A question for you reader before we get to the recap for tonight’s game: When was the last time that the Xavier Musketeers won a game in Philadelphia against the Villanova Wildcats?
Well, the answer is January 14, 1956. The Musketeers won that one by exactly one point. Since then, in the long arc of history that passed from that win to Wednesday night’s loss, it has been one long nightmarish slog in heading on over to Villanova. Then again, in general, Xavier squaring up against Villanova is has not exactly fared well overall.