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The great escape: A locked room nearly left Xavier basketball without 4 coaches against Oklahoma

Xavier's men's basketball players weren't the only ones locked-in on Wednesday night.

A few minutes before the Musketeers took the floor in what proved to be one of the best offensive nights in Xavier history, "locked-in" had a very different meaning for Xavier's coaching staff.

As they were leaving the coach's locker room to take the floor against Oklahoma, something unexpected happened.

"We like to joke around," said assistant coach Jonas Hayes. "As we're leaving, usually Dante (Jackson) and coach (Travis Steele) walk out in tandem and then the rest of us follow behind.