The Enquirer/Patrick Brennan
VILLANOVA, Pennsylvania — The 2016 national championship banner looms over the court at The Pavilion, Villanova men's basketball's on-campus arena. It's one of two national championship banners hanging in the venue, and it's pretty hard to miss.
It was hard to tell whether anyone associated with Xavier men's basketball noticed the newest piece of cloth hanging from the rafters, or if they even cared to look, during a light, roughly hour-long practice Monday at the Pavilion.
It's just as well if they didn't bother to gaze upon the token of their rival's championship because that's not the piece of Villanova history Xavier's worried about.