What happened: Xavier 86 - Buffalo 53
Let’s start with today’s real stars: the officials. On 74 possessions, they called 59 fouls: 38 on Buffalo, 21 on Xavier. There was a foul called ever 36 seconds in the first half. By the end of the game, two Buffalo players had fouled out and seven other players spread across both teams had four fouls each. Once again, the points of emphasis adopted at the start of the year - and likely destined to be dropped by the holidays - have made the game difficult to watch in the early going.