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Xavier Musketeers host Oklahoma Sooners in last non-conference game ahead of Big East play

Cincinnati Enquirer

One of the possible benefits that extends beyond Sunday's Crosstown Shootout win is that the Xavier University men's basketball team can't afford to relax.

They don't get to catch their breath or turn down the intensity, because Oklahoma (2-0) heads to Cintas Center on Wednesday night (8 p.m. on Fox Sports 1) in a Big East-Big 12 Battle game that will demand max focus and desire from Xavier (6-0).

"I told our guys," Musketeers Head Coach Travis Steele said Tuesday during his digital press conference, "this is like driving a car.