How to watch Gonzaga and Xavier

Nov 27, 2022 - 4:00 PM
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The Gonzaga Bulldogs face off against the Xavier Musketeers for the third-place game in the Phil Knight Invitational today, at 4:30 pm.

By virtue of being in the third-place game, both teams are licking their wounds from a loss. Those losses transpired rather differently, however. Xavier played Duke pretty decently, ultimately falling short, 71-64.

Gonzaga, on the other hand, was outclassed and outgunned by a Purdue Boilermaker team intent on making a statement. It was the second big loss for the Zags this season. Last week, they rebounded from the Texas debacle with a calm, collected, and solid win over Kentucky. How the Zags rebound from whatever happened late Friday evening will be worth watching.

Xavier might be looking to make a statement as well. The Musketeers haven’t defeated Gonzaga since 1960. Since then, the Zags are 4-0, including the last time around in which the Zags denied Xavier’s chances of making the Final Four for the first time in the 2017 Elite Eight.

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