The Big East has canceled non-conference games for fall sports. At first blush, that doesn’t seem to impact Xavier basketball much. After all, basketball is a winter sport and those are, as yet, untouched. The underlying theme, though, is dangerous for far more than just a single Xavier season.
Imagine for a moment you are a UMass Lowell River Hawk. Congrats, you are playing division one basketball! There is a good chance that you are a far better basketball player than anyone you will meet on a day to day basis. Testing that out against Dartmouth and Merrimack can get a bit stale though, you want a shot at the big boys.