Not Interested Tournament
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2022 11:52 pm
Well, the 180 degree turn for the program is complete. Like climbing 75% to the peak of Everest and then falling backwards 8,000 feet. Steele took a program that:
- Made the Tourney (the only what that matters) in 16 of 18 yrs before his arrival.
-Had 3 E8s, and six SW 16s preceding his arrival.
-Had never gone four consecutive years of having a 500 record or below in conference before his arrival.
-Had not lost the first game in the Conference Tourney as prohibitive favorites three years in a row and missed the tourney.
Paul Fritschner tweet: "on Feb 21st: X had a 97.3% chance to make the tourney". A week earlier, they were a projected four seed. Christopher and Steele are elated, b/c they will make the NIT. Neither knows of this other tournament with 68 teams.
BOTP: In going 4-10 down the stretch, Xavier gave away the following 2nd half win probs.
MQuette: 1-23 - 69%.
Prov: 1-26: 80%
DePaul: 2:5: 92%
Johnnies: 2-16: 80%
Prov: 2-23: 85%
Butler: 3-9: 98%.
Steele has had many doozies, but one of my favorites among his classic boomerangs that came to hit him in the face was "1st half scores are over rated." That aged about as well as telling the gullible Christopher he would take X to the Final 2%. Little did Christopher know that he meant he would dwindle a passionate fan base down to 2%.
Too bad that of the two known instances of nepotism (Miller bringing his accomplished brother to be an assistant, or the new HC being the future SIL of one of the biggest boosters) the 2nd one prevailed. One AD was brought up in a culture of winning, and the other was at Bowling Green. Christopher has seen both the men's and women's BB programs free fall under his watch. Hopefully, Hancyz makes a move. Her subordinate who should initiate the change has been castrated.
- Made the Tourney (the only what that matters) in 16 of 18 yrs before his arrival.
-Had 3 E8s, and six SW 16s preceding his arrival.
-Had never gone four consecutive years of having a 500 record or below in conference before his arrival.
-Had not lost the first game in the Conference Tourney as prohibitive favorites three years in a row and missed the tourney.
Paul Fritschner tweet: "on Feb 21st: X had a 97.3% chance to make the tourney". A week earlier, they were a projected four seed. Christopher and Steele are elated, b/c they will make the NIT. Neither knows of this other tournament with 68 teams.
BOTP: In going 4-10 down the stretch, Xavier gave away the following 2nd half win probs.
MQuette: 1-23 - 69%.
Prov: 1-26: 80%
DePaul: 2:5: 92%
Johnnies: 2-16: 80%
Prov: 2-23: 85%
Butler: 3-9: 98%.
Steele has had many doozies, but one of my favorites among his classic boomerangs that came to hit him in the face was "1st half scores are over rated." That aged about as well as telling the gullible Christopher he would take X to the Final 2%. Little did Christopher know that he meant he would dwindle a passionate fan base down to 2%.
Too bad that of the two known instances of nepotism (Miller bringing his accomplished brother to be an assistant, or the new HC being the future SIL of one of the biggest boosters) the 2nd one prevailed. One AD was brought up in a culture of winning, and the other was at Bowling Green. Christopher has seen both the men's and women's BB programs free fall under his watch. Hopefully, Hancyz makes a move. Her subordinate who should initiate the change has been castrated.