How did they lose all those games?

[jibsey]

We’ve been seeing a different more intensive defense through this tourney. We actually had that in the Marquette game but their offense was so prolific that it ended with a close loss in the BE tournament. But the one advantage Marquette and Xavier had was that they knew exactly how to prepare for us and they experienced it multiple times.

 

[jayteeman]

It's fate, luck, talent, coaching, teamwork, and personalities.
You don't have to beat everyone in the tournament.
You just have to beat all the teams that you play, that had those same qualities against their opponents at that moment in time, and the ending result is the best of the best.
Winning outright just accents how special this team is.