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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Gonna be tough sledding for a shorthanded Hall.

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?

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