MILWAUKEE — Marquette head coach Steve Wojciechowski sent Xavier basketball off with the most effusive praise yet for the promising 2017-18 Musketeers side.
"A team like Xavier, who has a chance to win a national championship," Wojciechowski said in his post-game news conference.
In the fraternity of coaches, words like "has a chance to win a national championship" aren't bandied about. Words like that go beyond the requisite happy talk the losing coach is essentially forced to submit in defeat.
It was a telling piece of praise for Xavier to leave town with following its impressive 91-87 win against the Golden Eagles Wednesday at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.