After a year of pandemic pauses, positive tests, and a Cintas Center that was left largely unrecognizable without fans, there was a basketball game on Friday night and it didn't seem to matter all that much to Xavier's men's basketball team or the fans that filed back in that it was an exhibition game against Division II Ferris State.
It felt like a dozen important things happened over the 40 minutes the Musketeers were on the floor routing Ferris State 100-59.
At the top of the list was sophomore Colby Jones, who's earned a fair bit of preseason praise and publicity based on what he did last season and his preparation for this season – adding 10 pounds of muscle and a daily regimen of 500 3-pointers every morning.