This isn’t exactly the preview that we were hoping to write. Xavier isn’t in the NCAA tournament this year. There will be no “Death. Taxes. Xavier in the Sweet 16.” this year. There, that’s out of the way. I love March and I love basketball. Xavier is playing in March and I’m here for it. Maybe this is the JV tournament, but someone has to win it. Might as well be the Musketeers.
Toledo also harbored hopes of making the NCAA tournament. Those hopes were dashed when the Rockets lost to Northern Illinois in the opening round of the MAC tournament.