Recap & Analysis:
After 39 minutes of play, Creighton and fifth-ranked Xavier were tied at 68 apiece. It wasn’t the prettiest of games, but it was a hard-fought battle on both sides and it was setting up for an entertaining finish. As typically happens when these two teams meet — eighteen of the 26 all-time meetings have been within five points in the final minute, including four of the last five — someone from one team or the other was going to make a play to win the game for his team in the final minute, perhaps even on the final possession.