You’re down 17 points in your own gym, late in the first half of a game you fairly need to handle. Not trying to win a Golden Globe for best drama here, but if the Xavier Musketeers didn’t beat Georgetown Wednesday night, their path to the NIT would have been perfectly clear.
The visiting Georgetown Hoyas were hitting most every three they shot and smothering the glass when they missed. The Cintas Center crowd was subdued and shockingly, the place wasn’t completely full. It was 39-22, visiting team. The Musketeers season looked to be sinking before it ever had time to swim.