Xavier should not have been anywhere close in this game. The fact that Washington spent most of this game making an active effort to lose it should not in any way take away from the fact that Xavier did not play a game that in any way merited only losing by three. You watched it last night/this morning, so here’s the takeaways that jumped out.
The European Invasion is paying off
We’re going to start positive here, because it goes bad after this. Nemo, Sasa Ciani, and the debutant, Lazar Djokovic, combined to go for 29/10/1 in a total of 54 minutes.