ST. LOUIS — The suspense kept building during the Saint Louis University basketball team’s watch party Sunday evening as the NCAA Tournament brackets were unveiled.Billiken players, coaches, school officials, family members, some fans and a few media members gathered at Lorenzini’s inside Chaifetz Arena to watch as this year’s brackets were shown on TV.The excitement evident when SLU appeared as a No. 5 seed in the Midwest Regional, playing Thursday in Orlando, quickly dissolved when the Billikens’ opponent, the winner of the play-in game between North Carolina State and Xavier, was revealed.Then came some groans as a harsh reality sank in, that the winner of SLU’s second-round contest would likely have to play reigning champion Louisville, awarded a No. 4 seed, in the third round.”I didn’t know what seed we’d get coming into it,” senior forward Dwayne Evans said. “It obviously built up some suspense — we didn’t go for a while. But we’ll play whoever wants to play.”Saint Louis (26-6) will be making its third consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, a school record. The program’s last trip to the NCAA Tournament before this run came way back in 2000, when Lorenzo Romar was the coach.”I’m really proud of these guys,” SLU coach…