Xavier's talented freshman Edmond Sumner was removed from the court on a stretcher and taken to a local hospital after a collision in which a Villanova player appeared to land on his head.
A Villanova spokesman told ESPN that Sumner was talking as he was taken to the hospital and was squeezing his teammates' hands when they gathered around him just before he was taken off the court.
Sumner lay motionless at first then had movement in his extremities as he was put on a stretcher and taken off the court.