Xavier Nation Magazine Feature: "No One Thought We Could Win"

Pete Gillen and players reflect on the 30th anniversary of Xavier's stunning upset of Georgetown to get to the Sweet 16

It was the night before arguably the biggest basketball game in Xavier University history and Jamie Gladden couldn’t sleep. “Every single year when March Madness starts, that game’s the first thing I think about,” says Gladden, a freshman for the Musketeers back in 1989–1990. “When Xavier gets to the Sweet 16, I feel like I’m ready to play. Thirty years went by really fast, but for me it still feels like yesterday.”

Insomnia was a product of what awaited the following day, a Sunday, inside the RCA Dome in Indianapolis. Xavier, a six seed, was making its fifth consecutive…