Xavier Article Archive

    Between November 22, 2008 and November 22, 2009
  1. Call For the College Basketball Upset: Cinderella Comes Before My Bracket

    I'm the one cheering when everyone else is groaning. I'm the one screaming "No!" while the rest of the country is rejoicing. I'm the one cheering for 16 seeds to upset the No. 1's...

    Joe Huber Written by Joe Huber about 7 months ago 80 reads 1 comments

  2. Pittsburgh-Xavier: Sweet 16 Breakdown and Winner Against the Spread

    Craig from CT Sports Picks is back and is so excited about the Wweet 16 games for the next two days! Today, Craig's free winner is in the Pittsburgh vs Xavier matchup in the Midwest Region. For Coach Miller of Xavier, it's a reunion of sorts...

    ctsports picks Written by ctsports picks about 8 months ago 184 reads 0 comments

  3. Xavier-Pittsburgh: Tale of the Tape

    Setting: The TD Bank North Garden in Boston, Massachusetts is the scene for a Sweet Sixteen matchup between Sean Miller’s four-seed Xavier Musketeers (27-7) and Jamie Dixon’s one-seed Pittsburgh Panthers (30-4)...

    Paul  Gotham Written by Paul Gotham about 8 months ago 404 reads 1 comments

  4. Pitt-Xavier: 2009 Men's NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 Picks ATS, March 26

    No. 1 Pittsburgh Panthers (30-4, 15-3 Big East) vs. No. 4 Xavier Musketeers (27-7, 12-4 A-10) NCAA Tournament Sweet 16—East Region Thursday, March 26—7:27 PM ET on CBS Preview ...

    Ryan Brennan Written by Ryan Brennan about 8 months ago 346 reads 0 comments

  5. A Final Four is On Xavier's Horizon

    In a college basketball landscape that tends to favor the "big boys," the Xavier Musketeers have found a niche and steadily climbed the ladder to the point where they are firmly a fixture...

    D.S. Ledgewood Written by D.S. Ledgewood about 8 months ago 97 reads 1 comments

  6. Sweet 16 Pitt-Xavier Creature vs. Creature Preview

    The top seeded Pitt Panthers will enter Thursday night’s Sweet 16 match up vs. the No. 4 seed Xavier Musketeers, having already achieved an unprecedented level of success this year. This season has seen the Panthers earn a No...

    Paul Sievers Written by Paul Sievers about 8 months ago 198 reads 0 comments

  7. I Have a Ph.D in Bracketology

    It’s the most wonderful time of the year, March Madness. The Big Dance. The 2009 NCAA Division 1 Men’s Basketball Tournament. The Road to the Final Four...

    Alex Martin Written by Alex Martin about 8 months ago 84 reads 0 comments

  8. Temple-Xavier: Christmas Comes Early for Owls as They Take Down the Musketeers

    The Temple Owls advanced to the Atlantic Ten tournament finals Friday with a 55-53 victory over the No. 19 Xavier Musketeers. Dionte Christmas put up 20 points and three assists, while teammate Lavoy Allen was busy down low, grabbing 11 rebounds...

    Giants27 Written by Giants27 about 8 months ago 31 reads 0 comments

  9. Temple-Xavier: Tale of the Tape

    Setting It’s Blue and White Night at the Cintas Center as Sean Miller and his ninth-ranked Xavier Musketeers host Fran Dunphy and the Temple Owls in an Atlantic 10 matchup...

    Paul  Gotham Written by Paul Gotham about 9 months ago 87 reads 0 comments

  10. Xavier Musketeers: Still a Mid-Major?

    Since Thad Matta left and Sean Miler was hired, Xavier has been to the big dance three years in a row, making to the Elite Eight two times in five years...

    Evan Cohen Written by Evan Cohen about 9 months ago 374 reads 0 comments

  11. LSU Basketball Loses Heartbreaker at Home to Xavier

    On January 24th,the LSU basketball team faced the Xavier Musketeers in a non-conference match-up. Though LSU was able to put a good fight in front of nearly 14,000 fans, they ended up losing to Xavier by the score of 80-70...

    Jacob Kerr Written by Jacob Kerr about 10 months ago 106 reads 3 comments

  12. Tale of the Tape: Xavier at LSU

    Setting: The Pete Maravich Assembly Center is the scene for this pivotal non-conference matchup as Sean Miller’s No. 15 Xavier Musketeers (16-2/5-0) travel south to take on Trent Johnson’s Louisiana State University Tigers (15-3/3-1)...

    Paul  Gotham Written by Paul Gotham about 10 months ago 102 reads 0 comments

  13. College Hoops Quick Picks: La Salle @ Xavier

    Quick Picks features spread picks for the Top 25 teams according to the AP Poll. They are currently also featured at CFBPlace.com—and soon to be featured at CBBPlace.com La Salle @ No...

    Ryan Brennan Written by Ryan Brennan about 10 months ago 102 reads 0 comments

  14. Xavier the Brightest Gem in the A-10

    With conference play in the A-10 just beginning the Xavier Musketeers have to hold tough versus unproven teams like Dayton Flyers and the Rhode Island Rams...

    Evan Cohen Written by Evan Cohen about 10 months ago 193 reads 2 comments

  15. Xavier-Rhode Island: Gritty Win All in a Night’s Work for Musketeers

    No doubt when Sean Miller’s Xavier Musketeers answer the dinner bell, they travel to the dining hall behind the Cintas Center like the rest of the student body at the Jesuit school in southwest Ohio...

    Paul  Gotham Written by Paul Gotham about 10 months ago 73 reads 2 comments

  16. Dunked On or Not, LeBron James and Nike Right to Take Tapes

    Last week, Xavier’s redshirt sophomore Jordan Crawford was participating in an after-practice scrimmage at the LeBron James Skills Academy in Akron, Ohio...

    Mark Strotman Written by Mark Strotman about 4 months ago 1,800 reads 23 comments

  17. Witness Protection Program: Notes from My LeBron James Camp Confiscation

    Apparently, Nike taking my tape at the LeBron James Skills Academy was a big deal yesterday. I had no idea because I didn't have access to a TV or computer until I got home at 4:30 p.m...

    Ryan Miller Written by Ryan Miller about 4 months ago 1,620 reads 16 comments

  18. Ryan Miller's Response to Nike's LeBron James Skills Academy Video Statement

    The Associated Press recently published an article about the video taken away from me at the LeBron James Skills Academy, with Nike's response included...

    Ryan Miller Written by Ryan Miller about 4 months ago 997 reads 11 comments

  19. The King? LeBron James steals footage from Jordan Crawford.

    There is nothing more un-American than the concept of the King. The title, after all, is granted to one of noble lineage, who by no merit of his own, is granted the right to dominate the lives ...

    Daniel Muth Written by Daniel Muth about 4 months ago 742 reads 33 comments

  20. College Basketball: Duke Has No Problem With X–Men, Without Wolverine(s)

    Doesn't take a genius to realize the Xavier Musketeers played a miserable opening six minutes in the game against Duke on Saturday. The X–Men were totally unprepared to play a basketball game at tip–off...

    BabyTate Written by BabyTate about 11 months ago 164 reads 2 comments

  21. Duke Embarrasses Xavier at The Meadlowlands, 82-64

    Embarrassing. That is the only word for Xavier's performance in the first half against Duke as the final score, 82-64, does not tell the story of this game. Everything was falling for the Duke offense as they surged to an 18-1 lead to start the game off

    Robert Rozboril Written by Robert Rozboril about 11 months ago 748 reads 0 comments

  22. Musings from the Bald Prophet: Is The Musketeers' A-10 Reign Over?

    Sean Miller packed his bags in hopes of a desert oasis in Tucson, Arizona. His former assistant, Chris Mack, inherits a team that loses the "The Initials" in B.J. Raymond and C.J. Anderson...

    Marc Daley Written by Marc Daley about 6 months ago 104 reads 0 comments

  23. Xavier Basketball: Keeping It in the Family

    In 2004, after Thad Matta took the Xavier Musketeers to the program's first Elite Eight in school history, he was offered a job to be the head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes. He took the offer even though his contract was not up for Xavier...

    Kyle Strittholt Written by Kyle Strittholt about 7 months ago 327 reads 0 comments

  24. Miller and Livengood Discuss Arizona's Future

    The five month long wait for Lute Olson's permanent successor ended Tuesday when Sean Miller was formally given the keys to the Arizona Basketball program...

    Alan Rubenstein Written by Alan Rubenstein about 7 months ago 442 reads 1 comments

  25. Sean Miller Leaves Xavier for Arizona

    Sean Miller has decided to follow in the footsteps of former Xavier head coaches Pete Gillen, Skip Prosser, and Thad Motta and leave Xavier to lead a major conference basketball program...

    Blake Bartholomew Written by Blake Bartholomew about 7 months ago 487 reads 17 comments

 


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