Santa Clara Broncos game thread

[muskieman]

Monday 11/10
When: 8:30 PM
Where: Cintas

TV: FS1 with Connor Onion and Nick Bahe
Radio: 700 WLW also available on the Xavier Gameday App., Varsity Network and the SiriusXM App.

$3 Bud Light, get t-shirt or coozie with purchase

XAVIER RANKED 147 Santa Clara 82
......................... SC.... X
Points Per Game.....81.0... 70.0
Points Against........ 60.....65.5
Field Goal %.......... 43.6..38.4
Rebounds Per Game.47.0...31.0
Assists Per Game.....20.0..16.5
Blocks Per Game.....5.0....3.0
Steals Per Game...... 9.5...9.5

Head Coach is former Miami head coach Herb Sendek also coached at North Carolina State and Arizona State before coming to Santa Clara. He is in his tenth season at SC with a 163-120 record. Xavier is 4-2 against Sendek, including 3-1 in his time as the Miami (Ohio) head coach and 1-1 in his time as the Arizona State head coach

So far Senior forward Tronto's Elijah Mahi leds Santa Clara in scoring 16.5 points scoring 19 in their last game along with Freshman guard Aleksandar Gavalyugov while freshman Allen Graves leds tea in rebounding 8.5 per game average

Santa Clara will have a mostly new-look team as they look to replace all f ive starters from a season ago. Elijah Mahi (13 starts) is the team’s top returning scorer at 11.1 ppg.
The Broncos brought in nine total newcomers including transfers Sash Gavalyugov (Villanova), Gehrig Normand (Michigan State) and Chris Tadjo (Iowa). Redshirt freshman Allen Graves, the 2024 Louisiana Basketball
Player of the Year, has made his collegiate debut after sitting out last season.

SCU also added Thierry Darlan from the NBA G League, who averaged 11 ppg, 6 rpg and 2 apg last season with the Delaware Blue Coats.

[skyhops]

Myself and Skyhops Jr had a $5 bud light and I think it was about 10 oz's in a plastic water cup, so the President must have extended her money grab to the concession stand and no tshirt or koozie. I can't imagine we win this game from what I've seen at the last two. We have to figure out a way to get Robinson involved on some lobs. A veteran coach will dice up our defense. We will get better.

[Anti-Homer]

Myself and Skyhops Jr had a $5 bud light and I think it was about 10 oz's in a plastic water cup, so the President must have extended her money grab to the concession stand and no tshirt or koozie. I can't imagine we win this game from what I've seen at the last two. We have to figure out a way to get Robinson involved on some lobs. A veteran coach will dice up our defense. We will get better.

Hops,

First, I'm genuinely sorry for the negative experience you and Jr. had. Please feel free to stop by the Moderator's Suite tomorrow night between 7:00 and 7:10. We'll be serving the highly coveted Bagel Bites at that time.

As for the game, Santa Clara is always a solid mid-major and seems to have done well in the portal. They are a guard-heavy team that lives on the perimeter, with half their shots coming from deep. This is concerning, given X's struggles in perimeter defense. While their team's three-point percentage is average (33%), one of their guards shoots a scorching 50%.

The good news? X should have a height advantage, and hopefully, Robinson can give X a strong presence in the post and clean up his defensive lapses. I also want to see Carrol and Filip post down low when Milievic is in the game. Santa Clara also shoots poorly from the line (58%), which could be a factor in a tight game.

I'm sensing a breakout game for X's offense, especially in transition, and a good performance from Robinson (law of averages!).

Prediction: After 10,000 simulations with my patented algorithm, the score is Xavier 81, Broncos 77.

[skyhops]

Thanks AH, Skyhops Jr's pallet is not so developed, so Bagel Bites are caviar to him. Let's us know when you are serving Pizza rolls and 40's. I hope you are correct in your prediction, but I did notice they were a perimeter team which is concerning considering our constant switching last game and open 3's.

[Kevin Reilly]

Skyhops family... I hope I'm wrong but you probably need at least a couple beers to watch the game. My advice is crash the Moderators Suite early and refuse to leave. I'm betting the snacks run closer to Brisket and Lobster. Enjoy the game and stay thirsty.

[connecticut72]

Hi to all loyal Muskie fans. My only comment at this point is it is so sad to see a once very proud and respected program reduced to this. SAD.

[skyhops]

Decided to play pickleball glad I did. Good coaches will shred this team on offense. Bigs are awful

[skyhops]

AH according to my sources was correct about over 5 mill we are paying for this garbage. I was all for Richard, but how are our bigs so bad defensively? Robinson is always out of position. Moore no shots? Embarrassing.

[ChitownSteve]

Assessment of the 1st Half - Reminiscent of watching DePaul play during Oliver Purnell’s Coaching tenure.

[muskieman]

Assessment of the 1st Half - Reminiscent of watching DePaul play during Oliver Purnell’s Coaching tenure.

And the second half has confirmed your comment. The team is so loose with the ball, and the shots are either too hard or not hard enough.

Richard said before the game that it is a work in progress....which means don't get mad at me I'm not out on the floor.

Santa Clara shooting 69%