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Doc: Xavier losing war of attrition

All for one and one for whoever has two good ankles. If you also have a couple working knees and an acceptable off-court life, that’d be nice, too.

Xavier is hurting at exactly the wrong time. The Musketeers season is becoming one big limp. The players play nobly, they say all the right things. But when your best mates are doing Captain Ahab impressions, too many days end the way Saturday did.

Fresh off being crowned by CBS and the Selection Committee as the February champions of college basketball, 2nd-ranked Villanova cruised past the Musketeers, 73-57.