February 5, 2025 • 7 mins
Rick Broering of Musketeer Report and NKU radio broadcasts joined us to talk about the Muskies and the Norse.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Rick Burning is here. You'll hear him tonight. MK you
home tonight for Cleveland's date. That game will tip off
at seven pm. Musketeer Report dot com. Zaver beating Georgetown
last night, and and Rick is h he's turning into
the owner of Facebook with his awesome Facebook columns, and
he has decided to let us assign him a weekly
(00:20):
column and he's so far too for two Last week,
we asked him to write what he would do if
he was commissioner of college basketball, and he did and
he made great points. And so go go join Facebook
and find Rick's page and read it.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Hi, Rick, welcome back to two thousand and six. People
hit me up on Facebook.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
You know, I I remember when I got my Facebook account.
It was like the day after Opening Day two thousand
and six. Like I remember it because I was at
a work happy hour, like it was Opening Day week
and I was at a work happy hour and pictures
were taken and I needed a place to put them.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
So I got a Facebook. So my so nineteen years ago,
I got my Facebook.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Page when we were in high school. Is when Facebook
came out. When I was in high school, and so
all the kids in my class, it was like, you
had to have a university email at the time to
join Facebook when it first started, So all of us like,
instead of getting fake IDs when we were in high school,
we all tried to get our hands on someone's university
(01:23):
email address so we could start a Facebook account before
we were actually in college. Wow, m yeah, pretty big stuff.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
Goes to show that I'm much older than you. What
was the big takeaway from Xavier's went on home over Georgetown.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Well, I think one is that they are clearly a
better team than they were last time they played Georgetown. Yes,
I know it was at the Centa Center and not
in Washington, d C. But I think the big thing
in the first matchup was David got punked, they were
out toughed, they weren't physical enough on the glass defensively,
(01:57):
and Georgetown just kind of took it to them. Last
night's game, we didn't see any of that. And yes,
they had struggles in the first half getting their offense
going against that tough Georgetown defense and the pressure that
they put on the perimeter, but then they got past
that and they did start scoring a little bit. So
I think that the things that we've seen the last
few weeks from Xavier. They've continued to do that and
(02:18):
they've continued to build on that, and at this point, Moo,
I mean, I think we kind of joked about it
last week, like is Xavier good at this point after
they had beaten Yukon? And I think I'm getting to
the point where I feel pretty confident about what we're
going to see on a night to night basis with Xavier.
It does feel like they've turned somewhat of a corner
at this point.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
So I think everybody, I mean, even Sean Miller with
his comments after the Creighton game, kind of divided the
Big Eiet schedule in two where it was front loaded
to with Saint John's two with Marquette, the two Yukon games,
Creighton on the road, and then there's the back half,
which is you still have Villanova, which is next road
game and they almost lost to the Wildcats and they
still have to play Creighton. But at the back end
(02:59):
of the schedule, some of the teams in the Big
East that aren't quite as good, we know they're going
to have their hands full because of Creighton's offense when
they come here. I've seen Xavier play Villanova and we
know how tough that can be among all the other
games for a team that has such a small margin
for air, where's the potential landmine for the Musketeers.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
I think it is really the home matchup against probably
Creighton and Butler. I think those are two games. Creyton
is obviously just a tough matchup, and I don't know
how much that one dings you necessarily, But when we're
talking about Vager's margin of air right now, to get
into the Ensubay Tournament, it feels like they probably have
(03:40):
to win out at home. I think the committee maybe
can overlook a loss at Villanova, maybe a loss at
Butler or something. But I don't think you're going to
be able to get away with losing home games. So
I think you've got to be creating at home. You've
got to be Butler at home. And with Creighton, we've
already seen that can be a difficult matchup for Xavier.
With Butler, we just haven't really seen them yet. And
(04:03):
with that game being kind of a weird rivalry between
the fan bases and sometimes you have a little extra
emotion in that matchup, and they do have a seven
foot center in Andre Screen who who could give Xavier
some matchup problems. That would be a game that I
would keep my eye on if iers Ader fan.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
What was the big takeaway from NKU breaking a six
game winning or a six game losing streak.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
Well, just that they got the offense back on track.
We had talked so much about, you know, them struggling
to get over sixty points and them shooting under forty
percent from the field game after game during that losing stretch,
and then all of a sudden that Oakland they hit
twelve three pointers, they score eighty four points, and they
beat Oakland on the road on a day where Oakland
scored seventy five points themselves. So I thought that was
(04:47):
a really fun game for ENKU fans to watch and
hopefully the sign of things to come that maybe this
group still does have some ability that they haven't tapped
into yet on that offensive end of the floor, and
if they can get some comm going and play a
bit more freely, then maybe they can get this thing
rolling in time for the conference tournament.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
How good's the team they play tonight?
Speaker 2 (05:08):
With one league loss, Cleveland State is really consistent. I
don't think their heads and shoulders above the rest of
the league. In terms of their talent level, but they
defend really well and they have a style of play.
I don't know if you remember watching Shaka Smart when
he's at VCU when they ran the havoc defense. So
Cleveland State doesn't necessarily do that in terms of havoc.
(05:29):
But Shaka Smart's thing back then was his team just
fouled you relentlessly, and essentially they put the onus on
the officials that like, well, you can't call every foul
if we just constantly foul, so we're going to get
away with mugging the other team and forcing turnovers that way.
Cleveland State plays very much the same way. They'll value
three or four times a possession and eventually the rest
kind of have to let something go so the game
(05:50):
can go on, and through that they're able to just
be tougher than you and create turnovers. So I think
NKU is going to have to be really strong with
the ball tonight. That's the thing that stands out to
me from that first meeting between these teams.
Speaker 3 (06:02):
All right, here's what I want you to write about
this week. Are you ready?
Speaker 2 (06:05):
I'm ready.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
So every college basketball fan complains about their league's officials, right, really,
every sports fan complains about their league's officials, but college
basketball fans love to complain about officials. As somebody who
is level headed and smart and consumes this sport on
both a fan level and a professional level, I want
(06:28):
you to write about whether college basketball officiating is as
bad as we think, and if so, why it's as
bad as we think, and what some potential fixes are
if it's as bad as we think.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
All Right, I love it. I'm in.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
I can't wait to read it. You get these things
turn around quickly, though, man, I mean you write a
couple hundred words like it's nothing. I last week's turnaround
was very, very impressive.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
Well, last week was a little bit longer because you know,
I had to think about that one for a little bit,
and I maybe didn't go as in depth as I
could have. But I tried to get something turned around
for you, because you know, I respect the sanctity of this,
this agreement we have for you to give me randomly
assigned Facebook posts.
Speaker 3 (07:06):
Yeah, and you get nothing for it, So I really
respect you for doing that.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
Thanks, man, I appreciate it.
Rick Burning is here. You'll hear him tonight. MK you
home tonight for Cleveland's date. That game will tip off
at seven pm. Musketeer Report dot com. Zaver beating Georgetown
last night, and and Rick is h he's turning into
the owner of Facebook with his awesome Facebook columns, and
he has decided to let us assign him a weekly
(00:20):
column and he's so far too for two Last week,
we asked him to write what he would do if
he was commissioner of college basketball, and he did and
he made great points. And so go go join Facebook
and find Rick's page and read it.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Hi, Rick, welcome back to two thousand and six. People
hit me up on Facebook.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
You know, I I remember when I got my Facebook account.
It was like the day after Opening Day two thousand
and six. Like I remember it because I was at
a work happy hour, like it was Opening Day week
and I was at a work happy hour and pictures
were taken and I needed a place to put them.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
So I got a Facebook. So my so nineteen years ago,
I got my Facebook.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Page when we were in high school. Is when Facebook
came out. When I was in high school, and so
all the kids in my class, it was like, you
had to have a university email at the time to
join Facebook when it first started, So all of us like,
instead of getting fake IDs when we were in high school,
we all tried to get our hands on someone's university
(01:23):
email address so we could start a Facebook account before
we were actually in college. Wow, m yeah, pretty big stuff.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
Goes to show that I'm much older than you. What
was the big takeaway from Xavier's went on home over Georgetown.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Well, I think one is that they are clearly a
better team than they were last time they played Georgetown. Yes,
I know it was at the Centa Center and not
in Washington, d C. But I think the big thing
in the first matchup was David got punked, they were
out toughed, they weren't physical enough on the glass defensively,
(01:57):
and Georgetown just kind of took it to them. Last
night's game, we didn't see any of that. And yes,
they had struggles in the first half getting their offense
going against that tough Georgetown defense and the pressure that
they put on the perimeter, but then they got past
that and they did start scoring a little bit. So
I think that the things that we've seen the last
few weeks from Xavier. They've continued to do that and
(02:18):
they've continued to build on that, and at this point, Moo,
I mean, I think we kind of joked about it
last week, like is Xavier good at this point after
they had beaten Yukon? And I think I'm getting to
the point where I feel pretty confident about what we're
going to see on a night to night basis with Xavier.
It does feel like they've turned somewhat of a corner
at this point.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
So I think everybody, I mean, even Sean Miller with
his comments after the Creighton game, kind of divided the
Big Eiet schedule in two where it was front loaded
to with Saint John's two with Marquette, the two Yukon games,
Creighton on the road, and then there's the back half,
which is you still have Villanova, which is next road
game and they almost lost to the Wildcats and they
still have to play Creighton. But at the back end
(02:59):
of the schedule, some of the teams in the Big
East that aren't quite as good, we know they're going
to have their hands full because of Creighton's offense when
they come here. I've seen Xavier play Villanova and we
know how tough that can be among all the other
games for a team that has such a small margin
for air, where's the potential landmine for the Musketeers.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
I think it is really the home matchup against probably
Creighton and Butler. I think those are two games. Creyton
is obviously just a tough matchup, and I don't know
how much that one dings you necessarily, But when we're
talking about Vager's margin of air right now, to get
into the Ensubay Tournament, it feels like they probably have
(03:40):
to win out at home. I think the committee maybe
can overlook a loss at Villanova, maybe a loss at
Butler or something. But I don't think you're going to
be able to get away with losing home games. So
I think you've got to be creating at home. You've
got to be Butler at home. And with Creighton, we've
already seen that can be a difficult matchup for Xavier.
With Butler, we just haven't really seen them yet. And
(04:03):
with that game being kind of a weird rivalry between
the fan bases and sometimes you have a little extra
emotion in that matchup, and they do have a seven
foot center in Andre Screen who who could give Xavier
some matchup problems. That would be a game that I
would keep my eye on if iers Ader fan.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
What was the big takeaway from NKU breaking a six
game winning or a six game losing streak.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
Well, just that they got the offense back on track.
We had talked so much about, you know, them struggling
to get over sixty points and them shooting under forty
percent from the field game after game during that losing stretch,
and then all of a sudden that Oakland they hit
twelve three pointers, they score eighty four points, and they
beat Oakland on the road on a day where Oakland
scored seventy five points themselves. So I thought that was
(04:47):
a really fun game for ENKU fans to watch and
hopefully the sign of things to come that maybe this
group still does have some ability that they haven't tapped
into yet on that offensive end of the floor, and
if they can get some comm going and play a
bit more freely, then maybe they can get this thing
rolling in time for the conference tournament.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
How good's the team they play tonight?
Speaker 2 (05:08):
With one league loss, Cleveland State is really consistent. I
don't think their heads and shoulders above the rest of
the league. In terms of their talent level, but they
defend really well and they have a style of play.
I don't know if you remember watching Shaka Smart when
he's at VCU when they ran the havoc defense. So
Cleveland State doesn't necessarily do that in terms of havoc.
(05:29):
But Shaka Smart's thing back then was his team just
fouled you relentlessly, and essentially they put the onus on
the officials that like, well, you can't call every foul
if we just constantly foul, so we're going to get
away with mugging the other team and forcing turnovers that way.
Cleveland State plays very much the same way. They'll value
three or four times a possession and eventually the rest
kind of have to let something go so the game
(05:50):
can go on, and through that they're able to just
be tougher than you and create turnovers. So I think
NKU is going to have to be really strong with
the ball tonight. That's the thing that stands out to
me from that first meeting between these teams.
Speaker 3 (06:02):
All right, here's what I want you to write about
this week. Are you ready?
Speaker 2 (06:05):
I'm ready.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
So every college basketball fan complains about their league's officials, right, really,
every sports fan complains about their league's officials, but college
basketball fans love to complain about officials. As somebody who
is level headed and smart and consumes this sport on
both a fan level and a professional level, I want
(06:28):
you to write about whether college basketball officiating is as
bad as we think, and if so, why it's as
bad as we think, and what some potential fixes are
if it's as bad as we think.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
All Right, I love it. I'm in.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
I can't wait to read it. You get these things
turn around quickly, though, man, I mean you write a
couple hundred words like it's nothing. I last week's turnaround
was very, very impressive.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
Well, last week was a little bit longer because you know,
I had to think about that one for a little bit,
and I maybe didn't go as in depth as I
could have. But I tried to get something turned around
for you, because you know, I respect the sanctity of this,
this agreement we have for you to give me randomly
assigned Facebook posts.
Speaker 3 (07:06):
Yeah, and you get nothing for it, So I really
respect you for doing that.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
Thanks, man, I appreciate it.
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