5 takeaways from Xavier's fifth consecutive loss

Xavier men's basketball head coach Chris Mack discussed the Musketeers' latest loss.The Enquirer/Patrick Brennan

(Photo: Frank Victores-USA TODAY Sports)It's five losses and counting for Xavier men's basketball at the worst time of the year for a losing streak.

At a time when teams want to be riding a hot hand, the Musketeers' hands are decidedly cool following Sunday's 88-79 loss to then-No. 22 Butler.

The defeat puts the 2016-17 Xavier squad in the company of the 1981-82 Musketeers which also had five-straight losses. That crop of Musketeers lost six in a row in January of 1982.

Hope is far from lost as Xavier has at least three more chances to prop up its NCAA Tournament resume, but Xavier…