December 15, 2025 • 10 mins
Mo talks with the Head coach of the Xavier Musketeers ahead of Big East Play.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
On Cincinnati's ESPN fifteen thirty.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Sure have it's five oh five. This is ESPN fifteen thirty. Alboegger,
thank you so much for listening. Hopefully you're having an
awesome Monday.
Speaker 3 (00:10):
Let's let's talk some.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
College hoops the same and your Musketeers are getting set
to open up Big East Play on Wednesday with a
home tilt against Creighton. That game is gonna start at
six thirty X. You coming off a fifth consecutive win
on Friday night, beating Missouri State seventy five to fifty seven.
Muskies going the league play with an eight and three
record and five straight wins. As I just mentioned, it
(00:34):
is awesome to get a chance on the eve of
the eve of Big East Play starting. The head coach
of the Musketeers, Richard Patino, is with us. Coach, it
is always awesome to have you. Good afternoon, How are.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
You doing great? Thanks for having me.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
I appreciate you joining us.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
You appeared on our show a few days before the
season opener, and we're trying to figure out who's gonna
do what, what you're gonna put on the floor in
the first game. We knew the first month and a
half of the season was going to be a learning process.
There have been some ups and downs and a lot
more ups recently. What are the handful of the biggest
things you've learned about this team through eleven games.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
Well, I think they're willing to adapt, and you know,
we've made some changes, whether it was to our lineup,
whether it was to our offense, and they've really really
you know, it's taken to coaching. You know, we're number
one in the country on Ken Palm of turnover percentage,
so certainly value in the basketball very well, sharing it,
(01:34):
you know, at a high rate, at nineteen assists per game,
you know. So it's a great group. They played very
unselfish basketball, and they're getting better and better every game.
You know, so very very grateful to just be dealing
with these guys on a daily basis because they're really
fun to coach.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
You're You're not You're never I guess where you want
to be. You certainly aren't going to be in the
middle of December. But I want to go back to
when you played Georgia in charge Lston, because in the
second half of that game, it just felt like, and
I'm watching it from afar, it just felt like the
switch was being flipped. And that's cliche, and it's cliche
to say that the light bulb was coming on. But
I and again you may have a different perspective, but
(02:14):
I felt like that night you could start to see it,
You can start to see it coalesce a little bit.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
And you haven't lost since. Is that did you feel this?
Speaker 2 (02:22):
You didn't win the game, but that night, in the
second half, as it was unfolding, did you feel something similar?
Speaker 1 (02:28):
Yeah, I think it subtly happened. Honestly at Iowa, we
made the switch to put Jovah at the five. We
brought all right into starting point, and you know, although
we didn't win the game, like we just felt like
there was a fluidity and a rhythm to that lineup
that we really really liked. We came back and played
great versus Dominion and then going into Georgia, like you said,
(02:50):
you know, I mean, Georgia is very, very athletic, They're
very talented. We came back, really had the game. One
kid hit a tough, tough shot front of their bench.
But the response from that loss, you know, to bounce
back the next day, have a great practice. We actually
had a shoot around early morning versus West Virginia. That
(03:12):
was as good as one of the shooting rounds that
I've ever had in fourteen years of being a head coach.
And I just felt like, these guys are starting to
believe in kind of this new way of playing. And
we then go out versus West Virginia, we hit fifteen threes,
put up seventy eight points. There's a really, really good
defensive team. So yeah, I think the Charleston Classic it
gave us hope. You know, I mean, we we It's
(03:34):
still a long season, but you know, to add so
many guys where you know, you don't retain anybody who
scored a basket from last year. We knew it would
take some time, but the guys have caught up, certainly
at a fast rate.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
I've heard coaches on both ends of the Crosstown Shootout
talk about how hard it can be in the days after,
and there's it's such an entity onto itself, and there's
so much that goes in it and so much that
comes out of it. I've heard coaches talk about, like,
we don't want to play a game for a week,
which you guys did.
Speaker 3 (04:06):
And I've heard.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Coaches talk about we want to get back to playing
another opponent as soon as possible. You've talked a lot
about the game itself, but give us an idea how
you felt your guys handled the couple of days after
that game and the aftermath of what was such an
emotional night for your team.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
You know, it's really hard as a coach because you
really do try to treat every game the same, but
because of their phones, social media, are fans media Like.
It's not that they're their fault, but they certainly build
this up to a bigger game than any of the
games that we had played so far, and you know,
(04:44):
they're getting hit with all the dopamine hits and all
that stuff, and it's you know, when you lose a
tough game, every coach says the same thing to their players.
Block out the noise, block out the noise. Well, it's
equally as hard when everybody's feeding you all these positive
thoughts as well, because you don't want to get complacent.
I knew that, you know, when we played in Missouri State,
(05:05):
I wasn't surprised and the energy was not the same
in the building. I mean that's normal. You know, you
got students going away from break. It's a you know,
game after the crossdout shootout and not as big of
a name, and and I like the fact that we
had a little time off because of finals, but I
was also excited to see how we responded, and we
played great in the second half. So that game, you know,
(05:28):
I don't think there's as a coach, you can do
a whole lot about it, because it is so big
to our community on both sides, so big to the
media here and unfortunate to get the win, un fortunate
to respond the right way when.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
You're going through you start Biggies play against Creyton on Wednesday.
You're obviously always keeping an eye on the league, but
how much are you watching the teams that play in
the Big East. How closely are you paying attention to
schools like Creighton as you're going through those first six
or seven weeks of the regular season.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
Yeah, I mean, you certainly want to have a feel
for it all, especially with the transfer portal. You know,
you want to try to pay attention to as many
players as possible because they're all essentially free agents, So
you know, you want to be educated with all of
these rosters to the best of your ability. But you know,
if there's a game on TV or something, I may
watch it, but you know, you're just you're not necessarily
(06:20):
paying attention to the level of preparation going into a game.
But I think the league, certainly, you've got Yukon Saint
John's at the top, you know, really really invested in
their rosters, terrific programs, and then you've got kind of
like everybody else trying to buy for three, four, five six.
(06:41):
You know, I watched the Providence at Butler game that
was as entertaining as a game as you will see.
The difference three conference play, and you know, the non
conference is just like there's no you know, everybody's fighting
for seating NCAA tournament. There's no mid major opponents anymore.
You know, stamina, competitive stamina, all those things really going
(07:04):
that you can't get tired, you know, because there's long
days and weeks ahead. So Creighton has always been a
very very good team and a tough out in the
Big East. They've dropped a couple as of late, but
we certainly know it's gonna be a great challenge for US.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
I watched Butler Providence, which was a game that was
so good and so long. It aired on two different networks,
and there have been lots of changes in college basketball.
One of one of that I'm that I'm like still
grappling with. It's still weird to see conference games in
mid December, and I know it's a byproduct of large
leagues and expanded conference schedules. Is it weird at all
to you that we're talking about playing games in conference
(07:42):
before Christmas?
Speaker 1 (07:45):
Yeah, I mean we did that, I believe in the
Big Ten because we went to a twenty league game schedule,
and you know, they don't they want to try to
give you that bye week. So I don't love it,
especially like this time of year is about college football,
it's also about the holidays, and you know, so I
don't love it, but it's the best way to kind
(08:05):
of fit everything in. You know, you'd want your students
on campus, especially in our building. Our students are so good,
but it kind of is what it is. So yeah,
I mean I've always I wish they'd start the season,
you know, after January. They'll never do it because of
March badness, but you know it'll certainly ramp up here.
But these games are just as important, even though students
(08:26):
are gone and the holidays they matter just as much
as games.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
Of mid February, I watched on social media video of
view this weekend going sledding. I also went sledding, and
I feel like a bus hit me. How you doing physically?
Speaker 1 (08:40):
Yeah, you know you don't as you get older. I'm
forty three years old and my nine year old daughter
is like she was walking out to go sledging by herself,
and I'm like, man, I can't let my cute little
daughter go up sled by herself. So I was way
too ambitious and I hit a bump and then the
video that I posted my wife didn't catch the end
of it, but I hit a free too, So yeah, Manna,
(09:04):
I'm gonna I'm gonna watch you do it, have fun
with you. But it was fun. I mean, I've never
I lived in Minnesota for eight years, but it was
so darn cold to go outside and to go sledding,
So it was cool to spend a couple of hours
of my daughter outside. She loved it.
Speaker 2 (09:19):
Yeah, I did the same, and then I paid for
it yesterday morning.
Speaker 3 (09:23):
I can't thank you enough for doing this.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
Congratulations on the five straight wins, Best of luck on
Wednesday and during Big East play and hopefully we'll do
it again soon.
Speaker 3 (09:31):
Coach, thanks so.
Speaker 1 (09:32):
Much, all right, thanks for having me. Appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (09:35):
You got it.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
That's the head coach at Xavier University. By the way,
more tonight Richard Patino Show at seven pm on fifty
five KRC. We took a college basketball detour last week,
took a college basketball detour this week, chatting with the
head coach of the Xavier Musketeers on the Tony and
Mo Football Show on ESPN fifteen thirty. We'll get back
to the football after this, and we have Zach Taylor's
(09:58):
press conference.
Speaker 3 (10:01):
On ESPN fifteen thirty. Cincinnati Sports Station.
Speaker 1 (10:06):
Cincinnati's ESPN fifteen thirty.
Speaker 2 (10:10):
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Speaker 1 (10:32):
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after Hamilton, I'm at ezelk with traffic
On Cincinnati's ESPN fifteen thirty.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Sure have it's five oh five. This is ESPN fifteen thirty. Alboegger,
thank you so much for listening. Hopefully you're having an
awesome Monday.
Speaker 3 (00:10):
Let's let's talk some.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
College hoops the same and your Musketeers are getting set
to open up Big East Play on Wednesday with a
home tilt against Creighton. That game is gonna start at
six thirty X. You coming off a fifth consecutive win
on Friday night, beating Missouri State seventy five to fifty seven.
Muskies going the league play with an eight and three
record and five straight wins. As I just mentioned, it
(00:34):
is awesome to get a chance on the eve of
the eve of Big East Play starting. The head coach
of the Musketeers, Richard Patino, is with us. Coach, it
is always awesome to have you. Good afternoon, How are.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
You doing great? Thanks for having me.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
I appreciate you joining us.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
You appeared on our show a few days before the
season opener, and we're trying to figure out who's gonna
do what, what you're gonna put on the floor in
the first game. We knew the first month and a
half of the season was going to be a learning process.
There have been some ups and downs and a lot
more ups recently. What are the handful of the biggest
things you've learned about this team through eleven games.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
Well, I think they're willing to adapt, and you know,
we've made some changes, whether it was to our lineup,
whether it was to our offense, and they've really really
you know, it's taken to coaching. You know, we're number
one in the country on Ken Palm of turnover percentage,
so certainly value in the basketball very well, sharing it,
(01:34):
you know, at a high rate, at nineteen assists per game,
you know. So it's a great group. They played very
unselfish basketball, and they're getting better and better every game.
You know, so very very grateful to just be dealing
with these guys on a daily basis because they're really
fun to coach.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
You're You're not You're never I guess where you want
to be. You certainly aren't going to be in the
middle of December. But I want to go back to
when you played Georgia in charge Lston, because in the
second half of that game, it just felt like, and
I'm watching it from afar, it just felt like the
switch was being flipped. And that's cliche, and it's cliche
to say that the light bulb was coming on. But
I and again you may have a different perspective, but
(02:14):
I felt like that night you could start to see it,
You can start to see it coalesce a little bit.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
And you haven't lost since. Is that did you feel this?
Speaker 2 (02:22):
You didn't win the game, but that night, in the
second half, as it was unfolding, did you feel something similar?
Speaker 1 (02:28):
Yeah, I think it subtly happened. Honestly at Iowa, we
made the switch to put Jovah at the five. We
brought all right into starting point, and you know, although
we didn't win the game, like we just felt like
there was a fluidity and a rhythm to that lineup
that we really really liked. We came back and played
great versus Dominion and then going into Georgia, like you said,
(02:50):
you know, I mean, Georgia is very, very athletic, They're
very talented. We came back, really had the game. One
kid hit a tough, tough shot front of their bench.
But the response from that loss, you know, to bounce
back the next day, have a great practice. We actually
had a shoot around early morning versus West Virginia. That
(03:12):
was as good as one of the shooting rounds that
I've ever had in fourteen years of being a head coach.
And I just felt like, these guys are starting to
believe in kind of this new way of playing. And
we then go out versus West Virginia, we hit fifteen threes,
put up seventy eight points. There's a really, really good
defensive team. So yeah, I think the Charleston Classic it
gave us hope. You know, I mean, we we It's
(03:34):
still a long season, but you know, to add so
many guys where you know, you don't retain anybody who
scored a basket from last year. We knew it would
take some time, but the guys have caught up, certainly
at a fast rate.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
I've heard coaches on both ends of the Crosstown Shootout
talk about how hard it can be in the days after,
and there's it's such an entity onto itself, and there's
so much that goes in it and so much that
comes out of it. I've heard coaches talk about, like,
we don't want to play a game for a week,
which you guys did.
Speaker 3 (04:06):
And I've heard.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Coaches talk about we want to get back to playing
another opponent as soon as possible. You've talked a lot
about the game itself, but give us an idea how
you felt your guys handled the couple of days after
that game and the aftermath of what was such an
emotional night for your team.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
You know, it's really hard as a coach because you
really do try to treat every game the same, but
because of their phones, social media, are fans media Like.
It's not that they're their fault, but they certainly build
this up to a bigger game than any of the
games that we had played so far, and you know,
(04:44):
they're getting hit with all the dopamine hits and all
that stuff, and it's you know, when you lose a
tough game, every coach says the same thing to their players.
Block out the noise, block out the noise. Well, it's
equally as hard when everybody's feeding you all these positive
thoughts as well, because you don't want to get complacent.
I knew that, you know, when we played in Missouri State,
(05:05):
I wasn't surprised and the energy was not the same
in the building. I mean that's normal. You know, you
got students going away from break. It's a you know,
game after the crossdout shootout and not as big of
a name, and and I like the fact that we
had a little time off because of finals, but I
was also excited to see how we responded, and we
played great in the second half. So that game, you know,
(05:28):
I don't think there's as a coach, you can do
a whole lot about it, because it is so big
to our community on both sides, so big to the
media here and unfortunate to get the win, un fortunate
to respond the right way when.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
You're going through you start Biggies play against Creyton on Wednesday.
You're obviously always keeping an eye on the league, but
how much are you watching the teams that play in
the Big East. How closely are you paying attention to
schools like Creighton as you're going through those first six
or seven weeks of the regular season.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
Yeah, I mean, you certainly want to have a feel
for it all, especially with the transfer portal. You know,
you want to try to pay attention to as many
players as possible because they're all essentially free agents, So
you know, you want to be educated with all of
these rosters to the best of your ability. But you know,
if there's a game on TV or something, I may
watch it, but you know, you're just you're not necessarily
(06:20):
paying attention to the level of preparation going into a game.
But I think the league, certainly, you've got Yukon Saint
John's at the top, you know, really really invested in
their rosters, terrific programs, and then you've got kind of
like everybody else trying to buy for three, four, five six.
(06:41):
You know, I watched the Providence at Butler game that
was as entertaining as a game as you will see.
The difference three conference play, and you know, the non
conference is just like there's no you know, everybody's fighting
for seating NCAA tournament. There's no mid major opponents anymore.
You know, stamina, competitive stamina, all those things really going
(07:04):
that you can't get tired, you know, because there's long
days and weeks ahead. So Creighton has always been a
very very good team and a tough out in the
Big East. They've dropped a couple as of late, but
we certainly know it's gonna be a great challenge for US.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
I watched Butler Providence, which was a game that was
so good and so long. It aired on two different networks,
and there have been lots of changes in college basketball.
One of one of that I'm that I'm like still
grappling with. It's still weird to see conference games in
mid December, and I know it's a byproduct of large
leagues and expanded conference schedules. Is it weird at all
to you that we're talking about playing games in conference
(07:42):
before Christmas?
Speaker 1 (07:45):
Yeah, I mean we did that, I believe in the
Big Ten because we went to a twenty league game schedule,
and you know, they don't they want to try to
give you that bye week. So I don't love it,
especially like this time of year is about college football,
it's also about the holidays, and you know, so I
don't love it, but it's the best way to kind
(08:05):
of fit everything in. You know, you'd want your students
on campus, especially in our building. Our students are so good,
but it kind of is what it is. So yeah,
I mean I've always I wish they'd start the season,
you know, after January. They'll never do it because of
March badness, but you know it'll certainly ramp up here.
But these games are just as important, even though students
(08:26):
are gone and the holidays they matter just as much
as games.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
Of mid February, I watched on social media video of
view this weekend going sledding. I also went sledding, and
I feel like a bus hit me. How you doing physically?
Speaker 1 (08:40):
Yeah, you know you don't as you get older. I'm
forty three years old and my nine year old daughter
is like she was walking out to go sledging by herself,
and I'm like, man, I can't let my cute little
daughter go up sled by herself. So I was way
too ambitious and I hit a bump and then the
video that I posted my wife didn't catch the end
of it, but I hit a free too, So yeah, Manna,
(09:04):
I'm gonna I'm gonna watch you do it, have fun
with you. But it was fun. I mean, I've never
I lived in Minnesota for eight years, but it was
so darn cold to go outside and to go sledding,
So it was cool to spend a couple of hours
of my daughter outside. She loved it.
Speaker 2 (09:19):
Yeah, I did the same, and then I paid for
it yesterday morning.
Speaker 3 (09:23):
I can't thank you enough for doing this.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
Congratulations on the five straight wins, Best of luck on
Wednesday and during Big East play and hopefully we'll do
it again soon.
Speaker 3 (09:31):
Coach, thanks so.
Speaker 1 (09:32):
Much, all right, thanks for having me. Appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (09:35):
You got it.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
That's the head coach at Xavier University. By the way,
more tonight Richard Patino Show at seven pm on fifty
five KRC. We took a college basketball detour last week,
took a college basketball detour this week, chatting with the
head coach of the Xavier Musketeers on the Tony and
Mo Football Show on ESPN fifteen thirty. We'll get back
to the football after this, and we have Zach Taylor's
(09:58):
press conference.
Speaker 3 (10:01):
On ESPN fifteen thirty. Cincinnati Sports Station.
Speaker 1 (10:06):
Cincinnati's ESPN fifteen thirty.
Speaker 2 (10:10):
Traffic from the UC Health Traffic Center u See Cancer
Center offers advanced surgical options for complex liver and pancreas
cancers and clinical trials you won't find anywhere else.
Speaker 3 (10:21):
Get a second opinion now called five one three, five
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Speaker 2 (10:24):
UCCC a new accident in on westbound two seventy five
that's in the construction zone along the combshail Bridge right now.
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