The Cincinnati-Xavier game is Ohio's version of Duke-North Carolina with the the rivalry being heated and the school's being in close proximity. I am sure that most everyone has seen the lowlights of the end of yesterdays game by now and it was an ugly end to a lopsided game.
Trash talking by both teams were evident throughout the game. The referees should have started handing out technicals as the two teams went into halftime and had a verbal altercation. Maybe that would have calmed the two teams down. The referees started losing total control of that game in the second half and the result was the brawl that happened with a little over 9 seconds to go.
The press conference after the game was very telling. Granted I only saw the clips that they showed on ESPN. The Xavier players spent the entire time justifying the defense of their manhood and one of the players even referred to himself and his teammates as "gangstas."
I really admire Cincinnati Head Coach Mick Cronin's comments. He questioned his teams fitness to even wear the University of Cincinnati jersey and said that they were lucky to even be able to play for the University of Cincinnati and have scholarships and it was an embarrassment for the school to be represented that way. He went on to say that he had physically taken the jerseys off of some of those players and a determination would be made later if they would even be allowed to put them back on. Coach Cronin handled himself well during that press conference and also represented the University of Cincinnati as well.
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