If the night is always darkest just before the dawn, then one can only figure that Xavier’s season is about to burst forth into glorious day. The other option, that Xavier continues to plow forward into the crater, is difficult to contemplate. There were long stretches of the game last night when X looked like it was going to come up with the win it so desperately needed, but a 10-2 second half run by the Pirates put the Musketeers into a hole they never climbed out of. If there is a pattern to this mess so far, that may well be it.
Water Cooler Takes: Xavier on the bubble now
