Marquette snaps Xavier's streak of Sweet 16 appearances

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    Marquette had the scouting report down cold. Take out Tu Holloway, and the Golden Eagles could take down Xavier.

    "You have to want to take that challenge and take him out of his game," Marquette forward Jimmy Butler said. "Make it hard for him, make it uncomfortable."

    Man, did they ever make the sensational scorer feel uneasy. Holloway, the Atlantic 10 player of the year, fell in a 40-minute shooting funk and rarely got an inch of room. That was enough to let Marquette squash Xavier's bid for a fourth straight round of 16 appearance in the NCAA tournament with a 66-55 win Friday night.

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