Before the takeaways, a quick mention that the players on Central Michigan are all very good. Unless you went to one an enormous high school, they are all most likely better than anyone you ever knew or played with. I mention that because they were made to look awful tonight, and they aren’t. In a pickup game at an open run this summer, those guys would destroy everyone. But...
Xavier is way better than Central Michigan
This was a cupcake game at the highest level. The Chippewas are a terrible basketball team. The teams below them in the KenPom ratings read like something that might be generated by your favorite simulator game: Texas A&M Corpus Christi, USC Upstate, Maryland Eastern Shore, and something called Tennessee Martin.