Basketball is back. The days are shorter now, and that sucks. The Astros won the World Series, and that also sucks. It’s going to snow here soon, and that sucks. For 40 beautiful minutes though, it was possible to focus on the positive of impending fall and winter: college basketball. The Musketeers ran through Morgan State after a bit of a jittery start to give Sean Miller a first win in his second stint at Xavier.
Point guard is an issue
Xavier’s ball security in the first half was absolutely appalling. Desmond Claude turned the ball over three times early, Souley Boum had two, and Jack Nunge was uncharacteristically profligate with the ball.