There are some nights on a basketball court when everything works. The ball sails through the air and seems to instinctively find its way to the bottom of the net, and every once in a while it's as contagious as a pit viper.
Xavier had one of those nights on Wednesday.
There may have been an impulse to call the fire department, but it's unclear if there would have been enough water in the Greater Cincinnati area to contain the blaze. That's how hot the Musketeers were in a 99-77 win over Oklahoma in the Big East-Big 12 Battle.