On the 2nd of January, 2016, Xavier beat Butler handily at home to go to 13-1. That team roared out to the best start in program history, eventually hitting 21-2 before the attrition of the Big East schedule sort of kicked in. That squad, led by Jalen Reynolds and James Farr inside with Myles Davis, Edmond Sumner, JP Macura, Trevon Bluiett, and Remy Abell (what a loaded roster) around the arc received the highest seed Xavier ever has, a #2. All of that meant exactly nothing when Bronson Koenig jarred an off balance three over the despairing arms of a Remy Abell who could have done no more.
Comparing Xavier’s last two hot starts
