There's no blueprint for how to handle what's coming in a month when the 2020-21 college basketball season begins.
The road map to March may need an eraser, but when Xavier University men's basketball head coach Travis Steele held his virtual press conference on Wednesday during Big East Conference media day, he did so with optimism and excitement.
The COVID-19 pandemic will undoubtedly bring challenges and uncertainty, and how teams handle that will ultimately decide how the season goes.
Steele said he told his team, "Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you respond.