Well, here we are. To quote Major League, “Guess there is only one thing left to do. Win the whole [freaking] thing.” This may not have been the whole thing we wanted at the start of the year, but the team is bought in, the coach is bought in, the new coach is bought in, and this NIT run has been surprisingly joyful. From the ashes of a disappointing season has come a genuinely fun three game stretch. Xavier just needs one more to finish it off.
They will try to get it against a Texas A&M team that firmly believed they had done enough to get into the big tournament.