They then won the school's first-ever Atlantic 10 Tournament title, beating Saint Joseph's, University of Massachusetts and Xavier on March 9-11, 2012.
As of January 31, 2013, Dayton has not beaten Xavier on their home floor in 32 years.
When Alphonse returns to find them there, he beats Xavier and sends him home.
In the Crosstown Shootout, Cincinnati beat Xavier by a score of 92-66.
Conference teams have beaten Iowa, Indiana, DePaul, Xavier and Nebraska this season.
Another of Fordham's freshmen, Kevin Anderson, drove the length of the court and scored on a dunk to beat Xavier, 76-74, on Jan. 16.
Trailing, 44-41, the Dukies promptly shot two 3-pointers and beat Xavier, 66-63, for Mike Krzyzewski's 10th trip to the Final Four.
The Aces beat Xavier, 59-51, in Evansville last month, Xavier's only loss in its last 21 games.
At Savage Hall, Toledo has beaten Ohio State, Xavier, Cincinnati, Houston and Pittsburgh.
The Rams will play in the semifinals against Temple, which beat Xavier, 67-50, in the other afternoon game today.