Cincinnati vs. Xavier Fight and Quotes 

"We're grown men over here. We got a whole buncha gangstas in the locker room, not thugs, but tough guys on the court."

"Some of them, I physically took them off"!! Great job coach!

The greatest quote ever by a college athlete

Well said coach... Well said. There comes a time in a every young mans life when it becomes time to act like a young man and not a kid.

phew. Gangstas, not thugs. Thanks for clarifying.

Stomping on a fallen player? Are you kidding me? "Yeah! Kick him while he's down!" Despicable.

Whats funny is Yancy Gates would beat Mark Lyons down

The Cincy coach is the only one with sense out of everybody, clap for him.

Mick Cronin said ALL the right things postgame. He did not mince words. Been a Xavier fan since the 80s with Pete Gillen, Byron Larkin and Tyrone Hill, but I lost a lot of respect for Chris Mack with his postgame comments.

@al40ful Probably because fighting is actually a vital part of the game of hockey. Its strategy within the rules.

I saw nothing wrong with Tu Holloway’s comments. I hate the fact that people tried to use this one spectacle to tarnish his legacy. Anyone who has ever competed understands that his words came from the heart. You can’t bottle passion.

Great reaction from Cincy coach. very well said

I'm glad that both teams have bounced back to play quite well after this incident. XU is 12 - 5. UC is 14 - 4 as of 1/18/12. Those of you who are non-athletes simply don't understand how it is to play in a rivalry game like this. That doesn't excuse the actions of any of those guys, but I do know what it is like to play in a game like that. It's pressure on the players. It's disrespect from players AND fans. It's overhyped as the biggest game of the year. Some can handle it. Some can't.

It looked like Xavier started the final brawl even though Cincinnati and Yancy Gates acted terrible. I like the response from cincy coach though, very straightforward in making his team responsible for their involvement

and if there were more fights in sports id watch em all

is that aaron williams at 2:15 in the brown suit?

Not only is the brawl just upsetting, but the fact that Chris Mack let those thugs go out after the game and even talk was apalling. They should have only come out to apologize. Hell they shouldn't have come out at all. The only one who handled it correctly was Mick Cronin. Such a disgrace to both schools.

@Lights0ut1109 you nailed it.

Adam Drake The best Playa Cincinnati ever had was Oscar Robertson. In 2000 they had Kenyon Martin who was 1st overall pick by new Jersey nets

Oh wow, you got me good!

@Youngd2007 the ppl that are talkin down to the teams are the ppl that start shit and then press charges when they get beat up

lol at how dude was crawling at 0:57-0:59

Get your facts straight, Tu Holloway was running his mouth the entire game going up and down the bench, and the Xavier player pushed the UC player first. Oh and Mick Cronin was pure class after this game. Chris Mack I lost a lot of respect for him allowing those players to go run their mouths at a press conference after the game.

Not sure why school bus brawl is in the related videos

Any UK Wildcat talking crap like you hear at 1:50 would be off the team for it. In fact Cal would grab him by the collar and drag him off camera.

Xavier got their NIT invites "Zipped Up" last night.

@Beachmonarch I agree with you on this. The Cincy coach really handled his business. Personally taking jerseys off of some of the players was the right thing to do. The Xavier players should not have made those comments. They should have been the bigger men and simply walk away.

Anybody dreaming of a Xavier Cinci final?

@TheChenza05 amen bro

@cinciterps7 What was that?

smart words from the coach, respect

@HolliesWood you beat a team UC beat by 16, and beat a 15 seed. Congrats, you guys ROCK!

Hard to imagine why our prisons are so overcrowded, isn't it

One more reason to luv college bball

He Was Like "Fake Ass Nigga" lol (Blurred Part)

@Milesb69 Exactly. While I hate the ACC (though I went to school there for both undergrad and grad degrees), the blood on Tyler Hansborough's face while playing Duke is a lasting image.

You have NO gangstas. You have college boys.

@thirama i lol'd at this

It's funny because after this, UC, my boys, went like 7-0, and Xavier, uh, didn't. Can't wait for the rematch. No punches this time I hope.

That is what the University gets, keeping recruiting! I am sure they all had 2.0 when they came out of highschool!

That's just brutal. People have to learn to exercise some self control. What does any of that accomplish? What's the point? Fighting for nothing. Human beings just make me sick sometimes.

@mentalmetal1 yeah and they are all said from a distance....haha

Respect, I hate how that word is bandied around in a self-important way. It's what you give and not what you get that makes it work

I love sports fights.

@SenjiBPD No joke! You can't use being a "gangsta" as an excuse. If you're going to represent your school and get your tuition paid for you better play the game and respect everyone else playing the game

Hey Tu how's you're nba career going?

Whenever there's a black man beating up a white man there will be a race war in the comment thread lol smh. I was watching other basketball fights where there weren't any racism in the comments, but when I come to this one it's a different world lol

All of this started because of a message on twitter ?

The starting five from Cincinnati disliked this

@WillMorebucks That is a POOR argument, because fighting IS allowed in hockey, even though I believe it should be outlawed.

Mick Cronin is a class guy. Hopefully he doesn't have suffer for the actions of some of his players.

Gotta love that coach

Mick is ALL talk. Empty promises. Nobody got kicked off the team.

@MrBuddynoi No, they shouldn't be dismissed at all. This is entertaining.

I guess Tu Holloway wasn't able to "Zip up" Gonzaga... Go Zags!

One of the players was right. When you put two schools with players that played against each other in high school and put them in the same city, then have the media hype it up then things can boil over.

@resquetza realshit bro.

@merse2007 he got a six game suspension

I agree with the coach.

@iamjeremy4life As mentioned, it was an embarrassment for both schools and the city. Apart from that, none of these players are innocent, and the players responsible should be held accountable for they're actions! Unlike yourself, I am looking at the incident from an objective stand point because bad behavior/wrong doing does not wear a uniform! I will concede however, that Cincy handled these post events much better then Xavier did.

Tu Holloway & Marc Lyons was thugged out Lmaoo

@crackdealer08 um, omt is completely right, smart man he is

not in the fight they never, that's what really counts

I'm on xavier Side 😂 💯

I didn't know being a grown man is being a "gangster"..

This is seriously not that big of a deal, tensions get high and people fight in sports it happens every year

Oh, and Cronin was the only "gangsta" that was on the court after that. You hear that final speech? Dude's a pro.

@Skrangelben You can say this on the internet but you wont say it to their face tho... lol

@Bengalzfan159 first of all i made that comment right after Cincy made the announcement ie: before Xavier made their suspensions.....but yea Xavier's suspensions are even more ridiculous than cincy's

UC coach said it best that these players really don't know how lucky they are to be going to college for free and playing a sport that they love.there are millions of high school athletes all across the country that would do damn near anything to be like these players and play college sports.its a shame to see these very fortunate athletes to do something so stupid and be a thug and fight the team they play.i say pull some scholarships and then these guys for UC can see how lucky they are

chris mack is a thug...i was young but there was a game between dayton-xavier at UD in the early 90s I think when mack twice threw an inbounds pass at the face of the UD center (Wes something I forget his last name). I think he was eventually called for a technical. A thug is a thug no matter how many years later

atleast cincy has a coach that won't let his players get off with the shit they pulled, i hope xu holliday realizes this is why he isn't in the nba

Alright, about the paid thing: I do think they should be getting some sort of allowances and at least getting to give their families tickets to games, but they shouldn't be paid. They're in college. Yes, they put a lot of hard work into it, which is why they should get an allowance, but not the big cheese that the NBA players are making. And they won't be getting paid anytime soon if players like Anthony Davis keep being One and dones, that doesn't help your case.

i wanna go to xaiver but after this idk

@CashKY859 ill tell u why watch this video and see what happened, and tu holloways interview, thats one of thousands of reasons why

Completly unaware that the be a "gangsta" isnt what the game pf basketball is about, niether will it get you to the NBA any faster

Why did the xavier let their players speak after the game? ....that was a GRRRRRREAT way to represent Xavier.

the xavier player at the end made sense the fans an schools created the intense rivarly environment between xavier an uc all the players hear all weak in school is that you better beat uc/xavier we hate them etc... etc..

Why gates sucker punch the weakest link when grease wasn’t even looking nor trying to fight? He was more so the mediator of the situation

@jlg420 You got me, they did in fact make the Tourney and won a couple games. Congrats. That said, get back to me when you actually make the Final 4.

@Skrangelben YOUR RIGHT THOSE DAMN HOCKEY PLAYERS FIGHTING EVERY NIGHT

Thug? What makes him a thug? Cause he's black and throws a punch? Like people in soccer & baseball doesn't have fights, you people kill me.

Look at that thug. Hitting the guy who's trying to break up the fight...

physically took them off? Is this about to be another scandal?

Just so you know Xavier is in Cincinnati, that's all.

All the kids directly involved in that shit should have their scholarships removed, so they can realize that they literally made the biggest mistake of their lives...completely uncalled for

Hey thats mark lyons for you

@TheChenza05 Dude... Xaviers Halloway only 1 game? Lyons 2 games? Freise no games? They all should be 5-8 games. And you say Cincy is a joke??? WOW

Zipped his ass up right to Europe! Holloway only played summer league made a team and got cut before the first week of the season. Went from getting picked to a never was undrafted. Lesson on shutting your mouth and staying focus on the GOAL. Kilpatrick the only one made it! Teachable moment to all kids.

yeah right, these guys will get a slap on the wrist and will be back for the conference tournament

They were just fightin over the postgame watermelon.

Kudos to Cincy's coach for calling out his player's immediately after the game. The Xavier players on the other hand are a total embarrassment to their school with their post game comments. Ridiculous!

I dont know about anyone else but if i didn't throw a punch, then the coach is NOT TAKING a jersey that i Earned

@TehReplica Did you realize this is basketball and not the "Rape your cousin at the family reunion game" you're thinking of?

Bet he didn't touch Gate's jersey lol

Mick Cronin talking tough but he barely did shit to Yancy lol

whos #34 for cincinnati hes a big boy

HAHAHA... ZIPP EM UP.. I HOPE THE PACERS ZIP THE HEAT UP TONIGHT..

@jkw41569 O.K. now that was funny, do some more I need a good laugh.

@69dwjohnson you're a hundred percent right, but honestly i think the damage he and that mentality does is even worse. look at all the racist comments on this page.