College basketball's biggest crosstown rivalry

[MUBoxer]

Marquette didn't end that season Baylor did.. In the sweet 16

Sorry lad was thinking of the year before, I think 2011 season I think Spring 2011 not Fall 2011. All the same I stand by the rest of my post that it lacked class and quite frankly was rather pathetic.

[thebigeXpress]

Personally I never liked Cincinnati, didn't even root for them back then despite them being in the BEast but I thought those were some of the most stupid comments by Holloway and Lyons that I've ever heard in like any post game interview ever. Like they're acting like a bunch of tough thugs because what you had a bench clearing push fest playing a game that is no longer physical... also for the record Yancy Gates punch like a dumb a$$ and Kenny Frease should've seen that coming a mile away. I generally rooted for X but that was one team whose season I'm very happy MU got to end.[/quote]

Marquette didn't end that season Baylor did.. In the sweet 16[/quote]
Correct. Marquette ended X's season in Cleveland during Holloway's junior year. The brawl was during his senior year. Marquette was way under seeded that year. I had a bad feeling when the brackets came out. Marquette was a matchup nightmare for us.

[pki1998]

Marquette didn't end that season Baylor did.. In the sweet 16

Sorry lad was thinking of the year before, I think 2011 season I think Spring 2011 not Fall 2011. All the same I stand by the rest of my post that it lacked class and quite frankly was rather pathetic.

Trust me, the vast majority of X fans were disappointed in the events that night. We have a few crazy fans that still think Tu and Lyons riding do anything wrong

[xavierfano8]

Marquette didn't end that season Baylor did.. In the sweet 16

Sorry lad was thinking of the year before, I think 2011 season I think Spring 2011 not Fall 2011. All the same I stand by the rest of my post that it lacked class and quite frankly was rather pathetic.

Agree the postgame was as almost as bad as the fight. Marquette's guards were way bigger and stronger than Tu and Lyons they were never really in that game.

[anXUfan]

This is another game that X should win on paper. That said, UC is good enough, and the rivalry is unpredictable enough, for Cincinnati to come out on top.

I think (hope) that UC can't match Xavier's shooting at Cintas Center.

[BEX]

I guess people have to bring up the fight every year. I'm sure it will be re-visited 20 seconds into the TV coverage. It was a tough time for X fans but we've been over it for a long time. As far as MU ending our season (even tho they didn't) as some kind of "white knight" to save the basketball universe from having X as the NC, that's pretty laughable.

[BEX]

Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout


CINCINNATI - Undefeated No. 12 Xavier hosts No. 23 Cincinnati on Saturday. Xavier is looking for its third straight win in the series and is looking to tie the school record for best start to a season at 10-0.

THE MATCHUP

No. 12/13 Xavier University Musketeers (9-0, 0-0 BIG EAST)
No. 23/22 University of Cincinnati Bearcts (8-1, 0-0 American)
Cintas Center (10,250) at Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015 at 5:30 P.M. ET

TELEVISION AND RADIO

Television: FOX National, including FOX network affiliate WXIX-TV (FOX 19) in Cincinnati, with play-by-play from Joe Davis and analysis from Jim Jackson.
Radio: 55KRC-AM with play-by-play from Xavier Hall of Famer and former Musketeer standout Joe Sunderman ('79). Analysis will be provided by Xavier Hall of Famer and XU all-time leading scorer Byron Larkin ('88).

X-FACTORS IN 140 CHARACTERS

• Xavier and Cincinnati are meeting for the 83rd time. UC leads the series 49-33, although XU has won the last two games.
• Xavier has won six of the last eight and seven of the last 10 vs. Cincinnati.
• Xavier, 9-0 and ranked No. 12 in the AP Poll & No. 13 in the USA Today Coaches Poll, is coming off a 90-55 win over Wright State on Tues.
• Xavier's 9-0 start is the best under head coach Chris Mack and equals the best at XU since the school-record 10-0 start in 1996-97.
• Xavier has six players with double-figure scoring averages.
• Xavier, BIG EAST rebound margin leader at +14.7 rpg., is ranked 4th in the nation.
• Xavier has made more free throws (204) than its opponents have attempts (168).
• Xavier soph. Trevon Bluiett, on the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll three straight weeks, leads XU in scoring at 15.9 ppg. (5th in BIG EAST).
• Xavier senior James Farr, who leads XU in rebounding at 8.7 rpg. (third in BIG EAST), scored a career-high 18 points vs. WKU on Dec. 5.
• Xavier has made nine of the last 10 NCAA Tournaments, one of only 11 schools that have at least nine in that stretch.
• Xavier has been to five NCAA Sweet 16s in the last eight years, one of only nine schools with at least five in that stretch.
• Xavier has graduated each of the last 96 men's basketball players that have played as seniors, including all three seniors from last year's team.

[MUBoxer]

I guess people have to bring up the fight every year. I'm sure it will be re-visited 20 seconds into the TV coverage. It was a tough time for X fans but we've been over it for a long time. As far as MU ending our season (even tho they didn't) as some kind of "white knight" to save the basketball universe from having X as the NC, that's pretty laughable.

Already admitted my mistakes. When you go to farms do you look for dead horses to beat? Also no idea where you extrapolated anything about 'saving the universe' really reaching there BEXy

[BEX]

There was a fight 1450 days ago. We were punished with suspensions and lost 5-6 games as a result. None of these kids were on the team. Not that big of a deal, really. Whose beating the horse?

[MUBoxer]

There was a fight 1450 days ago. We were punished with suspensions and lost 5-6 games as a result. None of these kids were on the team. Not that big of a deal, really. Whose beating the horse?

Who's really beating a dead horse? Probably the X poster who posted the video that had the post game interview with all the fight photos. I responded to it as classless and not something y'all should be proud of, did not bring up the fight originally. After that I was called out for mixing up my seasons and which 2011 it was. A couple days after I admitted I was wrong on that you brought it up again and also tried to make my post out to be some Marquette was the worlds savior. So I would say you and dudeanon are beating dead horses. I'm either saying I wouldn't take pride in that fight, apologizing for misremembering or calling you out for beating a dead horse by reopening this.