The Xavier Musketeers turn the ball over too much. Through 12 games this season they have thrown it out of bounds or to the wrong team 170 times. Paul Scruggs leads the way with 38, only 14 off last year’s total, but everyone has been culpable. The team turnover rate is 19.9%, good for 218th in the nation. It’s an epidemic of careless play and it is crippling the team.
Only, it isn’t. Xavier is also 11-1. Excluding the flu games, they have been in four games decided by less than ten points. In three of those, they have turned the ball over less frequently than they do on average.