The first part of the season in review discussed Xavier entering this season with heightened expectations based on a good recruiting class, a strong returning nucleus, and a coach with more experience. While the Musketeers will never know how the 2019-20 season would have officially ended, it gave them reason to believe that this year would be better. You can read that article here.
The best way to start each basketball season is with a win. While this seems rudimentary, it carried extra meaning this year. With a chance that the season wouldn’t go as planned and the NCAA insisting that any team that wanted to play in the tournament hit a minimum floor of games played, winning early and often took on extra import.