I’d imagine watching a vet torture your dog for about two hours before finally putting it down would roughly approximate this Xavier game. The Musketeers came into one of those season defining games where the backs are against the wall and dangerous teams come out swinging. That’s exactly what happened tonight, but it was the Marquette Golden Eagles who may have punched their ticket to the NCAA tournament, while Xavier plunged into the thick of the bubble morass. The Musketeers now need to beat DePaul, likely twice, and then win at least once more game in the Big East tournament to be likely to get their name called on Selection Sunday.
Three Takeaways: Ask not for whom the bell tolls
