Xavier’s Road To The NCAA Tournament

By Andrew Kahn
Only two schools have been to the NCAA Tournament more than Xavier without reaching the Final Four (BYU and Missouri). Set to make their 25th appearance, the Musketeers look capable of breaking through. They lost just five games this season and earned a 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament. How’d they get there?
Preseason expectation: Xavier is a top 40 team in both major polls and picked fourth in the preseason Big East poll. The Musketeers lost Matt Stainbrook, their leading scor