Xavier's newest rival returns to town with, as always, DSR carrying the load. Can Xavier overpower the Hoyas inside and take care of the ball well enough to win?
Xavier hasn't been in the Big East or playing these teams long enough to build up genuine antipathy towards any of them. That's an abrupt way to start a preview to a game, but it's mostly the truth. As the Big East settles in with the incredible feature of true round robin play, the newcomers will build the kind of rivalries that make conferences great and can occasionally even get mid-major school from the AAC on ESPN.