Media day is usually a lot of fun with coaches, players, and media members all in a loud rolling scrum in New York. Interviews are given, polls are released, and the palpable sense is that basketball season is about to start. Guess what? That wasn’t the case this year. The Big East took the very sensible step of making their media day virtual, and from it came some big Xavier news.
No point in burying the lede, this is the biggest story to come from media day for Xavier fans. Kunkel is an out and out gunner who shot 38% behind the arc, 47% inside it, and 82% from the line.