Would you like a look behind the curtain?
I intentionally waited to write the opening you’re currently reading until Friday afternoon. Seton Hall was visiting Xavier with an 11:30am Central time start on Friday, and once I realized that fact, in combination with Marquette not playing until Saturday afternoon, it was somewhat imperative to wait until we got a result from that match. A Xavier win would continue us along the path we were already on, while a Seton Hall win would clinch a top two finish in the Big East for MU. The top two teams in the standings at the end of the season get a bye to the semifinals of the six team conference tournament, so it seems kind of important to wait to see if Marquette earned that bye before they faced off with the Friars on Saturday.