In just over four days, you will know what this season means to Xavier. In 106 hours, a scant 1.2% of the year, Xavier’s fate will have been sealed for the good or bad. Selection Sunday looms as either a open gate to the greatest event in sports, or a judgment day that will leave the Musketeers found wanting.
Xavier could have played themselves into a position where this week didn’t matter. These 106 hours before the announcement of the brackets would have served as an amuse bouche of high stakes basketball and the fun of March.