Xavier Basketball

Guard Graves departing Xavier

Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008

Adrion Graves has requested and received his release from the Xavier basketball team.

• Guard Graves asks Musketeers for his release - SI.com

March Madness Is Underway, but Xavier and Georgia Are Playing in Front of Empty Seats

The FanHouse - Xavier Basketball (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008

Filed under: Xavier Basketball , SEC Basketball , NCAA Basketball Fans The 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament has begun, with Xavier and Georgia the first teams to tip off, and it's a little depressing to look at the crowd at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. Or, I should say, the lack of a crowd. At least in the portion of the arena that...

Can Xavier Do to Kevin Love What It Did to Michael Beasley?

The FanHouse - Xavier Basketball (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008

Filed under: UCLA Basketball , Xavier Basketball , March Madness , Kansas State Basketball UCLA plays Xavier today in Phoenix in a game that looks like a mismatch. That's not intended as a knock on Xavier, a fine team that has had an impressive season. But the talent gap between the Bruins and the Musketeers is vast, UCLA freshman center Kevin Love looks like...

West Virginia Following a Familiar Script in Trailing Xavier at the Half

The FanHouse - Xavier Basketball (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008

Filed under: Xavier Basketball , West Virginia Basketball , A-10 Basketball , Big East Basketball , March Madness , West At halftime Xavier has a 32-25 lead over West Virginia. Surprisingly, West Virginia should feel pretty good considering they fell behind by 18 with 9 minutes to go. They clamped on defense, holding Xavier to only 4 points the rest...

UCLA Running Away From Xavier

The FanHouse - Xavier Basketball (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008

Filed under: UCLA Basketball , Xavier Basketball UCLA is putting on its most impressive performance so far in this year's NCAA Tournament, dominating Xavier and looking every bit like a team that can win the national championship. We're closing in on the midway point in the second half, and it's been all UCLA. The Bruins took a 33-24 lead into the locker room at halftime...

Xavier Gives Miller A New Extension

The FanHouse - Xavier Basketball (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008

Filed under: Xavier Basketball , A-10 Basketball , NCAA Basketball Coaches When you get a team to the Elite Eight, put together a top-20 recruiting class and have been the name on every fan of a program with an opening's wish list (along with Washington's Dave Bennett), you know a raise and extension is coming your way. Sure enough, Sean Miller got his raise and extension...

Xavier Juggles Starting Lineup for First-Round Game With Georgia

The FanHouse - Xavier Basketball (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008

Filed under: Xavier Basketball , March Madness , West Xavier coach Sean Miller made a curious change to his starting lineup for today's tournament lid-lifter. Josh Duncan, the Atlantic 10 sixth man of the year, started and Jason Love went to the bench. That's not a totally unusual alignment for the Musketeers but Love had started the final 21 games of the year. Duncan, on the...

Xavier, FSN ink new TV deal

Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008

Xavier and Fox Sports Net Ohio announced an agreement to renew their television deal for another three men's basketball seasons.

Georgia Hasn't Cooled Off; Leads Xavier 35-26 at the Half

The FanHouse - Xavier Basketball (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008

Filed under: Xavier Basketball , March Madness , West It doesn't look like Georgia used up all of its mojo during their unlikely run through the SEC Tournament. The Bulldogs lead Xavier by nine at halftime of their first rounder in Washington D.C. and may be even hotter than they were in Atlanta last weekend. It's a shame that no one has come out to watch the game because they're...

Xavier Survives for Now but Needs to Show Much More to Get to the Second Weekend

The FanHouse - Xavier Basketball (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008

Filed under: Xavier Basketball , March Madness , West Survive and advance, that's what the name of the game is come tournament time and that's what Xavier was able to do in today's 72-61 win over Georgia. They were down nine at the half and trailed for the entire second half until Dante Jackson hit a three to put them up with seven and a half to play. From that point on, they...

Un-Sweet 16: Blowouts Ruled the Day

The FanHouse - Xavier Basketball (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008

Filed under: UNC Basketball , Kansas Basketball , UCLA Basketball , Louisville Basketball , Texas Basketball , Memphis Basketball , Xavier Basketball , March Madness , Davidson Basketball Of the eight games that comprised the Sweet 16, only one was close in any way. That would be Xavier's overtime win over West Virginia . And the...

Having Regional Covers Cheapens Sports Illustrated -- and Who Gets Jinxed?

The FanHouse - Tennessee Basketball (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008

Filed under: Kansas Basketball , Georgetown Basketball , Tennessee Basketball , UCLA Basketball , Connecticut Basketball , Xavier Basketball , NCAA Basketball Media Watch Georgetown's DaJuan Summers , Connecticut's Jeff Adrien , Xavier's Drew Lavender , Tennessee's Chris Lofton , Kansas's Brandon Rush and UCLA's Kevin Love are all on the...

Some Notes About the Elite 8

The FanHouse - Xavier Basketball (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008

Filed under: UNC Basketball , Kansas Basketball , UCLA Basketball , Louisville Basketball , Texas Basketball , Memphis Basketball , Xavier Basketball , Davidson Basketball Here are just some little tidbits about the Elite 8, which begins tonight: Never has all four #1 seeds advanced to the Final Four (they all are still alive) The only...

Who The Bubble Teams Are Backing, Part 3

The FanHouse - Nevada Basketball (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008

Filed under: Nevada Basketball , Xavier Basketball , Umass Basketball , A-10 Basketball , Mid-Majors Basketball , March Madness , Davidson Basketball , WAC Basketball There seems to be a larger than usual pool of teams across the college basketball landscape from the non-power conferences that could make their own case for an at-large...

March Blandness? Upset-Free Afternoon

The FanHouse - Xavier Basketball (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008

Filed under: Kansas Basketball , Marquette Basketball , Michigan State Basketball , Xavier Basketball , March Madness If you're one of those fans who loves college basketball in March because you love upsets, well, you haven't missed anything if you've been stuck at work all day. The first half of the first day of the NCAA Tournament is almost completed, and...