It’s Christmas week, so let’s start happy. Xavier’s offense is very good. Very, very good. The Musketeers offense is top 10 in the nation, they make three pointers better than everyone other than Utah St, (yes, the team that shot 32.2% last year is second in the nation now), only four teams in the nation have a higher effective field goal percentage. Throw in a tempo that ranks 22nd and you get a fun and very good offense.
Which is good, because the defense sucks. With the preseason washed out, and the impact of those numbers becomes less each day, Xavier isn’t even a top 100 defense.