In the presser before Xavier headed to New York for their scheduled game against St. John's, Coach Steele dropped a couple of nuggets of information that illuminate where Xavier is right now. Less profoundly, he told the assembled members of the press that the only way to get better at basketball is to practice basketball and play basketball games. Sure.
He then went on to say that he can count on one hand the number of times Xavier has practiced since the last time they played St. John's.
That was January 6th. One month and ten days later, Xavier will take on the Johnnies again, having played three times and practiced no more than five.