(1) Xavier at Hall 2/24/23

[MUPanther]

16 Xavier at Seton Hall, FS1, 7pm - John Fanta, Donny Marshall
Line: Xavier -2/141

[Omaha1]

Interesting game. Is there a timetable for Freemantle retuning? Is Kadary hurt for Hall?

[Hall2012]

He left injured maybe 5 minutes into the UConn game (amazing we hung around as long as we did without him) and Sha's playing coy on his availability tonight.

[stever20]

being realistic where Seton Hall is on the bracketology, they need a win right now just to get in the NIT.

[Hall2012]

Nobody cares about the NIT. If they lose today though, they should rest Richmond the next 2 games to try to get him healthy for the Big East tournament. There's even an argument for resting him starting today regardless of his availability because with X falling to tier 2 and Nova a tier 3, even winning out may not be enough.

[Jasper67]

What is the status of Boum’s ankle?

All things considered, I think Seton Hall has to be the favorite in this game but only by a couple of points. Could go either way. Xavier is coming off a loss to Villanova and has previously lost road games to Butler and DePaul.

[Hall2012]

No Kadary Richmond. Dre Davis is supposedly back but we were told that against UConn too.

[Omaha1]

Gonna be tough sledding for a shorthanded Hall.

[stever20]

So looking at the NET pregame:
Xavier 33
Seton Hall 69

Can Xavier get into the top 30 with a big win tonight?
Will Seton Hall fall out of the top 75 with a big loss tonight?

[Omaha1]

Crazy start for Hall to start the second half, gutting a 19 point lead to 8 at the first media timeout.