Midseason is now upon Xavier basketball. The Musketeers are entering the teeth of Big East Conference play and there's no time for them to be contented with their successes to date.
The Musketeers are 14-1, undefeated through two stiff Big East Conference tests and ascended on Monday to a program-best No. 5 ranking in the Associated Press Top 25 poll.
All fine ways to to start calendar year 2018, but it won't matter much in March where the team was on Jan. 1 if they don't keep winning.
Xavier must continue the uphill sledding demanded of Big East play.