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Joe Alexander's Missed Free Throw Will Haunt Him For a Long Time

With all due respect to my fellow FanHouser Charles Rich, I think that Joe Alexander's missed free throw towards the end of regulation is the biggest un-clutch play of the tournament.I hesitate to use the word choke because he made a sensational shot just to get the "and-one" play and tie the game 64-64 in the first place....

Atlantic 10 Keeps Creating Questions Instead of Answers

There are but a handful of games left to play in the Atlantic-10 season and there's only two things we know for sure. One, more than one team will be dancing come March and, two, Xavier and Rhode Island will be two of them. The Musketeers won their seventh straight last night even though Stanley Burrell and Drew Lavender...

Vols Close With a Flourish, Knock Off Xavier

The crowd was standing all game, making a lot of noise for their Musketeers, and when Bruce Pearl picked up a technical foul with just under four minutes to play it looked like Tennessee was coming apart. The players had more composure than their coach, though. They forced four turnovers in those final four minutes and...

Xavier Can't Handle The Sun Devils Heat

Xavier took their longest road trip of the season for today's game at Arizona State and, thus, will have plenty of time to ponder their 77-55 loss on the way home to Cincinnati. The Sun Devils were far from gracious hosts. Their zone defense swarmed the Musketeers all afternoon. Every shot Xavier took was a contested one...

The Eastern Round Up: Xavier Rolls On

I've already voiced my displeasure with the inclusion of teams like Xavier among the mid-major morass. They have the tradition, the size and the talent to hang with any of the big boys but the Atlantic 10 is still a bit of a redheaded stepchild. The only way they can defy their label is by winning games, something they've...