March 11, 2026 • 8 mins
Rick Broering of Musketeer Report and NKU radio broadcasts joined us to discuss Xavier/Marquette, the Big East Tournament, and NCAA Tournament expansion. We also put a bow on NKU's season.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
What's up? Mao, uh A lot, a lot?
Speaker 2 (00:04):
How about yourself?
Speaker 1 (00:04):
Yeah, I was just watching the Bearcats. Very good.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
You're gonna watch the Musketeers tonight. Is Trey Carroll gonna play?
Speaker 1 (00:12):
Well? The injury report just came out from the Big
East and he is not on it. So that would
lead everyone to believe that he is available in what role?
How close to one hundred percent is he going to be?
We don't know, but it sounds like he's gonna give
it a go. All right, good.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
I think of the first Marquette game, Xavier got crushed
on the glass and they turned the ball over a lot.
I think of the second Marquette game, they were better
on the glass and they took better care of the ball.
Is that what tonight comes down to?
Speaker 1 (00:42):
That? And shooting the three point shot? I mean the
second game, that was the other big part of it.
I mean, they were just bombs away. They made sixteen
threes in that game, and when they make twelve or
more threes this year, they're seven and one. So that's
been a huge part of their success. When they've been successful,
I think that makes it much easier for them to
pull off a win. Now. Part of that that you
(01:04):
have to talk about is last time they were at
Madison Square Garden this season against Saint John's was one
of their worst shooting nights of the year. So Saint
John's obviously a different team defensively than Marquette is, but
that's the last time they shot in this arena. So
that's definitely something I'm gonna have my eye on.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
How the hell did Marquette beat Yukon on Saturday.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
It's a really good question. Has to be terrifying to
go into this game knowing they just beat Yukon. They've
won five of their last six, so they're clearly playing
their best basketball of the season. Now you know, again,
how did they pull that one off? I don't know.
It feels a little bit fluky. Maybe the pressure got
to Yukon in that situation or something. But I think
(01:43):
this is It's been two close games the first two
times these two teams played. I would expect another close
game here tonight, assuming Trey Carroll is able to play
and is somewhere near one hundred percent rexavior.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
What's interesting to me is Trey Carroll playing tonight, but
also if you win, you got to bring him out
there and it can secondive night against an already extraordinarily
tough task in Yukon. I'm actually and they have to
win the game tonight. I get that. I'm I'm I'm
is equally interested in what he would look like if
they did have to play a game tomorrow. I don't
know that they have much of a shot at and
(02:15):
even hanging with Yukon even if he does go. But
I guess for me that's what's more interesting than tonight.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
Yeah, I think that's fair to say. I mean, based
on the fact that he was struggling to move around.
It's a hip injury where he fell on it. I
don't know what the actual diagnosis was, but we consume
maybe some type of contusion or whatever. Got to imagine
the second day after playing a night game, he's not
gonna feel too great. But like you said, I don't
know that I would care too much about that either way,
because they haven't had a chance against Yukon either time
(02:42):
they played them.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
The season is I know you're not a bracketologist, Is
this season the most convincing argument against ncublea inevitable in
all likelihood NCUBAA tournament expansion?
Speaker 1 (02:55):
You know, I think it's I summed this up best
in a text message we shared a few nights ago,
and I said, we've been talking about tournament expansion for
far too long. I sent you a screenshot of some
guy who commented on this from like twenty and eleven,
and I enjoyed his take back. Then, we've been talking
about this like every single year. At this point, I
just don't care. Do whatever you're gonna do with the tournament,
(03:15):
just let me watch it and don't make me listen
to the complaints about it for two months leading up
to the tournament. That's by far worse than actually expanding
the tournament is listening to everybody whine about the possibility
that at some point we might expand the tournament for
the last fourteen years. That's been pretty annoying.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
On Yeah, and I've participated in that a lot. I
just I look at the bubble this year, and you
sees a part of this conversation. There's like I look
at certain bracketology projections and I see Auburn at sixteen
and fifteen in the tournament. If that's what we're coming
close to including in a sixty eighteen field, what kind
of wreck? What kind of wretched teams are we going
(03:51):
to include in a seventy sixteen field.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
I think it will not go this way. But let
me throw this out to you. This is something I've
been told by people who do scheduling for high major teams.
They've made the claim to me that if the tournament
field were to be expanded, they would be much more
open to scheduling more difficult, high profile, interesting non conference
matchups because there's more margin for air. You don't feel
(04:17):
like one loss could cost you your ticket into the
Big Dance if that were the case. And again, I
don't actually believe that's what they would do with that opportunity.
I think they'd still just try to skate by and
find the easiest path into the tournament. But if that
were the case, and they were to schedule more interesting
non conference games, would that make it better from your perspective?
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Yeah, to a degree, if there's If that actually happens,
I've trust them to do that. I've spent a lifetime
hearing coaches say we'll play anybody anywhere, anytime, and then
you know their schedule looks like Travis Steels this year,
No knock on Miami. But I mean that's I I
hear that every year from coaches, we'll play anybody, and
then they never do. So I'm skeptical that that would
(04:57):
be the case. Rick Bororing is with this Xavier and
Marquette tonight put a bow on NKU in the Horizon
Lead Tournament. I thought, I thought at halftime that that
being as good of a game as it was, and
I know they took a lead early in the second half,
it felt like a house of cards because I didn't
think they were gonna be able to defend Right State,
and I kind of felt like as the game unfolded,
(05:19):
I ended up being right.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
Is that a fair perspective, Yeah, And I think that's
you know, I certainly don't speak for the program or
the coaching staff or anything like that, but from my perspective,
that's what made it a little bit easier to swallow.
Is at the end of that game, you just felt like, Okay,
Right State was clearly the better team this year. They
beat them three times, and in that third game, like
you said, NKU was playing right with them for the
(05:41):
first half, felt like they were playing pretty well, and
then once again they just couldn't guard Right State down
the stretch and they made the necessary plays. And look,
we were wondering, how would some of those young guys,
you know, they played two freshmen a lot of minutes,
they play a sophomore a lot of minutes on that team,
how would they react to being in that weird arena,
in a one and done environment for the first time.
And there were multiple occasions where NK you had just
(06:04):
a little bit of momentum in the second half, had
a good defensive possession where they take it right down
in the final seconds of the shot clock, and three
different time those young players for Right State banged buzzer
beating shot clock beating three pointers and those were all daggers.
I mean, that's what you got to do if you're
gonna win a championship. I felt like NKU season this
year was weird. Is that a fair way of characterizing it. Yeah,
(06:27):
it is. I think there are a few things going
on there. One, this is the first time, you know,
as much as we feel like we've been in the
transfer portal era for a while, this is the first
time that NK you really turned over a large portion
of its roster in the transfer portal. They've really retained
a lot of guys every season and just added a
guy here, a piece there for depth. It's never been
their main guys. This year they finally did that, and
(06:48):
I think for the first time, it took them a
little bit longer to settle into their defense. They changed
their defense a lot more than they ever have. And
then you also had that stretch a little past the
midway point of conference play where they had a lot
of guys out with injury yet LJ Wells down, Cal
Robinson down, Donovan Rockots and not a Harri down. And
they struggled through that stretch, which kind of put him
(07:09):
in a bit of a spin and cost them some
seating position. But then right by the end of the season,
once again it seemed like they were playing their best basketball.
They had some momentum going into the tournament, and they
got back to the semi finals.
Speaker 2 (07:21):
I think what's interesting about what happens this offseason is,
you know, the Norse are going to have to replace
the school's all time leader and field goal percentage Mitchell Minor,
who leaves NKU with a field goal percentage of one
hundred percent pride to Scott High School. And so I
guess there's a two part question there. How do you
replace him? And what plans might be made to honor him.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
I was walking through the hallways over at the Truest
Arena today and I was looking around. I couldn't find anybody.
I was like, what is going on? And actually that's
what I heard. They were having team meetings, staff meetings
about how do we replace Mitchell Minor. So I don't
know if anyone has the answer for from the field. Yeah,
right right, So I would probably be making a lot
(08:04):
more money if I knew the answer to that question.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
Yeah, well, get to the bottom of that. We'll maybe
talk about it next week at the Holy Grail. Thank
you as always, good to see you. We'll talk next week.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
I will say Mitchell Miner might be making appearance on
the Darren Horn TV show. Oh later this month.
Speaker 2 (08:17):
Will he be introduced as the school's all time leader
and field goal percentage three for three is perfect?
Speaker 1 (08:23):
I might know the guy in control of that, so
I'll run it past him. Very good.
Speaker 2 (08:28):
Thanks man, We'll see We'll see you next week. Rick
Broring Musketeer Report dot com. Follow him on Twitter at
Rick Brooring.
What's up? Mao, uh A lot, a lot?
Speaker 2 (00:04):
How about yourself?
Speaker 1 (00:04):
Yeah, I was just watching the Bearcats. Very good.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
You're gonna watch the Musketeers tonight. Is Trey Carroll gonna play?
Speaker 1 (00:12):
Well? The injury report just came out from the Big
East and he is not on it. So that would
lead everyone to believe that he is available in what role?
How close to one hundred percent is he going to be?
We don't know, but it sounds like he's gonna give
it a go. All right, good.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
I think of the first Marquette game, Xavier got crushed
on the glass and they turned the ball over a lot.
I think of the second Marquette game, they were better
on the glass and they took better care of the ball.
Is that what tonight comes down to?
Speaker 1 (00:42):
That? And shooting the three point shot? I mean the
second game, that was the other big part of it.
I mean, they were just bombs away. They made sixteen
threes in that game, and when they make twelve or
more threes this year, they're seven and one. So that's
been a huge part of their success. When they've been successful,
I think that makes it much easier for them to
pull off a win. Now. Part of that that you
(01:04):
have to talk about is last time they were at
Madison Square Garden this season against Saint John's was one
of their worst shooting nights of the year. So Saint
John's obviously a different team defensively than Marquette is, but
that's the last time they shot in this arena. So
that's definitely something I'm gonna have my eye on.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
How the hell did Marquette beat Yukon on Saturday.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
It's a really good question. Has to be terrifying to
go into this game knowing they just beat Yukon. They've
won five of their last six, so they're clearly playing
their best basketball of the season. Now you know, again,
how did they pull that one off? I don't know.
It feels a little bit fluky. Maybe the pressure got
to Yukon in that situation or something. But I think
(01:43):
this is It's been two close games the first two
times these two teams played. I would expect another close
game here tonight, assuming Trey Carroll is able to play
and is somewhere near one hundred percent rexavior.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
What's interesting to me is Trey Carroll playing tonight, but
also if you win, you got to bring him out
there and it can secondive night against an already extraordinarily
tough task in Yukon. I'm actually and they have to
win the game tonight. I get that. I'm I'm I'm
is equally interested in what he would look like if
they did have to play a game tomorrow. I don't
know that they have much of a shot at and
(02:15):
even hanging with Yukon even if he does go. But
I guess for me that's what's more interesting than tonight.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
Yeah, I think that's fair to say. I mean, based
on the fact that he was struggling to move around.
It's a hip injury where he fell on it. I
don't know what the actual diagnosis was, but we consume
maybe some type of contusion or whatever. Got to imagine
the second day after playing a night game, he's not
gonna feel too great. But like you said, I don't
know that I would care too much about that either way,
because they haven't had a chance against Yukon either time
(02:42):
they played them.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
The season is I know you're not a bracketologist, Is
this season the most convincing argument against ncublea inevitable in
all likelihood NCUBAA tournament expansion?
Speaker 1 (02:55):
You know, I think it's I summed this up best
in a text message we shared a few nights ago,
and I said, we've been talking about tournament expansion for
far too long. I sent you a screenshot of some
guy who commented on this from like twenty and eleven,
and I enjoyed his take back. Then, we've been talking
about this like every single year. At this point, I
just don't care. Do whatever you're gonna do with the tournament,
(03:15):
just let me watch it and don't make me listen
to the complaints about it for two months leading up
to the tournament. That's by far worse than actually expanding
the tournament is listening to everybody whine about the possibility
that at some point we might expand the tournament for
the last fourteen years. That's been pretty annoying.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
On Yeah, and I've participated in that a lot. I
just I look at the bubble this year, and you
sees a part of this conversation. There's like I look
at certain bracketology projections and I see Auburn at sixteen
and fifteen in the tournament. If that's what we're coming
close to including in a sixty eighteen field, what kind
of wreck? What kind of wretched teams are we going
(03:51):
to include in a seventy sixteen field.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
I think it will not go this way. But let
me throw this out to you. This is something I've
been told by people who do scheduling for high major teams.
They've made the claim to me that if the tournament
field were to be expanded, they would be much more
open to scheduling more difficult, high profile, interesting non conference
matchups because there's more margin for air. You don't feel
(04:17):
like one loss could cost you your ticket into the
Big Dance if that were the case. And again, I
don't actually believe that's what they would do with that opportunity.
I think they'd still just try to skate by and
find the easiest path into the tournament. But if that
were the case, and they were to schedule more interesting
non conference games, would that make it better from your perspective?
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Yeah, to a degree, if there's If that actually happens,
I've trust them to do that. I've spent a lifetime
hearing coaches say we'll play anybody anywhere, anytime, and then
you know their schedule looks like Travis Steels this year,
No knock on Miami. But I mean that's I I
hear that every year from coaches, we'll play anybody, and
then they never do. So I'm skeptical that that would
(04:57):
be the case. Rick Bororing is with this Xavier and
Marquette tonight put a bow on NKU in the Horizon
Lead Tournament. I thought, I thought at halftime that that
being as good of a game as it was, and
I know they took a lead early in the second half,
it felt like a house of cards because I didn't
think they were gonna be able to defend Right State,
and I kind of felt like as the game unfolded,
(05:19):
I ended up being right.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
Is that a fair perspective, Yeah, And I think that's
you know, I certainly don't speak for the program or
the coaching staff or anything like that, but from my perspective,
that's what made it a little bit easier to swallow.
Is at the end of that game, you just felt like, Okay,
Right State was clearly the better team this year. They
beat them three times, and in that third game, like
you said, NKU was playing right with them for the
(05:41):
first half, felt like they were playing pretty well, and
then once again they just couldn't guard Right State down
the stretch and they made the necessary plays. And look,
we were wondering, how would some of those young guys,
you know, they played two freshmen a lot of minutes,
they play a sophomore a lot of minutes on that team,
how would they react to being in that weird arena,
in a one and done environment for the first time.
And there were multiple occasions where NK you had just
(06:04):
a little bit of momentum in the second half, had
a good defensive possession where they take it right down
in the final seconds of the shot clock, and three
different time those young players for Right State banged buzzer
beating shot clock beating three pointers and those were all daggers.
I mean, that's what you got to do if you're
gonna win a championship. I felt like NKU season this
year was weird. Is that a fair way of characterizing it. Yeah,
(06:27):
it is. I think there are a few things going
on there. One, this is the first time, you know,
as much as we feel like we've been in the
transfer portal era for a while, this is the first
time that NK you really turned over a large portion
of its roster in the transfer portal. They've really retained
a lot of guys every season and just added a
guy here, a piece there for depth. It's never been
their main guys. This year they finally did that, and
(06:48):
I think for the first time, it took them a
little bit longer to settle into their defense. They changed
their defense a lot more than they ever have. And
then you also had that stretch a little past the
midway point of conference play where they had a lot
of guys out with injury yet LJ Wells down, Cal
Robinson down, Donovan Rockots and not a Harri down. And
they struggled through that stretch, which kind of put him
(07:09):
in a bit of a spin and cost them some
seating position. But then right by the end of the season,
once again it seemed like they were playing their best basketball.
They had some momentum going into the tournament, and they
got back to the semi finals.
Speaker 2 (07:21):
I think what's interesting about what happens this offseason is,
you know, the Norse are going to have to replace
the school's all time leader and field goal percentage Mitchell Minor,
who leaves NKU with a field goal percentage of one
hundred percent pride to Scott High School. And so I
guess there's a two part question there. How do you
replace him? And what plans might be made to honor him.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
I was walking through the hallways over at the Truest
Arena today and I was looking around. I couldn't find anybody.
I was like, what is going on? And actually that's
what I heard. They were having team meetings, staff meetings
about how do we replace Mitchell Minor. So I don't
know if anyone has the answer for from the field. Yeah,
right right, So I would probably be making a lot
(08:04):
more money if I knew the answer to that question.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
Yeah, well, get to the bottom of that. We'll maybe
talk about it next week at the Holy Grail. Thank
you as always, good to see you. We'll talk next week.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
I will say Mitchell Miner might be making appearance on
the Darren Horn TV show. Oh later this month.
Speaker 2 (08:17):
Will he be introduced as the school's all time leader
and field goal percentage three for three is perfect?
Speaker 1 (08:23):
I might know the guy in control of that, so
I'll run it past him. Very good.
Speaker 2 (08:28):
Thanks man, We'll see We'll see you next week. Rick
Broring Musketeer Report dot com. Follow him on Twitter at
Rick Brooring.
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