Thursday morning news and notes

This is Xavier’s highest ever March NET ranking

Xavier is 19th in the NET this morning. The NET hasn’t been around long, so that means 19th is the highest Xavier has ever been in March. On March 10th (the closet date), 2019 they were 71st. In 2020 they were kicking around the bubble at 43rd. In 2021 it was 53rd. Last season they were 39th, but in complete free fall. (The NIT win brought them back up to 37th.) All that to say, Xavier has never been this high in the NET this late in the season.

Zach Freemantle won’t be playing Saturday

Unless something changes drastically, we won’t see Xavier’s elite big man for at least another week. Free isn’t back to practice yet and is still in a walking…