Every fan of every high major team at the start of the season has a lingering fear in the back of their mind that their team is somehow a pretender. Gonzaga fans sweat two recent losses, Purdue fans contemplate a team that is number one now but has never managed to hold those heights before, and Baylor fans... well Baylor fans probably feel pretty good still. Just lightly farther down the ladder things are no different.
Xavier traveled to Stillwater on Sunday with a 6-1 record, two Q2 wins, and no real road tests against a fellow high major.