SAN JOSE — Welcome to The Enquirer's coverage of Xavier basketball's 2017 NCAA Tournament Elite 8 game versus the West Region's top-seeded Gonzaga University. Refresh this website for in-game reporting and analysis from reporter Pat Brennan. Follow Pat on Twitter @PBrennanENQ.
FINAL, Gonzaga wins, 83-59:
Xavier basketball’s March fairy tale didn’t account for the dominance of the Gonzaga University Bulldogs.
Top-seeded Gonzaga dropped the curtain Saturday on Xavier basketball’s magical, month-long run to its third-ever Elite 8, stopping the Musketeers program cruelly short of the first-ever Final Four berth it craved.