The most wonderful time of the year begins today, as early season college basketball tournaments mean that you can watch college basketball as early as 11:30 a.m. beginning today. The Xavier Musketeers will get their Charleston Classic experience underway this evening against the Towson Tigers (2-2) and it’s a game they need to win for NCAA Tournament purposes.
The Charleston Classic has a solid field, but its clear that the tournament has a clear top-4 teams: Xavier, UCONN, Florida, and Miami. While it’s a field without a dominate team (Florida, with losses to Florida State and UCONN, has been a massive disappointment), it’s also a field that could yield no quality wins for a Musketeer team that doesn’t play a ranked team in non-conference play.