Xavier president rips Bob Huggins for calling university's fans 'Catholic f--s'

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Xavier University President Colleen Hanycz ripped West Virginia University men’s basketball coach Bob Huggins after he used a homophobic slur in reference to the school’s fans during a radio show appearance Monday morning. 

Huggins called Xavier fans "Catholic f--s" after claiming they threw "rubber penises" onto the court during the Crosstown Shootout, a rivalry game he used to be a part of while coaching the University of Cincinnati Bearcats. 

"I’ll tell you what, any school that can throw rubber penises on the floor and then say they didn’t do it, by God, they can get away with anything," Huggins said on "The Bill Cunningham Show."

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West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins watches play during a Big12 Tournament game against the Kansas Jayhawks March 9, 2023, at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Mo.   (Nick Tre. Smith/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

"It was the Crosstown Shootout. What it was was all those f--s, those Catholic f--s. They were envious they didn’t have one."

Cunningham laughed and called Huggins "the best" after he made the comments. 

Hanycz spoke during a school event Wednesday and condemned Huggins’ comments in a prepared speech.

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"At Xavier, we are steadfastly committed to creating an inclusive, welcoming campus where every member of this community is valued and respected," Hanycz said. "This is at the very core of our mission and our identity as a Jesuit-Catholic university.

"The deplorable mischaracterizations and homophobic slurs directed towards our LGBTQ+ and our