We have watched every Xavier player we have ever loved leave the court in defeat in his final game. Some of them hurt worse that others, but it has always invariably ended with the ultimate realization that this would not be the year Xavier was the last team standing, and the players we had grown to adore would never wear the uniform again. Last night was perhaps the most shocking season ending loss in recent memory, which added a whole new layer to the end of Trevon Bluiett, JP Macura, Sean O’Mara, and Kerem Kanter’s tenure at Xavier. This was a team that had been to the brink of the Final Four last year, had returned all their major pieces, had added Kanter, Naji Marshall, and Paul Scruggs in the offseason, and had battled to a Big East title and a #1 seed in the NCAA tournament.
Let it hurt, Xavier Nation
