M Basketball: #19 Ohio State Falls to Xavier 71-65
In their first regular season meeting since 1934, Xavier holds on to knock off the #19 Buckeyes.
Happy evening to all!!
November 18th, 2021 at 11:30 PM ^
We actually do need our conference foes to start winning meaningful games otherwise if we beat them it won’t mean anything. Ask the PAC-12 what happens when the conference has a bad non-conference season.
More important for us to take care of business but as we saw a few days ago we’ll need more opportunities to amass statement wins.
November 18th, 2021 at 11:36 PM ^
Yes, but how about a foe not named Ohio State.
November 18th, 2021 at 11:51 PM ^
Or staee
November 18th, 2021 at 11:53 PM ^
I should have added that the Bucks play Seton Hall on Monday 11/22, so it will be interesting to see how they fare against them.
November 19th, 2021 at 1:01 AM ^
If we make the Final 4 who gives a fuck?
November 19th, 2021 at 1:06 AM ^
Name doesnt seem to fully check out.
November 19th, 2021 at 6:27 AM ^
If the Big Ten is trash, that would affect what seed line we get put on i.e. easier or harder path to the final four, so it matters.
November 19th, 2021 at 9:44 AM ^
I agree with this to the extent of if we finish 4th in the B1G but since we have higher aspirations then that, the strength of the entire conference will/should be irrelevant. I believe Michigan has proven itself as a top tier program throughout the past 10 years and will be treated as such as long as we win games and stop losing to teams like Seton Hall. Go Blue!
November 19th, 2021 at 7:47 AM ^
Exactly. Our strength of schedule is pretty meaningless as we’re a lock to make the tourney and that’s all that matters at this point. just keep improving and win games.
November 19th, 2021 at 11:34 PM ^
We can curse on this blog? Damn.
November 19th, 2021 at 6:29 AM ^
strength of schedule isn’t going to matter for us this year.
November 18th, 2021 at 11:36 PM ^
Big East >> Big10
November 19th, 2021 at 7:47 AM ^
It's 1985 all over again.
November 18th, 2021 at 11:40 PM ^
womp womp
/sad trombone
November 18th, 2021 at 11:40 PM ^
Its all about the tournament. Big Ten underwhelmed last year. Gonna need to show something this year. So far, not good. Lets hope the teams improve heading into march.
November 19th, 2021 at 12:14 AM ^
Who cares about the other teams? Let's hope Michigan improves heading into March.
November 19th, 2021 at 4:34 AM ^
The Committee cares about other teams.
November 19th, 2021 at 8:42 AM ^
But unlike in football, you still make the tournament with a weak strength of schedule if you win your games. Who cares if we get a 3 seed rather than a 1 seed? If we end up with something like a 12 seed it will be because we had a season that fell well below expectations, not that our strength of schedule was weak.
Look at all the times Kentucky got low seeds after tearing through a weak SEC. Or look at Gonzaga’s conference (I can’t even remember what it’s called). Our success doesn’t hing on that of the B1G as long as we live up to expectations. With the talent we’ve acquired and Juwan’s coaching acumen I would be surprised if that didn’t happen.
November 19th, 2021 at 12:13 AM ^
But the best part was at the under 12 timeout in the first half when the Xavier band played Hail to the Victors and put the Jumbotron camera on fans from Columbus who made the trip. Just excellent trolling by Xavier.
I was in attendance. It was phenomenal
November 19th, 2021 at 12:26 AM ^
Well done, Xavier!
November 19th, 2021 at 12:44 AM ^
The "Oral Roberts" chant was also fun!
November 19th, 2021 at 9:46 AM ^
This is awesome! I will now be rooting for Xavier moving forward.
edit: for the rest of my life!
November 19th, 2021 at 2:46 AM ^
Good! Fuck Ohio.
Go Blue!
November 19th, 2021 at 5:38 AM ^
“M Basketball: #19 Ohio State Falls to Xavier 71-65” Shouldn’t the title read:
“OSU Basketball: #19 Ohio State Falls to Xavier 71-65” This doesn’t have anything to do with UM basketball outside of a little fun that our rival lost. And our real rival Illinois lost to Marquette the other day
November 19th, 2021 at 6:27 AM ^
And our real rival Illinois lost to Marquette the other day.
Yeah, and I'm pretty sure that got a topic too.
November 19th, 2021 at 6:36 AM ^
M Basketball = Mens bball
November 19th, 2021 at 11:55 AM ^
I can't imagine anyone would post here if Ohio women's basketball lost to Xavier even though that would be more of an upset.
November 19th, 2021 at 6:56 AM ^
I do enjoy that Ohio state was finally forced to play an in state school they have been avoiding for almost a century.
November 19th, 2021 at 6:58 AM ^
The big ten has quite a bit of talent but a lot of these teams don't look great right now. Just sort of disorganized and "off". I imagine a lot of it is more youth than even normal on some of these teams but I'm not sure that explains it all.
It's like Johns running around the court for UM looking totally lost...when I watch the other BIG games they all have 1-2 players like that.
It's only 4 games in and a lot of these teams (like UM) will gel but man do things look a little weird right now.
November 19th, 2021 at 8:32 AM ^
Its funny you mention youth and then Johns running around looking lost. He is a senior. I'm not saying your wrong, just seems a little contradictorily.
November 19th, 2021 at 9:05 AM ^
Yeah, I think a better analogy would’ve been Houstan on defense.
November 19th, 2021 at 10:57 AM ^
John’s doesn’t usually look lost per se, it’s more a lack of confidence/getting down on himself. I feel bad for him because he has a lot of natural talent, but seems to really struggle with confidence and just getting in his own head.
November 19th, 2021 at 8:00 AM ^
It's noteworthy-it is not yet a "story". Otherwise, due to the significant nuance of this game these mid-level schools with experienced, senior-laden rosters can compete well with the younger more physically talented programs...hello Seton Hall.
November 19th, 2021 at 8:12 AM ^
Always nice to wake up to OSU losing.
November 19th, 2021 at 8:18 AM ^
Hate to see it....lol
Rough week for the BIG TEN....hopefully its an opposite of last year where the conference was lauded as the best out there for most of the year and than disappointed in the tournament (Sans Michigan) for the most part. Perhaps this year we'll take our lumps early and than surprise come tourney time.
November 19th, 2021 at 8:33 AM ^
It's possible that they're just not very good this year, or like Michigan, they need time to figure things out. They already had a close call against Akron, a game they probably should've lost.
They're probably still a tournament team, but I'm ever so thankful that Duane "I'm going to turn into Steph Curry when I play Michigan" Washington is no longer on their team.
November 19th, 2021 at 9:04 AM ^
The Bigten isn’t looking so hot in the non conference. 2-6 vs the Big East. 2-8 overall vs quality opponents and haven’t won any other meaningful game so far. Every ranked team besides Purdue has a loss so far. We will see how the Bigten fares against the ACC soon. The conference was overrated last year and shit the bed in the tournament, maybe the opposite will happen this year for the Bigten.
November 19th, 2021 at 9:40 AM ^
Although I thought we would be really good (and I still do), we have a lot to improve upon after our Seton Hall game. The Buckeyes on the other hand are just not very good. Wheeler is not a big threat to score so that is going to make defending them quite a bit easier. Their defense is just bad too. Liddell is a stud but most of this year is more than likely going to be their team giving him the ball and watching him try to make plays. I do not expect them to be a contender in the B1G this year.
November 19th, 2021 at 10:48 AM ^
Best the B1G be trash before I ever root for;
Sparty
Ohio
Indiana
Illinoise
Wisconsin under Bo Ryan
Purdue when coached by Gene Keady
Maryland coached by Turgeon
ANY PITINO COAHED TEAM EVER
If it does not effect Michigan's standing I might not root against:
Northwestern
Purdue under Matt Painter
Nebraska as long as Creighton remains the best basketball team in the state.
Penn State hoops only - they get my pity.
November 19th, 2021 at 10:51 AM ^
It was nice to see the Xavier band giving some "troll" love to the Buckeyes yesterday too.
Go Blue!!!
Thank you Musketeers!!!
https://www.diehardsport.com/college-basketball/xavier-fun-trolling-ohio-state-win-buckeyes/
November 19th, 2021 at 12:37 PM ^
Just popping in to say --
Does any team have a nonconference schedule as cupcakey/ridiculous as Iowa does? I mean, my God.
- Longwood (what? who?)
- UMKC (huh?)
- North Carolina Central (ok, that exists?)
- Alabama State (most recent opponent, and probably the "biggest" name to date)
On tap for them, in terms of non-conference:
- Western Michigan
- Portland State
- Virginia (hey! an actual opponent of sorts -- they are 1-2 currently, though)
- Iowa State (perhaps ok, at best)
- Utah State
- Southeastern Louisiana
- Western Illinois
And then finally, it's on to full-time conference play.
But I mean...what a JOKE! That's 11 pretty much guaranteed Ws right there.