Xavier hangs on 96-88. Made a right meal of that one, but the win at the end is what matters. The don't ask how...

Isaiah Walker gets away with a bad one and Big Fil tips one in and, hopefully, that will do it. Walker's bucket on the other end is enough to make it eight before a foul.

Huge plays from the guys of Serbian descent may be just enough to get X over the line, but this one is still way too close with 2:25 to play.

It's just trading buckets now, except Marquette is doing a lot more trading.

Xavier is up seven, but it feels like a small seven with 6:38 to play.

Marquette has 38 points in the paint. That's maybe acceptable if you are facing Tim Duncan and David West, but this is not that. Also, that foul call on Chase Ross was awful.

You guys remember when Xavier was up 19? It's down to seven. Marquette got the benefit of the refs reviewing a call and still getting it wrong, then scored on a run out.

Jovan Milicevic drills a three from the corner to put Xavier back up 13. The Musketeers have not been super interested in defense so far this half.

Xavier has been a little lax coming out of the half and Marquette is slowly chipping away. Tre Carroll has buckets on back to back possessions.

It would be All Wright if you would be my Valentine. Xavier's guard has 16 at the break as the team has shot a casual .500/.500/.800 in the first half.

If Xavier wants a shot to line themselves up for a run, they have to win today.

Why abandon hope? Xavier can still get this done if they do these three things.

Xavier find a new way to break our hearts: overtime! We get into X's struggles in close games, the triumvirate of college basketball malfeasance: Jeremy Fears, Jon Scheyer, and Charles Bediako, Darryn Peterson hating basketball and Pope Leo loving it. open.spotify.com/episode/13L4...

Xavier has excelled in keeping games close this season, but been terrible in closing them out.

Xavier loses, and stop me if you've heard this before, a close game after a hard fight. It's SJU 87-82 in a game where X shot 52.9% from the line, committed 30 fouls, and turned the ball over three times in five OT minutes.

Xavier has it within a possession. Whether they try to give a foul or not, this trip will end with SJU at the line.

Tre Carroll has turned the ball over three times in in the last minute of the game and OT. That leads to a run out and MMM fouls out.

Tre Carroll has moments where he just cannot keep control of the ball.

Tre takes the shot at the end after waving off Big Game Borovicanin. It doesn't go well.

ANTHONY ROBINSON AGAIN

I would probably lose a fight to Dylan Darling, but at this point I'm willing to risk it.

Triple M just got smashed after absolutely pantsing Ejiofor. No call. Bryce Hopkins gets the whistle at the other end.

This is a really good game again. Xavier is tantalizingly close to a huge win.

I sometimes have no clue what Tre is doing. He's had back to back really bad shots and Xavier is now down three in a game that is getting away from them quickly.

SJU is in the double bonus after Tre Carroll does... something. He has three.

Anthony Robinson: Finds it hard to dunk with a grown man hanging on one arm

Xavier leads by three after All Wright finds his inner Roddie to go end to end at pace.

Fouls called is a terrible way to determine how the refs are doing. There is other evidence available.

Roddie got bludgeoned, but the refs weren't interested and now this game is tied.

Isaiah Walker just does little scrappy things that have an outsized impact on the game.

Tre Carroll is starting to heat up. He's got 11 in the second half. Xavier's defense has not followed suit.

Xavier is tied in points but is absolutely dominating in fouls committed.

Squaring your shoulders to the basket is so 2025.

Walker drills a three at the buzzer and Xavier is level with St. John's at the break. Come what may, I love this team. They try.

Guess who just committed their third foul by trying to block a shot he would never get to? Yeah, it was Jovan Milicevic.

I have seen more than enough of this Darling guy. Also, that wasn't a foul.

If you are wondering what poor shooting decisions are, please see Xavier's last few possessions.

Xavier leads St. John's by three at the under eight. How big would this lead have to get before you were comfortable?

I mean, whistled incredibly tightly. Too tightly, some might say.

This game is being whistled extremely tightly. We may finish playing four v four. Xavier down two early.

Anthony Robinson is going to be exhausted. He is in a WAR with Ejiofor.

We hit the under 16 with Xavier trailing, but very much alive in this game. Sure, it has been four and a half minutes, but we take being close early. Tre's foul trouble is the main concern.

It's time to hit and hope, Xavier Nation.

The Big East is inarguably down this year. Is there reason for hope soon?

Xavier played twice, but we really only want to get into one of them. The Musketeers keep being mediocre, Miami keeps being good, Doug Gottlieb keeps being bad, and we try to fix officiating all on this episode of Banter.

Xavier simply can't compete with a UConn team built to win a title.

On days like Saturday, sports is the perfect thing.

Xavier looks to bounce back after three extremely difficult losses. DePaul stands in their way.

Xavier led by double digits in the second half twice since we last spoke and won neither game. St. John's put on an excellent comeback, Seton Hall was just there to benefit from X completely falling apart. What if we just talk about Tu and Miami instead? open.spotify.com/episode/2y2I...

Xavier lost the second half by 29 points on their way to a genuinely memorable loss.