Diamond Head Classic

[sys]

xavier better win, the rest of those teams are horrible.  what a sad little field.  thank god gottlieb will be there.

[michigancat]

is boog with him? Hope so.

[ben_dover919]

is boog with him? Hope so.

i dont think so i saw doug tweeting at boog saying that he will miss him this year in hawaii this week!! 

[AppleJack]

Gottlieb thinks we should win it. 

[CNS]

Gottlieb thinks we should win it. 

We should if X doesn't

[kso_FAN]

Gottlieb thinks we should win it. 

We should if X doesn't

It will be very disappointing if we don't make the Champ game. S. Illinois is terrible and both Clemson and UTEP are bad.

[Saulbadguy]

I have a feeling Lowery might SLTH us.

[michigancat]

hope we have another Tim Floyd Holiday Tournament Beatdown. Would be fun.

[Cire]

are the X guys still suspended?

[kso_FAN]

I have a feeling Lowery might SLTH us.

Not worried; the Salukis are really a bad team/program right now. Lowery was dumb to not leave when he was a hot prospect and he's 8 games under .500 since his last NCAA team in 07.

[Underdog Wildcat]

are the X guys still suspended?

Holloway is back for the whole thing. Lyons has to miss the Long Beach game. Dezmine Wells has to sit out the whole thing. Long Beach could really push X in that 1st rd game.

[steve dave]

Dezmine Wells is pretty good.  Would feel really great if Tu was still out.  

[Underdog Wildcat]

Yeah, I've got a feeling, they kept Tu's suspension down to 1 game to try to have a good effort in this tourney. Their showing against OR was just 

He and Lyons are just a nasty backcourt combo, will definitely be interesting to see how they respond on the court after the suspensions.

[kso_FAN]

are the X guys still suspended?

Holloway is back for the whole thing. Lyons has to miss the Long Beach game. Dezmine Wells has to sit out the whole thing. Long Beach could really push X in that 1st rd game.

LBSU/X definitely got the toughest first round draw of the tournament.

Current kenpom ratings by team:

Xavier 33
K-State 37
LBSU 48
Clemson 56
Auburn 154
UTEP 166
Hawaii 231
So. Illinois 238

Xavier would probably be around 20 if not for the suspensions and loss to Oral Roberts.

[MakeItRain]

is boog with him? Hope so.

no, a local p-b-p guy has done it in the past.

[MakeItRain]

I would have a pancake chicken & waffles eating contest with JO. 

[Underdog Wildcat]

Blast from the past time, Varez Ward(picked Texas over KSU Cats , then transferred to Auburn after he got overrecruited with Bradley, Brown and the like) averaging 11 pts, 4.5 rebs, 4.3 asts, has some JY(WE?) shooting #'s. Auburn sitting at 7-1, best win is probably beating an average S. Fla team by about 10.

[Cire]

I would have a pancake chicken & waffles eating contest with JO. 

never understood the chicken and waffles thing.

[MakeItRain]

I would have a pancake chicken & waffles eating contest with JO. 

never understood the chicken and waffles thing.

me neither Cire, me neither

[HawaiiCat]

What kind of breakfast are we talkin'? Even though I light my cubans (not the Frank kind, I don't believe in violence) with $100 bills, I'm wouldn't pay $30 for a continental and a 5 minute chit chat with Vulture on principle.

It sounds like it's just a come eat in the same room with the team. I can't get a guage on how much interaction we'll be allowed. I was just wanting a pic of Frank staring down my six year old. I may have talked the wife into it. Problem is, if I go, all will have to go too. My dad is a retired prof at K-State and my mom and wife are 2 time alumni. I'm trying to make the argument that we need to immerse the kids in the K-State culture. We will move back to Saint Louis eventually and I don't want them deciding to go to Mizzou or Illinois.

[pissclams]

sounds like a rip off, don't do it.

[HawaiiCat]

The tv and radio ads for the tournament are calling K-State a national power. 

[sys]

if I go, all will have to go too.

it's not worth it if everyone has to go.  put down your foot on this one, you and the wife are going and the grandparents are going to spend some breakfast time with your kid elsewhere.

[WillieWatanabe]

The tv and radio ads for the tournament are calling K-State a national power.  

good report HawaiiCat.

[AbeFroman]

The tv and radio ads for the tournament are calling K-State a national power. 

but it's hawaii, anything from the mainland must put them in awe.