In the last full season Xavier played, the one that ended with the players learning at the half against DePaul that the tournament was unlikely to be played, the Musketeers hit Valentine’s Day as something of a rolling shambles. They were 16-9 overall, 5-7 in the Big East, and had just lost to Butler. That is a cut line resume, and it was on the edges either side of that line where Xavier played all the rest of that year.
Last season Xavier hit the day saved for hearts and fat babies with deadly weapons at 11-3, 4-3 in the Big East.