Defense wins championships.
The Xavier Musketeers are 10-0 to start the season. It's tied for their best start in school history and they have proven to be the best team in the BIG EAST Conference thus far in the first third of the season.
So does that make them a National Championship contender as well?
A lot of buzz has been percolating around this question. ESPN analyst Jay Bilas recently went on record saying that the Musketeers were a Final Four-caliber club.
.@JayBilas "Xavier is the real deal. They're final four good.