Last week a look at the bubble made it seem as if Xavier was safe, dodging the injury related trouble and skating through on the strength of a brutal schedule and some solid if unspectacular wins. Then Marquette happened. The Musketeers were good to go so long as the wheels didn’t come flying off at the most inopportune of times. Watching the Golden Eagles run out to a 21-2 lead and Xavier finish with a grand total of 61 points, it wasn’t hard to envision rubber coming off the road and pieces beginning to fly everywhere.
The Musketeers are now solidly locked in at a seven seed.