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Bradley @ Xavier, 12:00, FS1 - Dan Hoard, Nick Bahe.
Line: Xavier -9/139

La Salle @ St. John's, 2:00, FS1- John Fanta, Tarik Turner
Line: St. John's -10/143.5

3 Villanova vs. 18 Arizona State, 9:30, ESPN - Jon Sciambi, Jay Bilas
Empire Classic Championship
Line: Villanova -4.5/154.5

3-0 would be fantastic. X with a much more realistic test. I would think VU might need to defend a little better than last night to win.

No cupcakes today, 3-0 would be awesome.

No doubt this will be a stern test for X. The Braves are coming of back to back MVC Tourney titles. Picked 3rd in the Valley preseason. Big and physical up front....Childs is 1st team All league and their 7'1" center is going to be very hard to neutralize.

Well, Xavier's offense sure disappeared in the first half. Bradley playing them tough.

Ugly start for XU. Me thinks the crazed fans are a bit muted so far. Hope the Muskies win but it ain’t pretty like yesterday.

Man, that is gonna be a HOT locker room! Funny how drastic the optics change when the other guys play defense.

I am very surprised to see that Bradley looks like they have a size advantage at every position and it's giving us fits. Our defensive rebounding is getting hammered...multiple 2nd, 3rd, 4th chances for them. If that doesn't stop we're in a world of hurt.

Unlike yesterday, on the offensive end, X has more ghosts out there than the Haunted Mansion.

Very concerning that they effectively exchanged blow for blow with us w/o their best player for most of the half.

Hey, maybe we'll start seeing the Paul Scruggs that we sing about around the campfire!

Xavier on the ropes. Bradley > Oakland.