There was a different Xavier team on the floor Friday night against Virginia Tech at the Barclays Center.
It was different from the team that lost on the same floor two nights earlier, not simply because of the result, or the way they played, but the Musketeers were without three starters -- Colby Jones, Jerome Hunter and Dieonte Miles -- due to illness, and in spite of that managed a miracle win in the final seconds, 59-58.
With 25 seconds left and Xavier trailing 58-56, fifth-year senior Nate Johnson drilled his seventh 3-pointer of the game to give Xavier the lead.