Xavier’s defense isn’t bad. Let’s get that out of the way to begin with. That isn’t the same as being good enough to handle Oklahoma’s offense. The Sooners rock into the Cintas on the back of 105 and 82 point efforts in their two games this season. One of those was against a TCU team with tournament dreams. And so Xavier, with their not bad defense, now faces their toughest test of the non-conference schedule and their first game against a team from a major conference.
Xavier’s defensive issues are more a factor of personnel than scheme.