The Old Days

[_LH]

Where is everyone?

[muskieman]

I guess I am the only one excited about the season. Where have you been?

[skyhops]

Skyhops and the Skyhops family are excited

[Kevin Reilly]

I think everyone is hopeful but with this N.I.L. era and the entire roster changing every year people don't know what to expect . We hardly know the team. In the old days you had 3-4 new guys every year. So everyone had a fair idea of the talent level of the returning team. Now we basically go into the season blind. I think all of us are excited but kind of worried at the same time. A return to the tournament would help a lot.

[_LH]

I agree. It was so much better before NIL. I still get excited when Xavier plays and has big wins but it is not remotely the same.

[muskieman]

I agree. It was so much better before NIL. I still get excited when Xavier plays and has big wins but it is not remotely the same.

Much like all sports today, when money got too big for some teams. Change happens; many times, we don't like it because we feel comfortable with the "good old days," but we complained in the good old days too.

What scares me is that X had a decent amount this year, but how do we sustain it when AH and Skyhops are not getting any younger? Do they have the basketball program in their wills? Will they endow the program with some of their generational wealth? I know "old single-digit" has coughed up big bucks this year, and it's too bad Shadow isn't around, because we know how wealthy dentists are. May he rest in peace and keep sitting on the backboard with Hoff tipping a few shots away as appropriate.

I think we will be happy with what we see from guys like Kalek House this year (he has a good bloodline), and Tru Washington is said to be a demon on defense...I hope so. My guess is that every day, Filip's eligibility is getting slimmer and slimmer.