The Lipscomb Bison are not a great basketball team. They are currently 3-4, but one of their wins came outside of Division One. Now 196th in the KenPom, they have lost to Middle Tennessee and Tennessee State, and just scraped by Tennessee Tech. After being the mid/low-major team that everyone want to advocate for to make the tournament last year, the Bison aren’t going anywhere this year.
Xavier, meanwhile, comes into this game harboring real ambition. The Musketeers are 6-1, have beaten UConn and Missouri, and have shot over 30% from ,behind the arc in both of their last two games.