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Big East Tournament takeaways: A head-scratching loss to end league play for Xavier basketball

The Xavier Musketeers lost to the Providence College Friars, 75-72, to end Xavier's stay at the 2018 Big East Tournament Pat Brennan

AN AMTRAK SOMEWHERE BETWEEN NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA — Xavier University’s stay in New York was long, eventful and, ultimately, a business trip in which the essential objectives were achieved by the Musketeers, but not much else.

The Musketeers seemingly locked down an NCAA Tournament No. 1-seed by throttling St. John’s Thursday. That was the essential piece of business and it's a great credit to the team for handling that bit.