If you were on Twitter last night, my condolences. Reading any message board or social media site could have led any reasonable person to believe that Xavier had just lost a vital game on the bubble resume. “Headed for dark times.” “Letting mid majors compete with us, missing wide open shots, losing big leads, can’t score, suck at FTs, needless sloppy turnovers, so on so forth.” It goes on like that for tweet after tweet. There’s no question that Xavier didn’t impress their fans with the eye test last night, but eyes and reality don’t always match up. The numbers reflect reality, and maybe there is something to be found there.
What do the numbers say about last night’s game?
