February 24, 2025 • 16 mins
XU Head Coach Sean Miller joined us just before he jumped on a plane to go recruiting.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Cincinnati's sports station, ESPN fifteen thirty. All right, there we go.
It's three oh three. This is ESPN fifteen thirty on Moweger.
Thank you so much for joining us. Hope you had
a great weekend. We're gonna do something here we typically
do not do, which take a guest right when the
show starts. But when you have a chance to talk
(00:21):
with the head coach of the Save Your Musketeers, you go, okay,
we're throwing out the playbook. We're going to talk to him.
X you coming off a win on the road yesterday
afternoon against Seaton Hall, getting set for a massive tilt
on Saturday against Creighton at home. U the XU head
coach kind enough to join us, I believe before he
goes out recruiting hitting the road coach, it's good to
(00:43):
have you, am I correct, you're squeezing us in before
you jump on a plane.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
I am mog yep. I am glad to be on
with you, though.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Man's it's always it's always good to have you. Congratulations
on the win yesterday. For a while it felt like
you guys were gonna get out New Jersey with a
blowout victory, and it didn't necessarily go down that way.
Ryan Conwell makes a terrific shot off a great action
at the top of the key coming out of a
timeout a seat and Hall at that point had cut
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the game to a three point deficit. Give me an
idea of what you're telling your guys during that timeout.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
Well, you know the thing about Seaton Hall is and
if you followed them, you know they obviously don't have
a great record, but in particular their style, in particular
their style at home low is it just makes for
a different type of game. It's the best way I
can describe it. In the full court press, they foul
and they're very physical on the offensive glass. They play
(01:42):
a lot of different players, and they drive the ball,
maybe more than any team in the Big East. So
when you're on the road, especially late in February early March,
you know there's a physicality and a toughness element that
you have to handle. I thought we did a good
job in that area, but they hit us with the comeback.
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When you play against the press, you know, sometimes once
you break it, it's like you did it. You know,
there's a relief that sets in with your team, and
what you fail to realize is you're no longer running
any half court offense, and you're not playing with force,
and you're not doing the things that you normally do
when you have the ball five on five at your
own baskets. And that's really what we did. You know,
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we survived the Press. A lot of our turnovers didn't
happen against the Press, but we just did not execute,
and a lot of our turnovers and ineptness happened when
we had the ball in our own front court against
their defense. So at the end of the day they
made their comeback. I do think that both Zach Fremantle
hit a big shot in the left corner, Ryan Conwell
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hit a big shot at the top of the key,
and we were able to finish with a win, you know.
As you know, they did virtually the same thing to
Yukon about a week or so earlier, and Yukon left
with the loss. So winning on the road late in February,
I think that was our goal. How it happened, I
wish we could have been a little bit better, but
I do think we earned the right to win. And
(03:10):
now we move on.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
How do you simulate how do you assimilate the way
Seaton Hall a team like Seaton Hall plays, Yeah, you really.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Prepare for it. It's a full court press. Well, you
know see Saint John's. You know, they obviously are a
better overall team and they have some of that in
them as well. Ditto from Marquette. So you know, I
think when you look at the twenty game schedule in
the Big East, you're roughly dealing with, you know, eight games,
so to speak of a team that can really put
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that style up there. So as we keep going through it,
I think we get better. Like I said, the press
in essence, you know yesterday wasn't the actual factor in
their comeback. It was more along the lines that when
you break it, if you don't score quickly, you have
to now run the offense as if they didn't press,
and we didn't do a good job in that area.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
You last joined me prior to the home game against Georgetown.
You won that night, you took the loss against Villanova
on the road, and have since won four straight games.
I mentioned you have a huge one against Creighton coming
up on Saturday. Give me a blanket assessment of what
you've liked most about your team during the four game
winning streak.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
But I do think that We've worked tirelessly to be
ready for every game. I know that might seem like
a given, but you know, you get to the late
lateness of the year and you've practiced a lot. You know,
sometimes you tend to want to skip over the practice
part and just get right to the next game. You know,
as you know, part of it is the good programs.
(04:44):
The teams that seem to have the most juice in March,
they continue to work and improve and add to the
things they were doing better. And we have a group
that works that works between games. I think we've gotten better.
Are rebounding would be one thing that I would point
out to you, our defensive rebounding. It was our achilles
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heel for a lot of this season, and I think
we're a far better defensive rebounding team today than we
would have been, for example, a month or two ago.
And that's a good thing. Down the stretch, you have
to be able to when you get that stop, you
have to be able to get the ball, and so
we've worked hard in that area. And so I think
really our collective attitude and our defensive rebounding are the
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two things that stand out for me.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Are what our practices like, this could be a dumb question,
and if it is, don't be shy. You go ahead
and tell me. But what are practice is like in
late February and early March compared to when you're practicing
in October and through November.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
Yeah, I think a lot of it depends on the
philosophy of the coach. There's a lot of ways to win,
and there's a lot of ways to build your team.
Some coaches, you know, I think, you know Hugs that
you see Mick at you see for a long period
of time, I don't think necessarily worried about how long
their team would have been out on the court, and
it worked for them. You know, their teams were tough minded,
(06:08):
just seemed to that's how they do it. I think
there are other coaches, you know, Duke, for example, for
many many years. If you really look at coach k
even be a guy that would practice for an hour,
forty five minutes, an hour and fifteen minutes at the
very end of the year to be the most ready
for games. I'm probably somewhere in between that. You know,
(06:28):
we're trying to be on the court less now than ever, However,
when we're on the court, I think we're trying to
be productive, We're trying to get better. We're trying to
play and be alert, communicate, not skip steps. So it's
a balancing act for us where we want to have
energy a guy like daveon McKnight bo the worst thing
that I could do for him is wear him down.
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He's got a great attitude, he's a senior. He knows
what to do and how to do it, and we're
asking him to do a lot in that forty minute game.
So you know, why would you beat him up unnecessarily
between games? So that awareness of you know, trying to
get your guys fresh and ready for the game and
yet maybe limit the time that they're actually on the court.
(07:10):
That's what we're doing right now.
Speaker 1 (07:13):
You and I talked about Dalen Swain when you join
me three weeks ago before the Georgetown game, and we
were kind of going through his impact on the defensive
side of the floor. Where you talk about asking the
guy to do a lot. You ask him to do
a lot on that side of the floor, and that's
there's how he contributes offensively. He has had, I think,
top to bottom a terrific season. Give me sort of
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the same question a blanket assessment of what you've seen
from Dalen as the years unfolded.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
Yeah, I think Dalen has improved the most from the
start of the season until now of any of our players.
To some degree. That makes sense because he's the youngest
guy on our team. You know, a year ago, he
played the entire Big Eiast season as an eighteen year
old freshman. You know, this year, he's in his second year.
He's still nine. Team's going to play the entire sophomore
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year as a nineteen year old the Big East in
particulars and older league veterans, right, guys that are twenty
two and twenty three. So he's getting bigger, stronger, still maturing,
still learning a lot, but he's really played some great basketball.
You Know, the analogy that I give you on Swain
is he's that ultra talented wide receiver and he's got
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all this immense talent, and what we're just trying to
do is get him to run his routes cleaner, get
him the block and the running game more, you know,
just just to be more efficient because he can impact
the game of basketball in so many ways, and yet
it takes a lot of It takes a lot of concentration.
It takes a lot because we're asking him to check
the box not in one area, but in all areas.
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He can do it. And I think when our team
has been at its best this season, I'll go back
to the Yukon home game. You look at the box
score and it's like a couple of defensive rebounds or
a lot of defensive rebounds, a couple of offensive rebounds, assist
very little turnovers, a block shot at a couple of steels.
You know, he just he can impact it in a
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lot of ways. And I think this game on Saturday
is not only big for our team, but I think,
you know, having him at the forefront of a lot
of good stuff could bring out the best in our team.
Speaker 1 (09:16):
On Saturday Saturday four thirty tip off, Xavier hosting Creighton.
You played him in Omaha a few weeks ago. You
and I talked right after that game. They could be
if you're not a coach and you're just watching hoops.
There was fun to watch as anybody in the country,
with the way they run offense. When you go back
to the first forty minutes against them in Omaha and
you start to talk with your team, this week about
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playing them on Saturday. What things are you going to
point out?
Speaker 2 (09:42):
Well, first of all, you know, we played a really
tough in Omaha. They made eight of their last ten
to three point shots to put us away. Playing at Omaha,
the crowd is a big factor, and I thought they
had just an amazing home court on the night and
we played them as well. But you know, Steven Ashworth
one of the oldest players in college basketball and a
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terrific point guard. And Ryan Kulkbrenner, who I believe if
you really look at just history, the impact he's made
in his program is as significant, maybe as any college
player has in the last decade. I mean, he's going
to be the fourth time defensive player that he's in
the Big East, and yet he's going to go down
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I think as the second all time leading scorer in
Creighton history. He's just a monster. He's seven foot one,
he's smart, he can do it at both ends, and
you know, like a good point guard who makes his
teammates better, Ryan Kulkbrenner can do that from the center position.
So first I start with those two, and then you know,
I think where Creighton is electric is their pace when
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they break the game open. They tend to do it
in transition, shooting threes, really just kind of playing with
just a great togetherness, but playing fast, and we have
to be aware that when that game gets like that,
we can't break down. And that, by the way, that's
the same with us when we have the ball, when
we're playing the pace, we have to be more efficient
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because it's going to be a fast, exciting game on Saturday.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
Two home games remain. This is my last chance to
talk with you before you play your your Senior Day game,
and you've you're going to honor a lot of kids
that day. I know a week from Saturday seems so
far off in the distance when you have two games
between now and then, But you have you thought at
all about what Senior Day is going to be like
for you this year? With you know, you start with
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Zach Fremantle, who's college basketball career it feels like it
started a decade ago, has been such a huge part
of this program and fortunately he's been able to play
this year because there was a stretch where we weren't
sure when he was going to see the floor again.
Have you started to think at all about what Senior
Day is going to be like this year.
Speaker 2 (11:48):
Not senior Day. But I don't think there's a day
that goes by that you don't reflect on each of
those guys, and every one of them is different, you know,
do Zach and Jerome's stories speak for themselves, and they've
been here in our program longer, so there's just greater
familiarity with their respective games and careers and what they've accomplished,
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both from our fans perspective, but also you know, me
as their coach. But you also have guys who didn't
start with us who've come here recently, like Daveon McKnight,
who I think has given everything. Everything is blood, it's sweat,
it's tears to what we do. I don't know if
he's ever skipped the practice, missed the workout, or ever
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came into a game, you know, not playing to win
and playing one hundred percent. You learn to really appreciate
and respect those guys, and what you really want for
those guys more is for them to finish their career
on top as part of the tournament, you know, as
part of the successful story. And we have that in
our hands. We have to just continue to be good,
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play every game like it's our last. You know, I
would just say this about Saturday. Our crowd is a
huge impact on our own court advantage. When you look
at our Yukon win, we would have not won that
game if our crowd wasn't at the level that it
was at. It started with our students, but it really
permeated throughout the building and if you were here for
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that game and you followed that game, like you know,
Yukon had to play our energy as a team and
they had to play, you know, in this amazing on
campus arena and go against our crowd as well. And
I hope that some of what you just asked me about,
and you talk about honoring the team or seniors, that
we can go and do this together and give ourselves
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the best chance to win that next game, because that's it,
you know, we can't skip steps. It's about this week
and it's about being ready on at four point thirty
on Saturday for what's the biggest game of the season,
Creton at home.
Speaker 1 (13:46):
Yeah, it's it's a heck of a challenge. Should be
a great atmosphere four thirty on Saturday. I know you
have to jump on a plane. By the way, I
really cook what is in this day and age, what
college basketball has changed. How is recruiting chain?
Speaker 2 (14:02):
It's changed a lot. It really is up tied down
five times over because I would describe it to you,
you know, flying on a plane and trying to put
it together at the same time. I think I speak
for pretty much all coaches that all of us are
doing the best that we can and hoping some guardrails
and legislation will take hold to help everybody, the players,
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you know, their agents, their families, not just the universities,
but everybody. And I think that time's coming.
Speaker 1 (14:35):
I hope, so travel safe. I can't thank you enough
for doing this. As always, good luck on Saturday, and
hopefully we can chat throughout the course of the month
of March. Thanks so much, coach, You've got it my pleasure.
That's our guy, Sean Miller. Xavier winning yesterday in New
Jersey against Seaton Hall, tipping off at four point thirty
on Saturday with a home tilt against great By the way,
they announced I think just a short while ago that
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the Senior Night game, which is a week from Saturday,
is going to be a four to thirty tip off
as well. That is Xavier hosting Providence actually four o'clock
game against Providence. First things first, four to thirty on Saturday.
XU with a win yesterday against Seaton Hall, which felt
like it was going to be a pretty easy one
for a while, and then not so much. Ryan called
Ryan Conwell with a huge shot at the top of
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the key just inside the last minute, and the Musketeers
win a fourth consecutive game and have clinched at least
a five hundred record in Big East play in the
regular season. I did see. I believe there are tickets
available for Saturday at go Xavier dot com. All right,
there you go, nineteen after three o'clock. We appreciate coach
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Miller's time. That's the very very rare guest out of
the shoot that we typically don't too. So let me
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in on Friday. I had a three day weekend. During
that three day weekend, a lot went down. We have
a lot to talk about between now and six o'clock.
We'll get to it when we come back twenty after
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It's three oh three. This is ESPN fifteen thirty on Moweger.
Thank you so much for joining us. Hope you had
a great weekend. We're gonna do something here we typically
do not do, which take a guest right when the
show starts. But when you have a chance to talk
(00:21):
with the head coach of the Save Your Musketeers, you go, okay,
we're throwing out the playbook. We're going to talk to him.
X you coming off a win on the road yesterday
afternoon against Seaton Hall, getting set for a massive tilt
on Saturday against Creighton at home. U the XU head
coach kind enough to join us, I believe before he
goes out recruiting hitting the road coach, it's good to
(00:43):
have you, am I correct, you're squeezing us in before
you jump on a plane.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
I am mog yep. I am glad to be on
with you, though.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Man's it's always it's always good to have you. Congratulations
on the win yesterday. For a while it felt like
you guys were gonna get out New Jersey with a
blowout victory, and it didn't necessarily go down that way.
Ryan Conwell makes a terrific shot off a great action
at the top of the key coming out of a
timeout a seat and Hall at that point had cut
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the game to a three point deficit. Give me an
idea of what you're telling your guys during that timeout.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
Well, you know the thing about Seaton Hall is and
if you followed them, you know they obviously don't have
a great record, but in particular their style, in particular
their style at home low is it just makes for
a different type of game. It's the best way I
can describe it. In the full court press, they foul
and they're very physical on the offensive glass. They play
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a lot of different players, and they drive the ball,
maybe more than any team in the Big East. So
when you're on the road, especially late in February early March,
you know there's a physicality and a toughness element that
you have to handle. I thought we did a good
job in that area, but they hit us with the comeback.
(02:03):
When you play against the press, you know, sometimes once
you break it, it's like you did it. You know,
there's a relief that sets in with your team, and
what you fail to realize is you're no longer running
any half court offense, and you're not playing with force,
and you're not doing the things that you normally do
when you have the ball five on five at your
own baskets. And that's really what we did. You know,
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we survived the Press. A lot of our turnovers didn't
happen against the Press, but we just did not execute,
and a lot of our turnovers and ineptness happened when
we had the ball in our own front court against
their defense. So at the end of the day they
made their comeback. I do think that both Zach Fremantle
hit a big shot in the left corner, Ryan Conwell
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hit a big shot at the top of the key,
and we were able to finish with a win, you know.
As you know, they did virtually the same thing to
Yukon about a week or so earlier, and Yukon left
with the loss. So winning on the road late in February,
I think that was our goal. How it happened, I
wish we could have been a little bit better, but
I do think we earned the right to win. And
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now we move on.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
How do you simulate how do you assimilate the way
Seaton Hall a team like Seaton Hall plays, Yeah, you really.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Prepare for it. It's a full court press. Well, you
know see Saint John's. You know, they obviously are a
better overall team and they have some of that in
them as well. Ditto from Marquette. So you know, I
think when you look at the twenty game schedule in
the Big East, you're roughly dealing with, you know, eight games,
so to speak of a team that can really put
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that style up there. So as we keep going through it,
I think we get better. Like I said, the press
in essence, you know yesterday wasn't the actual factor in
their comeback. It was more along the lines that when
you break it, if you don't score quickly, you have
to now run the offense as if they didn't press,
and we didn't do a good job in that area.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
You last joined me prior to the home game against Georgetown.
You won that night, you took the loss against Villanova
on the road, and have since won four straight games.
I mentioned you have a huge one against Creighton coming
up on Saturday. Give me a blanket assessment of what
you've liked most about your team during the four game
winning streak.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
But I do think that We've worked tirelessly to be
ready for every game. I know that might seem like
a given, but you know, you get to the late
lateness of the year and you've practiced a lot. You know,
sometimes you tend to want to skip over the practice
part and just get right to the next game. You know,
as you know, part of it is the good programs.
(04:44):
The teams that seem to have the most juice in March,
they continue to work and improve and add to the
things they were doing better. And we have a group
that works that works between games. I think we've gotten better.
Are rebounding would be one thing that I would point
out to you, our defensive rebounding. It was our achilles
(05:05):
heel for a lot of this season, and I think
we're a far better defensive rebounding team today than we
would have been, for example, a month or two ago.
And that's a good thing. Down the stretch, you have
to be able to when you get that stop, you
have to be able to get the ball, and so
we've worked hard in that area. And so I think
really our collective attitude and our defensive rebounding are the
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two things that stand out for me.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Are what our practices like, this could be a dumb question,
and if it is, don't be shy. You go ahead
and tell me. But what are practice is like in
late February and early March compared to when you're practicing
in October and through November.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
Yeah, I think a lot of it depends on the
philosophy of the coach. There's a lot of ways to win,
and there's a lot of ways to build your team.
Some coaches, you know, I think, you know Hugs that
you see Mick at you see for a long period
of time, I don't think necessarily worried about how long
their team would have been out on the court, and
it worked for them. You know, their teams were tough minded,
(06:08):
just seemed to that's how they do it. I think
there are other coaches, you know, Duke, for example, for
many many years. If you really look at coach k
even be a guy that would practice for an hour,
forty five minutes, an hour and fifteen minutes at the
very end of the year to be the most ready
for games. I'm probably somewhere in between that. You know,
(06:28):
we're trying to be on the court less now than ever, However,
when we're on the court, I think we're trying to
be productive, We're trying to get better. We're trying to
play and be alert, communicate, not skip steps. So it's
a balancing act for us where we want to have
energy a guy like daveon McKnight bo the worst thing
that I could do for him is wear him down.
(06:49):
He's got a great attitude, he's a senior. He knows
what to do and how to do it, and we're
asking him to do a lot in that forty minute game.
So you know, why would you beat him up unnecessarily
between games? So that awareness of you know, trying to
get your guys fresh and ready for the game and
yet maybe limit the time that they're actually on the court.
(07:10):
That's what we're doing right now.
Speaker 1 (07:13):
You and I talked about Dalen Swain when you join
me three weeks ago before the Georgetown game, and we
were kind of going through his impact on the defensive
side of the floor. Where you talk about asking the
guy to do a lot. You ask him to do
a lot on that side of the floor, and that's
there's how he contributes offensively. He has had, I think,
top to bottom a terrific season. Give me sort of
(07:35):
the same question a blanket assessment of what you've seen
from Dalen as the years unfolded.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
Yeah, I think Dalen has improved the most from the
start of the season until now of any of our players.
To some degree. That makes sense because he's the youngest
guy on our team. You know, a year ago, he
played the entire Big Eiast season as an eighteen year
old freshman. You know, this year, he's in his second year.
He's still nine. Team's going to play the entire sophomore
(08:02):
year as a nineteen year old the Big East in
particulars and older league veterans, right, guys that are twenty
two and twenty three. So he's getting bigger, stronger, still maturing,
still learning a lot, but he's really played some great basketball.
You Know, the analogy that I give you on Swain
is he's that ultra talented wide receiver and he's got
(08:24):
all this immense talent, and what we're just trying to
do is get him to run his routes cleaner, get
him the block and the running game more, you know,
just just to be more efficient because he can impact
the game of basketball in so many ways, and yet
it takes a lot of It takes a lot of concentration.
It takes a lot because we're asking him to check
the box not in one area, but in all areas.
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He can do it. And I think when our team
has been at its best this season, I'll go back
to the Yukon home game. You look at the box
score and it's like a couple of defensive rebounds or
a lot of defensive rebounds, a couple of offensive rebounds, assist
very little turnovers, a block shot at a couple of steels.
You know, he just he can impact it in a
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lot of ways. And I think this game on Saturday
is not only big for our team, but I think,
you know, having him at the forefront of a lot
of good stuff could bring out the best in our team.
Speaker 1 (09:16):
On Saturday Saturday four thirty tip off, Xavier hosting Creighton.
You played him in Omaha a few weeks ago. You
and I talked right after that game. They could be
if you're not a coach and you're just watching hoops.
There was fun to watch as anybody in the country,
with the way they run offense. When you go back
to the first forty minutes against them in Omaha and
you start to talk with your team, this week about
(09:38):
playing them on Saturday. What things are you going to
point out?
Speaker 2 (09:42):
Well, first of all, you know, we played a really
tough in Omaha. They made eight of their last ten
to three point shots to put us away. Playing at Omaha,
the crowd is a big factor, and I thought they
had just an amazing home court on the night and
we played them as well. But you know, Steven Ashworth
one of the oldest players in college basketball and a
(10:03):
terrific point guard. And Ryan Kulkbrenner, who I believe if
you really look at just history, the impact he's made
in his program is as significant, maybe as any college
player has in the last decade. I mean, he's going
to be the fourth time defensive player that he's in
the Big East, and yet he's going to go down
(10:23):
I think as the second all time leading scorer in
Creighton history. He's just a monster. He's seven foot one,
he's smart, he can do it at both ends, and
you know, like a good point guard who makes his
teammates better, Ryan Kulkbrenner can do that from the center position.
So first I start with those two, and then you know,
I think where Creighton is electric is their pace when
(10:46):
they break the game open. They tend to do it
in transition, shooting threes, really just kind of playing with
just a great togetherness, but playing fast, and we have
to be aware that when that game gets like that,
we can't break down. And that, by the way, that's
the same with us when we have the ball, when
we're playing the pace, we have to be more efficient
(11:07):
because it's going to be a fast, exciting game on Saturday.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
Two home games remain. This is my last chance to
talk with you before you play your your Senior Day game,
and you've you're going to honor a lot of kids
that day. I know a week from Saturday seems so
far off in the distance when you have two games
between now and then, But you have you thought at
all about what Senior Day is going to be like
for you this year? With you know, you start with
(11:32):
Zach Fremantle, who's college basketball career it feels like it
started a decade ago, has been such a huge part
of this program and fortunately he's been able to play
this year because there was a stretch where we weren't
sure when he was going to see the floor again.
Have you started to think at all about what Senior
Day is going to be like this year.
Speaker 2 (11:48):
Not senior Day. But I don't think there's a day
that goes by that you don't reflect on each of
those guys, and every one of them is different, you know,
do Zach and Jerome's stories speak for themselves, and they've
been here in our program longer, so there's just greater
familiarity with their respective games and careers and what they've accomplished,
(12:08):
both from our fans perspective, but also you know, me
as their coach. But you also have guys who didn't
start with us who've come here recently, like Daveon McKnight,
who I think has given everything. Everything is blood, it's sweat,
it's tears to what we do. I don't know if
he's ever skipped the practice, missed the workout, or ever
(12:30):
came into a game, you know, not playing to win
and playing one hundred percent. You learn to really appreciate
and respect those guys, and what you really want for
those guys more is for them to finish their career
on top as part of the tournament, you know, as
part of the successful story. And we have that in
our hands. We have to just continue to be good,
(12:51):
play every game like it's our last. You know, I
would just say this about Saturday. Our crowd is a
huge impact on our own court advantage. When you look
at our Yukon win, we would have not won that
game if our crowd wasn't at the level that it
was at. It started with our students, but it really
permeated throughout the building and if you were here for
(13:13):
that game and you followed that game, like you know,
Yukon had to play our energy as a team and
they had to play, you know, in this amazing on
campus arena and go against our crowd as well. And
I hope that some of what you just asked me about,
and you talk about honoring the team or seniors, that
we can go and do this together and give ourselves
(13:34):
the best chance to win that next game, because that's it,
you know, we can't skip steps. It's about this week
and it's about being ready on at four point thirty
on Saturday for what's the biggest game of the season,
Creton at home.
Speaker 1 (13:46):
Yeah, it's it's a heck of a challenge. Should be
a great atmosphere four thirty on Saturday. I know you
have to jump on a plane. By the way, I
really cook what is in this day and age, what
college basketball has changed. How is recruiting chain?
Speaker 2 (14:02):
It's changed a lot. It really is up tied down
five times over because I would describe it to you,
you know, flying on a plane and trying to put
it together at the same time. I think I speak
for pretty much all coaches that all of us are
doing the best that we can and hoping some guardrails
and legislation will take hold to help everybody, the players,
(14:27):
you know, their agents, their families, not just the universities,
but everybody. And I think that time's coming.
Speaker 1 (14:35):
I hope, so travel safe. I can't thank you enough
for doing this. As always, good luck on Saturday, and
hopefully we can chat throughout the course of the month
of March. Thanks so much, coach, You've got it my pleasure.
That's our guy, Sean Miller. Xavier winning yesterday in New
Jersey against Seaton Hall, tipping off at four point thirty
on Saturday with a home tilt against great By the way,
they announced I think just a short while ago that
(14:58):
the Senior Night game, which is a week from Saturday,
is going to be a four to thirty tip off
as well. That is Xavier hosting Providence actually four o'clock
game against Providence. First things first, four to thirty on Saturday.
XU with a win yesterday against Seaton Hall, which felt
like it was going to be a pretty easy one
for a while, and then not so much. Ryan called
Ryan Conwell with a huge shot at the top of
(15:19):
the key just inside the last minute, and the Musketeers
win a fourth consecutive game and have clinched at least
a five hundred record in Big East play in the
regular season. I did see. I believe there are tickets
available for Saturday at go Xavier dot com. All right,
there you go, nineteen after three o'clock. We appreciate coach
(15:40):
Miller's time. That's the very very rare guest out of
the shoot that we typically don't too. So let me
set up a couple of things. Show run down available
on Twitter at moeger Thanks to Emory Federal Credit Union
your credit union with heart since nineteen thirty nine. Go
to EMORYFCU dot org. Thanksanks to Chad Brendel for filling
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in on Friday. I had a three day weekend. During
that three day weekend, a lot went down. We have
a lot to talk about between now and six o'clock.
We'll get to it when we come back twenty after
three on ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports Station.
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