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Paul Daugherty: Wisconsin hands Xavier its first loss. There's a lot of time to improve.

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

After November and December and their non-stop parade of sexy trips to exotic islands, made-for-TV "classics" and home games with teams from hyphenated, directional schools, the real college basketball season will begin. Maybe by then, Xavier’s basketball team will look a whole lot different than it does right now.

Because after their 77-68 home loss to Wisconsin Tuesday, the Musketeers need some work. Coaches would call it a "teaching opportunity."

Or, they’d put it this way: "November basketball is really ugly," Xavier’s first-year coach Travis Steele said.