When Xavier moved from the Atlantic 10 to the Big East, they went from being a big fish in a relatively small pond, to a conference in which they were unquestionably not the preeminent program. When Kris Jenkins knocked down a trail three pointer in the national championship to knock off UNC, he was simply finishing what most people already knew. Villanova was the undisputed best team in one of the best teams in the league. For Xavier to truly ascend to the top of the college basketball pile, they are going to have to knock off the Wildcats with some consistency.
Xavier v. Villanova: A Big East Retrospective
