Day 7: Xavier

XAVIER
Was able to catch up on a little sleep & made my way over to Xavier’s campus around noon. After struggling to find the auxilary gym at the Cintas Center I was able to settle in and watch. Head Coach Kevin McGuff has been the head coach at Xavier for the past 7 seasons with over 150 wins in that time. Kevin was a long time assistant coach at Notre Dame & Miami (OH) prior to going to Xavier.
The practice had a number of basic breakdowns focusing on defense, then they did our ‘olympic drill’ (3 min 87 points). After some tranisition 5 on 5, they broke back down in to some shooting drills and baseline out of bounds plays. Back to some 5 on 5 and then another position split and the practice wrapped up just after 3pm.
Said my goodbyes to Assistants Mike Neighbors & Amy Waugh as Amy walked me to the men’s practice in the main arena. I can honestly say I was feeling a bit ‘basketball’d out’ and watched for about 15 minutes and decided i would head back to get some work done & just goof off at the hotel knowing I had a long day tomorrow with a lot of driving.