Last night, Xavier beat IUPUI 82-69 last night. (Joel and Donnie provided complete coverage of the game). While the end result left a bit to be desired, that wasn’t the most unsettling thing about the scene that unfolded at the Cintas last night. For long stretches of the game, Xavier didn’t look like Xavier.
Some of that is down to personnel turnover. Trevon Bluiett, JP Macura, Sean O’Mara, and Kaiser Gates were all pillars of the team for the last several years. Kerem Kanter came in last year and wove himself into the tapestry right away.