The last time the Xavier Musketeers played a basketball game was March 11 in front of a sizable crowd at Madison Square Garden.
While Xavier was on the floor that night in what proved to be a season-ending loss to DePaul in the Big East Conference Tournament, the NBA season was officially postponed after Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19, and reports began to surface that two-time Academy Award-winning actor Tom Hanks had also tested positive.
In the week that followed, the coronavirus pandemic would go on to shut down sports and alter society – the beginning of an ongoing journey of uncertainty, highlighted by questions that came with complicated answers.