Xavier’s problems start at the top of the usage chart

Frank Victores-USA TODAY SportsWith 12:16 to go last night, Xavier led by 10 and had a 89.6% chance of winning the game, Zach Hankins was playing the game of his D1 life, and the Musketeers looked like a team that had finally figured things out. It took just those 12 minutes to disabuse anyone of that notion. Seton Hall finished on a 34-14 run from that point and put paid to the notion that Xavier is much more than bottom third Big East team this year.

This game didn’t fall apart like others have, though. In the second half Xavier hoisted eight threes, just one more than they did in a wildly successful first half. Three of those, two from Paul Scruggs, actually went in. X took 21 shots in…