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00:00Marcus Foster a little bit short
00:03And Pope looks to push that ball in a hurry
00:05Whoa, there you go
00:06Mark!
00:07Extending to the cup
00:09Good release there by Pope too
00:11He was a fraction away early on in this game from a traveling violation
00:17This is Shedrick
00:18Backing down Fremantle
00:20Elevates with that little baby hook
00:22And he left it short
00:23Yeah, with his size he believes he can shoot over Fremantle or anybody else out there
00:27Because he's 6'11
00:28Good touch around the basket
00:30Xavier, one of the best shooting teams in the country
00:33Look at Conwell
00:34A thing of beauty
00:36And watch this here, Spiro
00:37The way he brings it to the weak hand
00:39And then right back to the power hand
00:41The kids just can't get there
00:42Couple of little hesitation maneuvers
00:45Missed it
00:46Playing him as well as you can hope
00:47Early stages
00:49Transition
00:50Three, Conwell
00:51Splash!
00:52What a coached matchup with Sean Miller
00:55Two men who locked up with their teams in the Sweet Six team two years ago
01:01Musketeers
01:03Working quickly
01:05Dante Maddox
01:07And when you know your number has been called
01:09And you come off screens looking to shoot
01:12You're generally going to make something happen
01:14Texas quickly answers
01:16Weaver
01:18Regular season finale against Oklahoma
01:20And they put a different team with him in the lineup
01:23Nice pass
01:24Deflected, stolen
01:26Off the floor comes Johnson
01:27Looking for his first point
01:28Let's see if they'll count the basket
01:30They will
01:31I think that should go
01:32Contact and one for Johnson
01:35But already early in this game
01:36You can see the amount of focus he's getting from Xavier
01:40With a one point lead
01:41With just over five minutes gone by
01:43In his first half in Dayton
01:45Here comes Swain gliding to the cup
01:49Don't let him go by you on the drive
01:52He's an Ohio kid
01:53Grew up in Columbus
01:54Sophomore
01:55Starting to put it all together
01:56And that's a stroke from deep
01:58I think the score will indicate whether he has to do that or not
02:03It's been a touchdown
02:04How prodigious the Xavier team has been offensively
02:08Right now still trying to put it together
02:10Jerome Hunter on the misfire
02:11Weaver taking on contact
02:15Johnson looking for his seam
02:18Well played by Conwell
02:19He's going to elevate
02:20Corner three
02:21And he sticks it
02:24Six guys who've had a thousand career points
02:26And showing why here under the bright lights
02:29There's a pull up on a three
02:30And that's good
02:31Big shot
02:32Maddox red hot at the start
02:35Johnson probing
02:36Clops it up
02:37Not tying the air
02:38Shedrick
02:39He's going to fire
02:40And hits
02:42He gets the broken play to work for them
02:45It's a nice balanced offense
02:47Past the Johnson's 20 points a night
02:51Tramon Mark trying to fend off swing
02:53Really good defense
02:54Better offense
02:55What a play by Mark
02:58Toluma calling for it
02:59Sandwich little contact
03:00No whistle
03:03Maddox holding steady
03:04Fremantle
03:05Now Fremantle
03:07Good shot to get that off too
03:10Another little peek at where these teams sit in the baby brackets
03:12That's a three
03:14Pope
03:16Watch Pope
03:17You go behind the screen
03:18That's a good screen out front
03:20He just lights it up
03:22Crazy in the SEC tournament
03:24Last week in Nashville
03:27Johnson out of the corner
03:28Johnson to the cup
03:30Just dazzling
03:32Fremantle straight away
03:35Fight for the loose ball
03:37Conwell to the cup
03:38Lays it in
03:40He would have been going after that offensive rebound
03:42A little stronger and more aggressive
03:44So we move past the 8 minute mark
03:46Here comes Toluma
03:47Boy dropping just an exquisite pass
03:49To Onyema
03:51McKnight
03:54Trying to get this offense going
03:55This is Hunter
03:56Finds the laces
03:57And connects
04:00Able to cut the deficit to 8 for Xavier
04:03Mark around and in
04:07Third season at the helm of the program
04:11Those two different stints as an assistant at the school
04:13What a pass underneath
04:15A jump find by Mark
04:18Three perimeter players for Texas
04:20Have the ability to put it on the deck
04:23Here we go again the other way
04:24Weaver involved
04:26Look how fast he gets to the rack
04:28It's a pretty unselfish team
04:31They also get about 13 assists a game
04:34And this Weaver, nobody's getting assists
04:38Foster trying to back his way down against the freshman
04:40Johnson
04:41Couple of fakes
04:42Soft touch
04:44Onyema
04:46Out front to Pope
04:47Still plenty of time to shoot
04:48Pope elevates
04:50A little bit short
04:51Onyema
04:52In his first four play in game
04:54Here in Dayton, Ohio
04:56Between Xavier and Texas
04:58What a first half
04:59Dante Maddox is putting together for the Musketeers
05:02Johnson
05:05Knocked out of his hands
05:06Onyema
05:07And he gives it away
05:08Well Hunter the steal
05:09He got a layup
05:10Right side
05:11My boy the Swain bobble
05:13Somehow gets it back
05:15Plenty of time
05:1615 on the shot clock
05:17Foster
05:20A little bit of a stumble
05:21Doubled
05:22Outside to Hunter
05:23That's a three
05:26I'd like to see them get Fremantle a couple of touches down low
05:29There's one right here
05:30Nice look
05:31Here he is
05:32Swain on the dive
05:34Showing that upper body strength
05:37Four of eight at the straight as a team tonight
05:40And they're a very good pre-pro shooting team
05:43Boy what a night
05:44Tremont Mark is putting together for Texas
05:47So many weapons on this floor
05:50For Texas
05:52Where can Fremantle get going
05:53Let's it fly
05:54And Kanzi
05:56Shadowed in the perimeter as he's been most of the night
05:59Give and go
06:00Shedrick couldn't get it to him
06:02Nice head stew by Fremantle
06:04Good look
06:05Swain
06:06Smart pass
06:07And then on the transition after the bounce pass steal right here
06:10Watch the way they come down the floor
06:13Finally getting a chance to play in the tournament
06:15Basically what was his last opportunity
06:18And here he is
06:19Look at Kaluma
06:20Contorting his body through a tight space
06:23And he's got eight
06:26Contact at the other end
06:27As Weaver hit the deck
06:29Strong
06:34There's a three
06:35Johnson
06:36Sprinkling some of his star dust here in Dayton
06:39He can move one step away from you to get a shot
06:42Uh oh big time
06:43Shot took a steal
06:47It's two man action here with Kaluma Johnson
06:52Swing it to Mark
06:53Mark who's been spectacular tonight
06:56Knocked out of his hands
06:57Fremantle
06:58Got some numbers
07:00There's the skip
07:01This is Foster
07:02He will shoot
07:03And there he's in
07:05Great recognition of a three on two break just then
07:12Conwell on the deck
07:14Off with the floater
07:15Soft touch as we check in with John
07:17To the best freshman that you've coached in your career
07:21Guys like Stanley Johnson in Arizona
07:23And he said John from a perimeter perspective
07:25He might be better than all I've ever coached
07:27Because of his ability to shoot
07:30I'll just let that hang
07:33Johnson on the launch
07:35Got it
07:38So Fremantle seven points
07:40Trying to steal a couple of minutes here
07:43Great strong track of Maddox
07:45It looks like Shedrick is hurt
07:48And the fans recognize that too
07:50Or some of the maybe Texas fans are thinking there was too much buffing
07:54Nice look
07:57Foster
07:58Top 35 in the country this season
08:00Just under two a game
08:04Here comes Johnson
08:05Taking a little body bumping
08:07Had it knocked out of his hands
08:09There you go
08:10Fremantle
08:11Slithers in
08:12This is Foster
08:14He got it
08:17It's a lucky bounce
08:18Fremantle on the box
08:19Watch the footwork
08:20Spins
08:21Goes left hand
08:24I'll tell you what
08:25It feels like we're in the Cintas Center right now
08:27Cincinnati
08:30Feels like we're in the NCAA tournament
08:32Hunter
08:35And we are tied here in Dayton
08:43Johnson underneath
08:44Shedrick
08:46What a finish
08:47Ending in that quarterfinal loss
08:49To Marquette
08:50A game in which they blew that 14 point second half lead
08:55This is Foster from three
08:57Gets it again
08:58You can see the rotation on it
09:00And even if he gets rim
09:02He's going to get friendly bounces
09:05Johnson
09:07What an answer
09:09Fremantle waiting to get in this game again
09:12Near corner
09:13Foster
09:14Bending his way to the cup
09:16He's got it all working
09:17So pretty too
09:18He comes through the lane
09:21Shedrick
09:22Into the paint
09:24Mark into the three
09:26Well short
09:28For Johnson able to tap it to himself
09:30Covered deep in the corner
09:31This is Mark
09:32Underneath
09:34Weaver
09:35Missed it
09:36Nuclear factor there with his body
09:39Musketeers looking to push
09:41He's out again, is he?
09:43Jubilee!
09:48But here's the timing
09:49Look at
09:50The big fella knocking one
09:51Since the early moments
09:54Look at this
09:56Wow
09:57Back up, you get a layup
09:59Swain
10:00Basket
10:01Hagan
10:03And contact
10:06And then watch
10:07He doesn't get back on defense
10:08And watch it behind
10:09You can't see it on that one
10:10But his hand
10:11Pushes off the back
10:13Musketeers at one point
10:14Down 13
10:17They've got a four point lead
10:19Mark
10:20Beautiful
10:21Got it
10:22That's a great move right there
10:23The final three minutes
10:25This is Weaver
10:26Barely stumbled
10:27Conwell playing with three
10:30Mark
10:31Underneath
10:32Kent
10:34This weave action
10:35They like to run
10:36See if they can dump it down
10:37To Fremantle
10:38Here he is on the box
10:39One of the premier shot blockers
10:41Shedrick defends
10:42Fremantle
10:44Just brilliant
10:47Here's the tricks
10:48And then that little bit of a separation
10:51Would be down two possessions
10:54Shot clock at five
10:55This is Fremantle
10:57Misses badly
10:58And look at Swain
11:02Both teams are out of fouls
11:05Texas is in a double bonus
11:07From this point forward
11:08He misses the second
11:10And Xavier's got it
11:14Texas trying to get to him
11:16Two seconds
11:18And there's the knockout punch
11:26And the Xavier Musketeers
11:30Scrapping their way
11:32To a Friday night
11:34First round date
11:36With Illinois
11:38Of March
11:41Just incredible