Let’s for a moment forget that Xavier is playing in the opening round of the conference tournament, that Edmond Sumner and Myles Davis aren’t here, that bubble watching has gone from sport to desperate pasttime, and focus on the fact that genuinely meaningful basketball is here. The Musketeers are playing in an elimination game today and, while that may not be good news, they at least get to do it against DePaul. Yes, DePaul is the only team X has beaten since the Super Bowl, but the Blue Demons only have two wins since the week before Christmas.
Xavier v. DePaul: Preview, bubble update, and how we got here