Year’s Record Against Xavier: 1-1 (won conf. Game, lost in N.C. game)
Key Wins: Xavier, Louisville , Iona (Sweet Sixteen)
Key Losses: William & Mary, Miami (FL),, Xavier (National Championship)
Player’s leaving: PG Elliah Poole (94), SF Lionel Chan (84), PG Ronny Webber (76), SF Jackie Lloyd (62)
Recruiting Class: SG Stephen Weber (78), PG DeMario Crumbley (77), SF Marquel Lowe (77), SG Coric Tobias (73)
Overall: 91
Projection: 25-11, 2nd place It is the first time in six years that Dayton wasn’t the #1 team voted in the pre-season to win the A-10. They lost their first conference regular season title to Xavier who is now the dominate team in the conference. While Dayton is the only team that can compete with Dayton on paper it still doesn’t look like they can match up well against the X-Men. Even with another top 10 recruiting class it looks as if they need a top 3 to actually get back on top of the A-10.




La Salle:
Coach: John Giannini (A-)
Coaches Record: 11 years 306-267
Last Year’s Record: 23-8, 11-5
Last Year’s Record Against Xavier: 0-3 (two Conf. Games, Elite Eight)
Key Wins: Boston College, Cincinnati, Kentucky
Key Losses: Cleveland State
Player’s leaving: PG Kareem Cesar (84), SF Bob Alloway (81), PG Stefan Wagner (78), C Kerwin Watts (72)
Recruiting Class: SG Dean Fuller (73), SF Damond McCarthy (71)
Overall: 86
Projection: 22-9, 3rd place On paper Rhode Island is better, but La Salle has the easier conference schedule on paper right now so it looks as if they will retain their number three spot in the conference, but don’t be shocked if they are tied with Rhode Island for third place. This year is going to be big for La Salle in the off-season for if they don’t get the players they are after they might soon be the laughing stock of A-10.




Rhode Island:
Coach: Jim Baron (A-)
Coaches Record: 14 years 431-402
Last Year’s Record: 23-9, 11-5
Last Year’s Record Against Xavier: 0-1
Key Wins: Georgia, Boston College
Key Losses: Loyola (MD), Old Dominion
Player’s leaving: C Karl Crumbley (83), PG Okechukwu Deren (79), SF Darian Soto (78)
Recruiting Class: SG Ike Kent (79), PF Tarick Deane (78), SF Ricky Lucas (75)
Overall: 87
Projection: 22-11, 4th place Just like last year they should finish up conference play in fourth place. They did lose their big man, but don’t be too surprise since they have three good freshman coming in who will see some playing time this year. They need to have at least another two good years so they can continue to bring in some top name players in the off-season.






Saint Bonaventure:

Coach: Anthony Solomon (B-)
Coaches Record: 12 years 156-203
Last Year’s Record: 30-9, 11-5
Last Year’s Record Against Xavier: 0-3 (2 Conf Games, Final Four)
Key Wins: Notre Dame, LSU
Key Losses: Coastal Carolina
Player’s leaving: SG P.J. Nagata (87), PF Mensah Atkinson (80), SG Aly Harper (79), PF Juan Pablo Odugbela (69)
Recruiting Class: SG Calvin McClinton (70), PF Sidney Soson (69), SG Atila Hess (67), PF Devonne Heard (63), PF Dan English (56)
Overall: 83
Projection: 24-13, 6th place They lost a couple of starters, and well didn’t bring in hardly anyone worth noticing. They are looking to make a strong push this year in recruiting and while they should finish in the middle of the pack they still have some upper classmen who can string together some wins.

[CincyFan]

Temple:
Coach: Fran Dunphy (A)
Coaches Record: 9 years 479-284
Last Year’s Record: 24-11, 10-6
Last Year’s Record Against Xavier: 0-2 (Conference Game, Sweet Sixteen)
Key Wins: Pittsburgh
Key Losses: Coppin State, Wofford
Player’s leaving: PG Javier Hardy (84), C Russ Horton (80), SG Teddy Stivers (78), C Elmore Henson (75), SF Kennedy Edelin (73), PF Steven Gill ( 71 sophomore leaving team), SF J.S. Salisbury (70 sophomore leaving team), PG Hollis English (65)
Recruiting Class: SG Ronald Garrison (74), SG Jameer Adingono (74), PG Everett Frey (73), SF Travis Dome cant (71), SG C.J. Taylor (70), PG Alexis McElroy (68), PF Najeeb Ike (59)
Overall: 81
Projection: 20-15, 9th place One of the biggest surprise last year in the A-10. This year won’t be a shocker to everyone since they will be ready for them. They will drop a couple of places, but still should do good overall. If their recruiting class evolves into the class they think they should this team will be dangerous for the next three years.



Duquesne:
Coach: Ron Everhart (A-)
Coaches Record: 9 years 331-292
Last Year’s Record: 20-14, 7-9
Last Year’s Record Against Xavier: 0-2
Key Wins: Virginia, Pittsburgh, Florida State
Key Losses: Drexel, Sacred Heart
Player’s leaving: SG Lazarius Den Boer (91), SF Monwell Fisher (83), PF Garrett Cranford (72 sophomore leaving team), SF Jonas Rose (59), SF Homer Peterman (57), PG Mickey Baynes (57)
Recruiting Class: SG Fred Collum (74), SG Mani Snowden (71), PG Dayshawn Car Baugh (71), PG Dewitt Garza (68), SG Perry Ball (61)
Overall: 84
Projection: 20-14, 5th place 19 wins might be a little high, but with a non-conference schedule against no one who probably will have a winning season looks to be good for another 20 win season. Conference play they will do exactly what they did last year and not have a winning record and will probably make the big dance. They did bring in a good strong recruiting class, but losing one of the best shooting guards in the country puts a damper on things.



Richmond:
Coach: Chris Mooney (B+)
Coaches Record: 10 years 152-178
Last Year’s Record: 20-14, 7-9
Last Year’s Record Against Xavier: 0-2
Key Wins: Syracuse, DePaul, Marquette
Key Losses: Loyola (MD), James Madison, Bowling Green
Player’s leaving: PF Rickey Dux (78), SG Rodney Munyagi (68)
Recruiting Class: PF Laurence Norton (68), Shamir Valencia (67)
Overall: 79
Projection: 14-20, 12th place They had a good run last year and despite losing only one good player they didn’t do anything in the off season to help their cause. Which meant they aren’t in the top 25 to start the year and looks like they won’t have another Cinderella season especially in conference play. Don’t be surprise if they drop to one of the worst teams in conference this year.



Saint Joseph‘s:
Coach: Phil Martelli (A)
Coaches Record: 20 years 355-268
Last Year’s Record: 15-14, 7-9
Last Year’s Record Against Xavier: 0-1
Key Wins: Oregon
Key Losses: Siena, Gardner-Webb, New Hampshire
Player’s leaving: PG Tremmell Dobbins (85), PG Nate Weatherspoon (85), SF Clark Kabba (73)
Recruiting Class: PF Ronnie Coly (67), PF Samuel Sterley (54)
Overall: 83
Projection: 17-12, 6th place Always seem to have a good team, and do very well in non-conference play. When it does get to conference play everything seems to go the opposite for the Hawks and can’t get a break. It looks to be the same for this year with maybe finishing up league play with a .500 record.



Massachusetts:
Coach: Travis Ford (B+)
Coaches Record: 10 years 227-232
Last Year’s Record: 15-14, 6-10
Last Year’s Record Against Xavier: 0-1
Key Wins: West Virginia, Florida State
Key Losses: Ohio, Wright State
Player’s leaving: SF Clarke Fraser (81), C B.J. Marigney (79), PF Demarshay Sarchet (78), SG Jackie Krager (78)
Recruiting Class: SG Robbie Walsh (73), SF Rafael Ervin (67), PF Cyril Frisby (62), PF Othello Tukker (58)
Overall: 76
Projection: 10-19, 14th place While they are the worst team in the conference, and didn’t have the best recruiting class they are expected to have a good start of the season. Or so they want to since they are rumor to have ties with a top recruit who is looking to go if they can start the year off on the right note.



George Washington:
Coach: Karl Hobbs (A-)
Coaches Record: 14 years 251-181
Last Year’s Record: 15-15, 5-11
Last Year’s Record Against Xavier: 0-2
Key Wins: Georgetown
Key Losses: C. Connecticut, Sacred Heart
Player’s leaving: PG Dee Radziejewski (84), PF Gus Allen (76), PF Tay Wilder (74), PF Kelenna Lyons (68 junior leaving team), PG Olatunji Blizzard (57)
Recruiting Class: PF Rodrick Richards (75), PF Brendon Colon (71), PG Ontario Lemons (68), PF C.J. Halsch (66)
Overall: 84
Projection: 17-13, 7th place George Washington only lost one starter from last years team. They bring in two people who would tighten down the inside game so look for them to make a push in conference play. It might come a little later than most people want it to, but they will make some noise this year and only look to get better.



Charlotte:
Coach: Bobby Lutz (A)
Coaches Record: 17 years 274-238
Last Year’s Record: 13-16, 4-12
Last Year’s Record Against Xavier: 0-2
Key Wins: Villanova, Florida State
Key Losses: Loyola (MD), Stony Brook, Bowling Green
Player’s leaving: PG Steven Hampton (80), PF Terren Bathie (79), SF Vakeaton Boddie (78), PF Roosevelt Scheer (77), SF Ronnie Skivolocke (76), C Austin Foust (72), PF DeAngelo Andrew (61)
Recruiting Class: SG Deon Bradshaw (73), SG Josh Klatsky (72), PF Lonnie Hehn (70), C Marion Cotton (69), PF Clifford Cottrill (67)
Overall: 80
Projection: 11-18, 11th place Despite having one of the best recruiting classes in years they look to finish up the same way they did last year. With a very, very easy non-conference schedule they should grab some easy wins, but conference play they might have some problems with a group that hasn’t played that much together.



Saint Louis:
Coach: Brad Soderberg (A-)
Coaches Record: 13 years 225-202
Last Year’s Record: 13-15, 4-12
Last Year’s Record Against Xavier: 0-1
Key Wins: Marquette, Delaware State
Key Losses: Sacred Heart, Marist
Player’s leaving: PF Madison Hargett (84), PG C.J. Fadipe (75), SF Jesse Proffitt (74), SG Tyler McKee (72)
Recruiting Class: SF Jorge Nystrom (79), C West Pope (76), PF Courtney Blake (69)
Overall: 85
Projection: 15-13, 8th place Last year only won four games in conference. Despite losing some good people they have a great older cast on this team with some impressive freshman coming in which should knock them up to middle of the pact team.



Fordham:
Coach: Coach Fordham (A-)
Coaches Record: 12 years 241-244
Last Year’s Record: 12-20, 1-15
Last Year’s Record Against Xavier: 0-1
Key Wins: Temple (only conference win), Georgetown
Key Losses: Prairie View, Kent State, American
Player’s leaving: SG Damien Bitee (70)
Recruiting Class: PG Paul McFadden (70)
Overall: 82
Projection: 15-17, 13th Place With only losing one player and bringing in a freshman who played the same way this team gets a little better. Not much though as they are still one of the bottom feeder teams in the conference and looks to finish one place higher than last year which was last place.

[chestnutz6]

Typo: On George Washington's page you called them Georgetown.

=D

[CincyFan]

its fixed. alright chestnutz, or anyone else to that matter. is there anything i need to add or change for this dynasty?

i will be posing the first two games later on tonight

[CincyFan]

FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICANS
PG SR Herbert Stevenson (6'2" 202) 91 ovr Xavier

SG JR Adam Davis (6'2" 183) 92 ovr Xavier

SF SO Ryan Davis (6'6" 203) 90 ovr Xavier

PF JR Zaronn Humphries (6'8" 229) 89 ovr UCLA

C JR Felton Bone (7'1" 247) 88 ovr Kansas






SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICANS
PG SR Kelly Bowman (6'2" 191) 92 ovr Arizona

SG SR Byron Wright (6'5" 203) 91 ovr Indiana

SF SR Dominique Boythe (6'11" 230) 91 ovr Kentucky

PF SR Andry James (6'9" 205) 87 ovr Oregon

C JR Zack Clemmons (7'0" 237) 84 ovr Xavier

[chestnutz6]

Wow three AA, godd*mn.

I'd add to the conference teams each teams' top players or starters or something.

[CincyFan]

A-10 Starting Lineups

Charlotte
JR PG Desmon Ndiaye (5‘11“ 169) 74 OVR
SR SG Billy Rodriguez (6‘5“ 255) 78 OVR
SO SF Delvon Munns (6‘4“ 224) 75 OVR
FR PF Lonnie Hehn (6‘9“ 229) 70 OVR
FR C Marion Cotton (6‘11“ 227) 69 OVR




Dayton
FR PG DeMario Crumbley (6‘2“ 194) 77 OVR
SR SG B.J. Haynes (6‘4“ 182) 89 OVR
SR SF Laurence Kanter (6‘7“ 229) 85 OVR
SO PF Karim Pulice (6‘9“ 220) 79 OVR
SR C Errick Cobb (6‘10“ 240) 85 OVR




Duquesne
SR PG Quemont CarMichael (6‘3“ 204) 86 OVR
FR SG Fred Collum (6‘1“ 175) 74 OVR
SO SF Bobby Joe Quick (6‘7“ 222) 77 OVR
SR PF Tahric Pearson (6‘11“ 245) 76 OVR
SO C J. Van Weerdhuizen (6‘10“ 244) 75 OVR




Fordham
SR PG Amien Hacker (6‘2“ 214) 78 OVR
JR SG Kris Wells (6‘5“ 210) 75 OVR
JR SF Darian Giddens (6‘11“ 237) 80 OVR
JR PF Gerald Gross (6‘10“ 212) 74 OVR
JR C Solomon Meredith (6‘10“ 266) 72 OVR




George Washington
SR PG Darcel Shannon (6‘5“ 204) 80 OVR
SR SG Elton Johnston (6‘6“ 224) 82 OVR
JR SF Jeremie Rohde (6‘7“ 210) 75 OVR
FR PF Rodrick Richards (6‘10“ 232) 75 OVR
SO C Eduardo Benson (6‘10“ 239) 76 OVR




La Salle
JR PG Isaiah Newby (5‘11“ 176) 76 OVR
SR SG Tahric Mbyirukira (6‘5“ 210) 82 OVR
SO SF Nate Sherrod (6‘7“ 207) 77 OVR
SR PF Melvin Gomez (6‘11“ 243) 80 OVR
SR C Almamy Riddick (7‘0“ 239) 78 OVR




Massachusetts
SO PG Milton Conley (6‘1“ 181) 75 OVR
FR SG Robbie Walsh (6‘4“ 197) 73 OVR
SO SF Rich Dearman (6‘7“ 222) 71 OVR
FR PF Cyril Frisby (6‘8“ 204) 62 OVR
SO C Markus Brewington (6‘10“ 221) 70 OVR




Rhode Island
FR PG Tarick Deane (6‘0“ 165) 78 OVR
FR SG Ije Kent (6‘2“ 175) 79 OVR
SR SF Torrell Shumate (6‘7“ 199) 81 OVR
SR PF Woody McCroskey (6‘10“ 226) 83 OVR
JR C Dave Burrell (7‘2“ 284) 76 OVR




Richmond
SR PG Omari Barnes (6‘0“ 182) 77 OVR
SR SG Bingo Hines (6‘3“ 202) 73 OVR
FR SF Shamir Valencia (6‘5“ 198) 67 OVR
FR PF Laurence Norton (6‘8“ 225) 68 OVR
SR C Aldryan Lagana (7‘0“ 241) 80 OVR




Saint Joseph’s
SR PG Shantay Claudino (5‘11“ 187) 76 OVR
SR SG Jakob Nahra (6‘4“ 178) 78 OVR
SR SF Aloysius Grundy (6‘5“ 224) 80 OVR
SO PF Owen Pandov (6‘9“ 276) 74 OVR
JR C Trent Matthews (6‘11“ 254) 74 OVR




Saint Louis
SO PG Bennett Winter (6‘0“ 165) 77 OVR
SR SG Joaquin Wysocki (6‘3“ 191) 82 OVR
SR SF Amien Medina (6‘5“ 203) 83 OVR
JR PF Artie Burnette (6‘11“ 253) 73 OVR
FR C West Pope (6‘11“ 251) 76 OVR




Saint Bonaventure
SR PG Daron Pettyjohn (6‘3“ 188) 81 OVR
SR SG Damir Paschel (6‘0“ 186) 73 OVR
JR SF Marty Westphal (6‘5“ 204) 81 OVR
JR PF Broderick Crenshaw (6‘7“ 226) 76 OVR
JR C Stanislav Foye (6‘11“ 221) 73 OVR




Temple
SO PG Wallace Cruz (5‘10“ 176) 77 OVR
FR SG Ronald Garrison (6‘3“ 228) 74 OVR
SR SF Vern Taylor (6‘8“ 233) 79 OVR
SO PF Kenan Sherman (6‘9“ 230) 77 OVR
FR C Najeeb Ike (6‘8“ 222) 59 OVR

[CincyFan]

Top 25 (Pre-Season)

1. Kansas
2. Pittsburgh
3. Xavier
4. San Diego State
5. Indiana
6. Minnesota
7. Arizona
8. Florida
9. Michigan State
10. Dayton
11. LSU
12. Iowa State
13. Boston College
14. UCLA
15. Utah State
16. Kentucky
17. Notre Dame
18. Georgia
19. Wisconsin
20. Mississippi State
21. Southern Mississippi
22. Oregon
23. Utah
24. Iona
25. UNLV

[CincyFan]

NBA Draft News:

-- The Cleveland Cavaliers won the NBA championship last year. Going into the off-season they had two first round picks. They already knew they would have the last pick in the NBA draft, but the other pick from Atlanta they were unsure about. Cleveland last year traded off their first round pick, Big Z to Atlanta for their first round pick next year, and a rookie small forward to back up King James.

As it turned out the trade would be all for Cleveland as they won it all. Atlanta did win 11 more games than the year before (they only one 11 the previous year) but were in the lottery and was looking at a top five pick. Charlotte, Boston, Minnesota, and New Jersey all had worst records so they were fighting for the top spot. Fortune’s would shine on Cleveland as they would escape with the first pick overall (and it actually came up I didn’t make it happened). Cleveland would get a break and would make that trade with Atlanta even in more their favor as they drafted a center with the first pick. He would be playing close to home, grew up in Cincinnati and played at Xavier, as Rod Minoff travels up north. The Cav’s get a lot stronger with the best player coming out of college, and from other teams he would have been picked first if they had the pick.

This would be the first time ever coach Ryan would have a first round draft pick, especially a top five pick. In his previous nine years he only had two players reach the NBA with one only being drafted the in the second round. The other was finally picked up off of Free Agent list ironically to the Cleveland Cavaliers who played at Xavier also.

Even with Minoff being the first person making it in the first round it looks as if Xavier has made its footprint in the NBA since already teams are looking for the next gem out of Xavier. Which if worst comes to worst for Xavier, however; the NBA GM’s would love it would see possibly three X-Men in the draft. PG Herbert Stevenson is looking like a top 15 pick already before the season starts. If he plays the way everyone expects him to play his stock right rise a little bit more. On a more interesting note it might be two underclassmen, who if they leave early, will be fighting for the top pick of the lottery. It is Junior shooting guard Adam Davis who is being projected as the best shooter in college ball, and Sophomore small forward Ryan Davis who looks like a better fit at shooting guard in the NBA with his quickness. Coach Ryan has never had a underclassman go Pro so some scouts are saying they will stay put, but then again he (Ryan) has never had a person on his team over 90 overall in which he has three this year alone.

Back to Rod Minoff in his first pre-season game we have learned he scored 18 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal, and 2 blocks in only twenty minutes (play 32 minute game).

[skarface2k1]

First,i would like to say welcome to the newest coach to win a National championship.second,grest chose of stays put at the X.Third, i love the height your team has.It reminds me a little of my team.All players rating are over 80 that is just great.I like foward to hearing great things from this spuad.I smell a repeat in the air.Nice new add ons to your legacy.

[CincyFan]

thanks skarface its finally happened, and feel special to be in the club. It kind of sucks that I am the new kid and it took me nine years, but its good to finally win one. I will start posting later on tonight I have to do a press conference write up and then i will post my first game tonight

[skarface2k1]

thanks skarface its finally happened, and feel special to be in the club. It kind of sucks that I am the new kid and it took me nine years, but its good to finally win one. I will start posting later on tonight I have to do a press conference write up and then i will post my first game tonight


It doesn't matter how long it took for you to get a chip.as long as you got one.it some coaches on this site that hasn't one at least one yet.So, again welcome to the elite.

[CincyFan]

Press Conference with Coach Ryan

Reporter: In your previous years you only had one pre-season ALL-American which was last years center Rod Minoff. This year you have three first team ALL-American, and a second team ALL-American. How good is this team really?

Adam Ryan: I really don‘t care about all of that stuff really. I have seen teams have All-American people before and not even make it out of the second round of the tournament. Then again we do have four starters on the team in which I know a lot of the Xavier nation thinks center Zack Clemmons should have been on the first team, but that will give him more incentive to stay for his senior year.

Reporter: Do you think Zack Clemmons should be a first team All-American. We all know he is a center, but hasn’t played that spot since high school. Do you think he deserves even a spot on the second team?

Adam Ryan: Actually Clemmons has played center for a couple games. I believe it is around five or six. Mostly it was when Rod Minoff was out with an injury. I truly believe he won‘t have a problem. If you look at what he did last year when Minoff was injured for those three games he totally dominated the paint in Minoff‘s absentees . I don‘t know care if he deserves being on second team, or needs to be on the first team. I think when players see that they don‘t work as hard as they should.

Reporter: You have a lot tougher non-conference schedule this year? However, it looks as if your conference is gotten weaker from past years.

Adam Ryan: Our conference is still pretty good. Is it as good as the past couple of years? No, I don‘t really think so. I will say that the rumor is that some top recruits are looking to come to the A-10 teams. I know we might have a problem after this year if we do lose some key underclassmen, but remember some players are still young and need to develop so they might need more years in college before they go to Pro.

Reporter: A-10 has been the best conference, or at least, have the best team in the country for the last three years. Dayton won the first two national championships, and then lost last year’s to you. Scouts say your team is the best in the conference hands down while Dayton has lost some key starters that has knocked them down a peg. Rumor has it that your team has a legitimate shot of going undefeated this year and winning a consecutive National Championship.

Adam Ryan: Well its nice everyone thinks our team can go undefeated, but I really don’t think that is the case. If it was we would be ranked #1 in the polls not #3. Some people see a weakness in our team cause if we are as good as you are saying we wouldn’t of dropped in the polls. As for a repeat I believe we have a very good chance at actually doing it. We only lost one starter from last year’s team, and despite him being the #1 pick in the NBA we still have a very good surrounding ball club.

[CincyFan]

-November 12, 2015
-First Round of the 2K Sports Hoops Classic
- #3 Xavier (0-0) vs. UT-Pan American (0-0)

Xavier doesn’t play like the #3 seed in the country

UT-Pan American is rated overall a 71. Xavier is rated a 96. Vegas right now isn’t even taking money for Xavier since they look to be the best team in college basketball all year. Coach Ryan would keep his starters in the whole half and people started to question the call when the lead kept getting bigger. At halftime the score would be 46-12.

Second half Coach Ryan would start and keep his bench in the whole second half. Everyone got equal time this game. Talks were that Xavier’s bench is as good as any other starting team, and they would play like that statement was true as they outscored UT-Pan American 54-15 in the second half. It would be the second time in ten years that a team under Ryan scored one hundred points in a game, and it would be the first time they would do it in just regulation time (last time happened in a double-overtime game). Despite the huge scoring it wouldn’t be Xavier running up the score. They would be fouled pretty much every time they drove the basket or tried to go on a fast break they lead them to the line thirty-one times. Freshman Buster Ellerbee looks to be the real deal as he won Player of the Game, and was so close to a double-double with nine points, ten rebounds, one assist, one steal, and two blocks in a 100-27 win.


Key Performers:
Xavier:
SO SG Jabahri Hartman 24 points (10-14, 1-1), 2 rebounds, 2 assists
JR SG Adam Davis 11 points (5-5), 5 assists, 1 block

UT-Pan American:
SR PG Ramon Turiaf 8 points (3-19), 1assist, 1 steal
JR SG Jeffery Mayer 10 points (4-6), 1 assist, 1 steal

[vols21]

nice squash.. good tune up for the boys

[skarface2k1]

stop beating those small schools like that!Show some compassion!LOL!Great start to the year.