This was not the easiest of seasons to be a Xavier basketball fan. The incredible start to the season, an 11-1 start in which Xavier beat Oklahoma State, Ohio State, Marquette, and Virginia Tech, all tournament or should have been tournament teams wen by the boards in brutal late season stretch in which Xavier lost 10 of 14. Even just the raw numbers of 4-10 don’t effectively capture how frustrating this team had become to watch. Early in the slide wins over Creighton and Butler looked like a team refinding its feet. A huge win over UConn seemed like a chance to recalibrate and get rolling.
Team 100 and the joy of basketball
