Xavier Power Rankings: dawgs edition

Frank Victores-USA TODAY SportsXavier lost by 5 to a very good Florida team on Sunday. Before that, they were down 3 with the ball with under a minute left and a pretty clean look to tie. Before that, though, they were down by 17, which brings me to our focal point this week.

While Xavier was down 17 and not looking particularly like they'd ever have a chance to have a pretty clean look for a tie, someone popped up in my Twitter mentions to bemoan the lack of "dawgs" on this Xavier team. There was no special subtext here; he was questioning the team's toughness.

I'll bet he felt pretty silly when the Muskies fought almost all the way back, and I'll bet he'd have felt sillier still if X had…