For the third consecutive time, the NCAA tournament will tip off without the involvement of your Xavier Musketeers. The Selection Committee was kind enough to reveal their first four teams out; Xavier wasn’t included there, either.
This seemed to be an almost unthinkable outcome six weeks ago. At that point, Xavier was sputtering a little bit, but they were sporting 2.7 WAB and about to host DePaul in a game that should have posed little threat. It turned out to be a significant threat, and the tailspin was on.
Xavier has -0.9 WAB right now.