Preseason Looks?

[Xuperman]

Xavier "Madness" event is Friday the 22nd. I will attend and post my observations.

[Xuperman]

For the hardcore BEast info nuts here, some expert insight from local legend and former longtime radio guy Andy Mac. Probably THE foremost knowledgeable X guy on the planet!

https://www.musketeermadness.com/article.asp?ID=3191

[Novachap]

For the hardcore BEast info nuts here, some expert insight from local legend and former longtime radio guy Andy Mac. Probably THE foremost knowledgeable X guy on the planet!

https://www.musketeermadness.com/article.asp?ID=3191

Xup, if haven't seen this podcast yet, fanra did a really good job with the other strong X analysts.

https://youtu.be/RcCXhZd1Q28

[Xuperman]

No doubt Chap, Fanta is about as good as it gets from a prognostication POV.

The hype surrounding our team 100 feels all too familiar and is causing high anxiety amongst some here on Victory Parkway. Our squad is very talented and extremely deep, but Coach Steele's growth (or lack there of) is on the minds of everyone I know.

[Husky_U]

Secret Scrimmages:

Butler – None
Creighton – 10/23 vs. Missouri
DePaul – 10/31 vs. Michigan
Marquette – 10/16 at Boston College
Providence – 10/30 vs. Purdue
St. John’s – 10/31 vs. Rhode Island
Seton Hall – 10/30 at Temple
UConn – 10/23 vs. Harvard
Villanova – 10/17 vs. Rutgers; 10/23 vs. Duke in DC
Xavier – 10/30 at Vanderbilt

[Omaha1]

Secret Scrimmages:

Butler – None
Creighton – 10/23 vs. Missouri
DePaul – 10/31 vs. Michigan
Marquette – 10/16 at Boston College
Providence – 10/30 vs. Purdue
St. John’s – 10/31 vs. Rhode Island
Seton Hall – 10/30 at Temple
UConn – 10/23 vs. Harvard
Villanova – 10/17 vs. Rutgers; 10/23 vs. Duke in DC
Xavier – 10/30 at Vanderbilt

10/23 is also Creighton fan fest. I assume we have CHI reserved for that and then the players are being give use of it for the NIL event that night.

[Wizard of Westroads]

Secret Scrimmages:

DePaul – 10/31 vs. Michigan

[butlerguy03]

Butler has a Blue/White scrimmage 10/23. I also recommend reading Lukas Harkins’ in depth coverage on patreon - he tends to make them public a few days later. He’s also a much better follow on Twitter than our beat reporter.

[gtmoBlue]

No doubt Chap, Fanta is about as good as it gets from a prognostication POV.

The hype surrounding our team 100 feels all too familiar and is causing high anxiety amongst some here on Victory Parkway. Our squad is very talented and extremely deep, but Coach Steele's growth (or lack there of) is on the minds of everyone I know.

An all too common scenario Xuperman, all too common amongst fanbases. High Anxiety generally runs greater than Optimism in many fanbases.

I submit it is easier for many folks to envision "less than" results, to run around with "doom n gloom" visions than to take the risk of envisioning success and accomplishment. Being/becoming optimistic is just "TOO DAMN HARD"! Many put forth middlin' or negative pronouncements and expectations - not for fear of being incorrect (wrong) in their pronouncements, but due to their inherent dismal and negative worldview. Some folks have just been beaten down for so long - in work, in relationships, in life, they can't begin to muster an optimistic thought or viewpoint. They make negative or mediocre neutral comments routinely, with their closing words-"I hope I'm wrong"! Everything in their existence is mired in gray, mixed with mediocrity, and shoveled forth with negativism. Poor sobs.

https://www.researchgate.net/publicatio ... SQOL_study

The study above notes that folks with long-term health issues, in taking health-related quality of life surveys showed a definite correlation/connection between high anxiety and low optimism...and vice versa. When one side rises, the other side suffers an equal corresponding falling change. While this is only one study and more study is yet to come - your guys, my guys (the 10-10 /11-9 Club of "realists"), and similar negative nancy's worldwide are suffering...daily.

Abstract

Background: The impact of psychological factors is often taken into account in the evaluation of quality of life. However, the effect of optimism and trait anxiety remains controversial and they are rarely studied simultaneously. We aimed to study the effect of this factor on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of patients after a hospitalization in relation with their chronic disease.

Methods: Using cross-sectional data from the SATISQOL cohort, we conducted a multicentric study, including patients hospitalized for an intervention in connection with their chronic disease. Six months after hospitalization, patients completed a generic HRQOL questionnaire (SF-36), and the STAI and LOT-R questionnaires to evaluate optimism and trait anxiety. We studied the effect of each trait on HRQOL separately, and simultaneously, taking account of their interaction in 3 models, using an ANOVA.

Results: In this study, 1529 patients were included in three participating hospitals and there existed wide diversity in the chronic diseases in our population. The HRQOL score increased for all dimensions of SF36 between 15,8 and44,5 when the level of anxiety decreased (p < 0.0001) for the model 1, assessing the effect of anxiety on HRQOLand increased for all dimensions of SF36 between 3.1 and 12.7 with increasing level of optimism (< 0.0001) in the model 2 assessing the effect of optimism on HRQOL. In the model 3, assessing the effect of both anxiety and optimism on HRQOL, and their interaction, the HRQOL score for all dimensions of the SF36 increased when the level of anxiety decreased (p < 0.0001). It increased with increasing level of optimism (p < 0.006) in the model for all dimensions of SF36 except the Role Physical dimension. In this model, interaction between anxiety and optimism was significant for the Social Functioning dimension (p = 0.0021).

Conclusions: Optimism and trait anxiety appeared to be significantly correlated with HRQOL. Furthermore, an interaction existed between the trait anxiety and optimism for some dimensions of SF36. Contrary to optimism, it seems essential to evaluate trait anxiety in future studies about HRQOL, since it could represent a confounding factor.

Keywords: Quality of life, Chronic diseases, Validated questionnaires, Anxiety, Optimism

Our folks need help: Reading PMA books and courses, psychological counseling, exercise (Yoga, a daily walk, calisthenics), Wednesday afternoons in the park, an improved diet, a basic family life, Prayer, constructive group activities (such as volunteerism, mentoring youth, SCORE)...and the like.

God willing, our fanbases will get better, more optimistic, and recover from their debilitating high anxieties. With respect... gtmoBlue

[Django]

Testify Git, you’re the Louise Hay of Big East basketball.