There's a lot that can be learned by watching a team's bench during a college basketball game. The focus is usually on the action, and rightfully so, but every once in awhile, look at the bench.
The bench can tell a story all on its own.
If you were fortunate to be one of the 300 fans allowed into Cintas Center for the Xavier University men's team's first five home games, you may have noticed the Musketeers' bench. Not because it looks different – chairs spread out all over, coaches in khakis, masks and quarter-zip pullovers – but because of its energy.