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No, Xavier didn't violate NCAA rules by flying to Nashville

Xavier has played in the NCAA Tournament 27 times since the tournament began in 1939. 2018 will be their 28th appearance. The Enquirer/Mike Nyerges

A whole lot of Twitter uproar and outrage over nothing.

That was the sum total of a social media discussion Wednesday centered around the Xavier University men's basketball team's use of a plane as its mode of travel to Nashville for the NCAA Tournament this week as opposed to traveling south via bus.

Since Xavier's campus and Nashville are separated by less than 300 miles (278.