Quote Originally Posted by FerryFor50 View Post
Honestly I think Xavier would have beaten Duke, too.

I think that Duke's road as a 2 seed was a nightmare. Lehigh was better than a 15 and Xavier is capable of being as good as a 3.
I agree. And Xavier was ranked 14th and 15th in the preseason polls (to Duke's 6th). They dropped precipitously when they lost a string of games after the Cincinnati brawl. Recently they have been getting back on track a bit. So it's an awfully good team for a 10 seed, and it wouldn't really be a great shame to lose to them. I thought Lehigh was tremendously game to keep it close as long as they did.