The premier rivalry game in college basketball is upon us once again. There’s not a lot of rhetoric around this one about respecting the opponent and what they’ve accomplished; it’s all “their All-American guard wouldn’t start for us” and “we put them in a body bag.” This one is fraternal, but only in the tradition of Romulus and Remus.
It has been a bit of a bumpy ride to get to this point for Xavier. After winning some buy games off the start, they gave up the game in one seven-possession run against Wisconsin, couldn’t finish Auburn in Maui, and backed out of a huge lead against SDSU.