Doesn’t it feel like Xavier is always one of the best teams in the country?
The college basketball landscape, unlike its football counterpart, is dominated by programs like Xavier. Of course there are blue bloods every which way you turn. But teams like that — along with those like VCU, Gonzaga, Marquette, Providence — always give me hope.
Maybe it’s due to the nature of the NCAA Tournament and the idea that, “anyone can win!” But when you see teams like these competing year in and year out with the Kentuckys, Floridas, Michigan States and other Power Five teams of the country, you feel like it’s never impossible for your own team to make it there.