Insomnia was a product of what awaited the following day, a Sunday, inside the RCA Dome in Indianapolis. Xavier, a six seed, was making its fifth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, and two days earlier the Musketeers had won only the second NCAA Tournament game in school history, beating Kansas State 87–79 in the first round of the 1990 tournament.
“THEY’D NEVER HEARD OF XAVIER”
The next test was No. 3 Georgetown, a program that had won a national championship (1984) and was fresh off its seventh Elite Eight appearance the season prior. Conversely, Xavier had only made the tournament seven times in program history.