An Xavier fans cheers during the first half of an NCAA tournament third round college basketball game between Xavier and Georgia State, Saturday, March 21, 2015, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

I is for inexcusable. In a scheduling gaffe, Xavier played Long Beach State twice this season, winning 97-74 on Nov. 18 in Cincinnati and losing to a really bad 49ers team 12 days later in Anaheim, California, before just 2,191 at the Wooden Legacy.


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