Everyone take a deep breath. Slow that heart rate.
Did you miss this? That game was everything that March can be. Horrific, terrifying, heart attack inducing, panicking, and then, finally, elating. There were 32 minutes of pain, a storming comeback, then a minute of gut wrenching terror.
Maybe this is what this Xavier team is. To their credit, they didn’t give up. Down 13 with 9:56 to play, the Musketeers finally woke up. Jerome Hunter (24/5/0) got a three point play, then Colby Jones (12/6/4) scored, then Souley Boum (17/5/2), then Hunter, then two Boum free throws, a Boum jumper, then Jack Nunge (10/11/3) made a free throw and suddenly, improbably, five minutes after being down 13 to a 14 seed, Xavier led.