Texas/Xavier

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I’m thinking X in this one. More tournament seasoned coach (even though he underachieved quite a bit). Texas is a one trick pony or maybe 1 1/2. Believe they’ll find a way to overcome that.
 
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Apr 22, 2011
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I really, REALLY want to play Texas again (assuming we beat Troy, not taking anything for granted here).

IF we beat Troy, I really want another shot at Texas.

Xavier doesn't scare me a TON, they have only beaten one ranked team all year, BUT they have won 7 of their last 8 and I imagine that has them feeling and playing very confident.

Don't really want to play Illinois, just think the other 2 would be less volatile matchups for us.
 

uk78_rivals88018

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How anyone can predict who will be good or bad for us is challenging. We have beaten some great teams and lost to some bad ones. We lost to Arkansas at home! So, every game for this team is an unknown no matter who we face.
 

*Fox2Monk*

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I’m thinking X in this one. More tournament seasoned coach (even though he underachieved quite a bit). Texas is a one trick pony or maybe 1 1/2. Believe they’ll find a way to overcome that.
I could see Tre Johnson pulling a Kemba and getting them to the Elite 8. Dude is a baller and has been on fire the past month.
 

2001GDR

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I really, REALLY want to play Texas again (assuming we beat Troy, not taking anything for granted here).

IF we beat Troy, I really want another shot at Texas.

Xavier doesn't scare me a TON, they have only beaten one ranked team all year, BUT they have won 7 of their last 8 and I imagine that has them feeling and playing very confident.

Don't really want to play Illinois, just think the other 2 would be less volatile matchups for us.
Agree, Xavier is a scary team to play, they have been very inconsistent but they have a very talented team very good guards and a damn good post player, give me Texas
 

CastleRubric

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Always thought Xavier would be a good OOC opponent

Not sure we've EVER played them
At least not in my lifetime