Xavier will not be hearing its name called on Selection Sunday, at least not during the good part. That is unquestionably a bummer. This is not how I - or any of us - wanted this season to end or Paul Scruggs to get his last hurrah.
Despite that, it's still Selection Sunday, and it's still about to be tournament time. I'm sure some of us are in this because an interest primarily in Xavier made us basketball fans; the vast bulk of us are basketball fans who happen to cheer for Xavier. Xavier might not be in it, but our bacchanalia is upon us.