It seems distant now, but a few months ago, Xavier's men's basketball team walked off the floor of Madison Square Garden after winning the National Invitation Tournament, and the next day when they arrived back in Cincinnati, the future became a lot more real.
Many things changed during that postseason run – Travis Steele was no longer the head coach, Jonas Hayes was named the interim head coach, and Sean Miller agreed to return as Xavier's next head coach.
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With those changes, many decisions hovered over the program like a cloud.