Xavier’s Adam Kunkel and Paul Scruggs battle for the ball with Ohio State’s E.J. Liddell on Thursday. After the game, XU coach Travis Steele said, “Everyone watching has to know who the tougher team is. And we were.” CINCINNATI — Sorry, Buckeye Nation but you can’t blame Kerry Coombs for this one. Ohio State’s defensive issues fall squarely on the young players, and a few older ones, who need to learn how to bow up for big-boy basketball. We’re talking about manifesting the kind of controlled aggression that makes college hoops a contact sport. The kind Xavier brought to the Cintas Center in Thursday’s 71-65 win in the Queen City. The Musketeers balled their fists and attacked the rim and glass like the Bumpus dogs dragging off the cooked turkey in A Christmas Story. And all the Buckeyes could do, or at least all they did do, was act surprised…
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