Xavier Puts Together Strong NCAA Performance vs. Texas

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00:00All right. Meanwhile, a team from the SEC has gone down. Texas loses to Xavier, 86-80. Gilbert

00:07through the years, Xavier has proven to be a really good tournament tested team.

00:11And wouldn't you know, they're only three and a half point favorite, underdogs, excuse me,

00:15against Illinois. And they got some rest here too, going into Friday night's game at 9.45 Eastern

00:21University of Dayton, close to Xavier's campus. So, you know, naturally that factored in as well.

00:26But, you know, certainly I think when people are filling out their brackets last minute here,

00:29I have a feeling a lot of people may pivot over and take Xavier.

00:33Absolutely. You know, we talked about teams in the first four who get that momentum and continue to

00:37go on into the round of 64 and potentially beyond. And I think Xavier fits the bill. You think about

00:42the way that they won, coming down from, coming back from down double digits and digging deep.

00:47They're a tough team. They play well defensively and they kind of figured out how to lock in

00:51defensively after some of Texas guys, specifically Trey Johnson, got loose early on in the game. So

00:56take that momentum, didn't have to travel that far, played against an Illinois team who has been

01:00up and down. They had that big loss to Duke a few weeks ago. Then they got blown out in the

01:04big 10 tournament by Maryland just a couple of days ago. So when you think about momentum,

01:09Xavier has it. And I think that does make them a valuable pick in the round of 64.