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This is too weird to believe if we hadn't received multiple tips about it, and here's WLW 700 host Bill Cunningham on yesterday's program relating that he, too, had heard about Xavier president Fr. Michael Graham's bizarre behavior during the brawl that broke out in the Crosstown Shootout. More »
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Dash mentioned this earlier, and now here's the video: Xavier's Dee Dee Jernigan blows two layups, and Stanford's Jeanette Pohlen goes coast-to-coast and hits a circus layup to put Stanford in the Final Four. It's brutal. H/T Gamboa Constrictor. More »
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In sports, everyone is a winner—some people just win better than others. Like people who say sound fundamentals are just as exciting as dunks. They're right....sometimes! Then again, sometimes lousy fundamentals can be exciting too. More »
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The Golden Gophers have a championship-winning coach and solid team play. Xavier's Jordan Crawford dunked on LeBron. This one should get the Bradley Center rocking. Order a thematically appropriate sandwich and comment — pretty sure that's what Sean Miller's doing. More »
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The clock inexplicably stops to give the home team extra time on their last possession. The refs huddle up and decide to end the game before the visitors can have theirs. You're damn right there's going to be controversy. More »
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Dan Wetzel is now reporting that Sean Miller changed his mind and will take the job. I guess this post convinced him. More »
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Once upon a time, Xavier coach Sean Miller did Harlem Globetrotter tricks as a 12-year-old, and ESPN reporters rocked the WKRP In Cincinnati Herb Tarlek sports jacket. It was truly sports media's golden age. More »
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East Region: No. 1 Pittsburgh (30-4) vs. No. 4 Xavier (27-7)
When: Thursday, 7:27 p.m., EDT
Where: TD Banknorth Garden, Boston, Massachusetts

PITT PANTHERS

1) Sean Miller A Pitt grad and former Pitt assistant coach. Often touted as Jamie Dixon's eventual replacement, Miller currently spends his time as the head coach of Xavier while waiting on that phone call. Kidding aside, Panther fans have seen this show before. The last time they faced a former coach in the NCAA tournament also happens to be the last time Pitt lost in the Sweet 16. Ben Howland and UCLA out-muscled the Panthers in 2007 en route to a Final Four appearance, effectively cementing Pitt's reputation as post-season slackers. Miller's playing career at Pitt lasted from 1989-92. Predictably, Pitt never advanced past the round of 16 in any of those years either. Miller now has a shot to once again contribute to Pitt's lackluster post season record, only this time he'd enjoy it. More »
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Your live blogger for this game will be the enigmatic Brett Kass and his collective of Californian comrades. More »
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East Region: No. 4 Xavier (25-7) vs. No. 13 Portland State (23-9)
When: Friday, 7:25 p.m., EDT
Where: Taco Bell Arena, Boise, Idaho

XAVIER MUSKETEERS

1) A-10 bad, non-conference good Coach Sean Miller has Xavier prepared for the tournament. The Muskies have non-conference wins over the Big 12 tourney champs (Missouri), SEC regular season champs (LSU), and C-USA overlords (Memphis). In addition they played tourney teams Duke, Butler, and Robert Morris winning one of the three. (Guess which one.) More »
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Storming The Floor looks at last night's Sweet 16 action. More »
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There's something we absolutely love about this picture. No matter how well your team's doing, no matter how much fun your friends are having at the game, no matter how young you are and no matter how full of possibilities the planet might seem ... sometimes, when you're having a bad day, you're having a bad day. More »
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Xavier Musketeers (29-6) vs. West Virginia Mountaineers (26-10) More »
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Now that we are down to just sixteen teams, STF will profile each Regional lineup to see how we got here, what the Sweet 16 really means to each participating school, and who has the best chance to advance to San Antonio. The first of two today, here's the West. More »
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We had no idea there were so many Texas A&M basketball fans out there, but boy, has our inbox been full with people sending us the above photo. Yeah: That kind of looks like a foul. More »
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Storming The Floor wraps up the first three games, the ones we were stupidly live blogging even though you couldn't see any of it. More »
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After our cheap, quick-hit, easy looks at each bracket, the gang at Storming The Floor take considerably closer looks, game-by-game. Here's the West Regional preview, the last of the four. More »
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Xavier Musketeers (27-6) vs. Georgia Bulldogs (17-16) More »
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1. Coaches Corner. Xavier has done an excellent job over the past 20+ years finding capable coaches that continue to advance the program to higher levels. From Pete Gillen to the late great Skip Prosser to Thad Matta to Sean Miller, each coach has brought his own style to Xavier and has been able to find success. Now in his third season, Sean Miller has lead Xavier to its best regular season in school history. You would think by now that people would know Sean Miller because of his coaching resume, but still many people know him because of his appearance on David Letterman as a kid to show off his dribbling skills or perhaps because he knows how to teach offensive improvement. Most likely though, you know him because he was a key component in the most famous dunk in college basketball history. More »
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Jonah Keri writes the College Basketball Closer (more or less) daily. E-mail your questions, concerns or Clarence Ceasar-related memories to jonahkeri@gmail.com. More »
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If you were wondering whether or not Xavier fans had gotten over that whole Greg Oden pounding a guy to the floor business, the guy who runs the blog Free Xavier makes it clear that, uh, they're not. More »
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I don't know why the NCAA always does this, but every year on the third day of the tournament, they have one game on by its lonesome in the 1:00 p.m. slot... and then they triple us up at around 5:45. More »
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Brigham Young Cougars (25-8) vs. Xavier Musketeers (24-8) More »
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1. Can't touch this! Junior guard Stanley Burrell is the second leading scorer for the Musketeers. No, not that Stanley Burrell!. The Xavier student section had nicknamed him "The Hammer" before he even set foot on campus. More »
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Gonzaga Bulldogs (27-3) vs. Xavier Musketeers (21-10) More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=160027&view=rss&microfeed=true 1. We're Pretty Sure Andre Smith Won't Attend Any Games This Week. Smith, who played for the Musketeers in 1993-94, was sentenced recently to 10 years in prison for the beating death of his neighbor with a Russian machete. Smith, 30, admitted hitting Maxim Dudinovin. Smith is the son of 1970's Cleveland Cavaliers star Bingo Smith. More »
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