Xavier vs. Texas A&M | NIT Championship | College Basketball on ESPN

The Xavier Musketeers defeat the Texas A&M Aggies score-score. Xavier's Colby Jones walks away from the game with 21 PTS and Texas A&M's Quenton Jackson scores a game-high 23 PTS in the matchup.
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[@Salvatore1268]

I am currently here at the Garden, it was an exciting game congratulations Xavier

[@NLGabriel75]

ESPN lazy asf doesn’t even show the buzzer and the celebration 🤦🏾

[@jordanstatler4661]

Congratulations Nunge, sad your not a Hawkeye anymore but so happy for your success this year!

[@armandonarvaez9732]

Good game aggies great season much love!!!

[@scottlewis8386]

Congratulations to Xavier! Well deserved

[@anandguruji83]

2022 NIT CHAMPION AND THE WINNER OF THE FINAL NIT CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN IS XAVIER

[@anandguruji83]

2022 NIT CHAMPION AND THE WINNER OF THE FINAL NIT CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN IS XAVIER

[@colepriceguitar1153]

Beneficiary’s of horrible officiating.

[@drbonesshow1]

The final score of this game 73-72 proved that both of these teams should have been in the NCAA tournament.

[@bingefest1799]

Yea no

[@drbonesshow1]

@@bingefest1799 Yea yes.

[@lawrencebello6177]

A & M for sure

[@newmanoutdoors1564]

Nice going Xavier .

[@614buckeyeborncapcity6]

Who Dey gone beat dem musketeers 🤟🏾🤟🏾

[@TheAg2661]

Why they got to do my boys teeth like that LOL

[@scruffd0g193]

Hopefully the Final 4 is just like this.

[@ryanamburgy2791]

gosh dang it A&M how did you throw that

[@perxxy]

i bet on em too

[@rain_josephbyrne]

Xavier on top

[@colepriceguitar1153]

A&M won that was the worst officiating I’ve seen all season.

[@dgrub15]

@@colepriceguitar1153 scoreboard

[@pale_wolf]

That game was lit 🔥 Bet it ends up being more exciting than the National Championship.

[@leviallen2127]

Both were great

[@PandY7190]

I believe the refs had Texas A&M +4. Terrible officiating!

[@sirlanx2915]

i feel you

[@trippnye]

Bro refs were riding Xavier lmao

[@andrewcalvert]

Second half featured some of the weakest officiating I've seen all season. Ruined momentum for both teams down the stretch. Great finish tho!

[@geovannicampos2322]

Congratulations

[@marshajulessa2995]

Congrats Xavier!

[@quantalogue]

It's already Miller time!!

[@mikelogan629]

Way to go X-Men!!!

[@Gokywildcats11]

Nunge is good

[@richardhuffman8903]

Hats off to the NIT tournament. The teams all have winning records, unlike the NCAA tournament

[@tristanbragg3246]

There has only been like 15 teams with a losing record in the history of the NCAA tournament. Texas southern last year was a blip.

[@coveycarter424]

Wow

[@michaeljwilliams769]

Ok den Champs 🏆 👏

[@brandon.lewis.]

I love the Cinderella Saint Peters kind of stories but some of these NIT teams belong in the tourney. These 2 showed what they're capable of. Then the obvious thing happens with the last couple teams left out (SMU and Dayton) playing with zero interest and getting knocked out early. I know 66 teams sounds like a lot but its deceptive. The amount of at-large bids is way too small. Expanding another 10 or so teams would fix this and it's just extra ratings for the network. Maybe give byes to all the 1 and 2 seeds. However the math works.

[@joellahrman4557]

Xavier and Texas A&M were also two of the last teams left out of the tournament, didn't seem to affect their motivation. We do not need more at-large teams in the NCAA tournament. Xavier had a great run in the NIT and it was nice to see them win it, but they also lost 8 of their last 10 games including ugly losses to DePaul, Butler, and St. John's (twice), when 4-6 probably would have gotten them in. Hard to claim they deserved to be in the NCAA tournament.

[@thebest12700]

@@joellahrman4557 yea thats what the season is for imo. if you really deserve to get in thats where you show it. i doubt theres too many teams that got left out that would of made a deep run. maybe 70 teams max including the play in games but thats enough lol

[@Zentiic877]

I’m not a huge basketball guy, but from Cincinnati obviously gotta watch Xavier play. I saw Texas A&M holding some coins when talking to the official just wondering if that is normal?

[@colepriceguitar1153]

If anyone paid off the refs it was Xavier

[@pcrbr]

What? The announcers and refs were crazy for Xavier. Lol

[@colepriceguitar1153]

A&M should have, I kid you not at least a dozen points off of missed fouls. The refs swallowed their whistle every time A&M had the ball. It was utterly ridiculous.

[@joenurre9134]

They were calling weak stuff both ways all game

[@colepriceguitar1153]

A&M got way less calls for them. I have not seen it this bad all season. And I watch SEC ball, where you can just about mutilate a guy and not get called. Refs distinctively favored Xavier. Probably not on purpose but it was almost fireable.

[@dgrub15]

@@colepriceguitar1153 XU commits less fouls per game than most teams in the country, they are just good at what they do defensively

[@colepriceguitar1153]

@@dgrub15 Well they were blatantly getting away with fouls in the paint that were getting called on the other end of the floor.

[@anthonychamberlain2032]

Yet, A&M shot 10 more free throws.

[@timhunt4954]

Nunge got lucky...straight away banker...plz...go aggies!!!

[@fredviser6248]

Congratulations to all the Texas teams that made the tournaments make and female

[@josecuellar3620]

Runner up at the N I T ?? So much for whining because A&M was left out of the real tournament!!! Need to buy better basketball players , call jimbo he has the check book .

[@terell2k12]

I hate NIT

[@buggyyuji851]

🤡

[@FakeAFSongLyrics]

Congrats to Xavier for winning the Battle for 69!

[@beautifuljewishgirl8050]

I seriously do not see why any school or any player would want to be in this tournament. It’s second rate to the NCAA. I’d be embarrassed. Who wants to play in a tournament that’s not the best? Not me.

[@GP-wt8eo]

Your problem

[@ignorantpost6051]

It's funny because it doesn't look like you're even good enough to play on any of these teams in the first place, you're hating on them for only getting into the second best tournament, but you can't even make the league 😂

[@beautifuljewishgirl8050]

@@ignorantpost6051 Lol. Its second rate and you know it so stfu. The NCAA or the wimpy NIT? I wonder which tournament invites the top basketball schools? Duh.