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College basketball: Takeaways from Xavier University's 77-68 loss to Wisconsin

Xavier head coach Travis Steele after his team's 77-68 loss to Wisconsin on Tuesday night Adam Baum, abaum@enquirer.com

As Travis Steele was quick to point out Tuesday night following Xavier's 77-68 home loss to Wisconsin, "there's no moral victories."

Steele was referring to how the Musketeers fought back from an 18-point second-half deficit and made it a two-possession game with under 30 seconds to play.

The fact that Xavier didn't fold or crumble altogether is an important theme going forward for this team.

And if anything good can be extracted from an early-season loss, it's that now we get to see how Xavier responds.