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Post by ad1770 on Jan 17, 2020 9:30:10 GMT -6
Any game against them. It didn’t matter. The Hill era for them was easily one of my favorite times to root against them. But flat out, be it tiddly winks or basketball, I always loved beating Xavier.
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Post by stennisrm72 on Jan 17, 2020 10:39:25 GMT -6
Pete Guillen also. He's even annoying as a broadcaster.
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Post by Tom Servo on Jan 17, 2020 10:47:21 GMT -6
Any game against them. It didn’t matter. The Hill era for them was easily one of my favorite times to root against them. But flat out, be it tiddly winks or basketball, I always loved beating Xavier. Amen to that - My parents have told many stories about those games - here are some good ones:
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Post by E-Villan on Jan 17, 2020 18:44:52 GMT -6
It was a hell of a rivalry. Our programs dominated the MCC during the late 80's-early 90's. I believe Crews and Gillen both arrived the same year. Before Gillen, I would say our biggest rival in the conference was probably Loyola.
Xavier managed to maintain their program, while we made numerous missteps.
I would encourage Seltzer to watch that 87-88 game. He can skip to around the 1:16 mark and learn how a coach should stand up for his players when they are getting mugged.
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Post by ibleedpurple on Jan 17, 2020 21:52:45 GMT -6
The Xavier games were fantastic and a tough, heated rivalry even Gillen has mentioned a number of times when covering Aces games recently as a broadcaster. Roberts was packed and the games were almost always close for a number of years, with us pulling out a W from what seemed like insurmountable odds when facing Hill and Strong those few years. They had size on us but we could shoot the ball, something as a team we have not done for 20 years it seems.
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