Xavier basketball was rolling to a nerve-wracking end to the season, then a global pandemic hit the brakes so hard I went right into the windshield. We’ve shaken ourselves off a bit here and will continue, somewhat belatedly, with our breakdown of one of the weirdest Xavier seasons on record.
It’s hard not to wonder what could have been when looking at Xavier’s roster. Coronavirus concerns aside, this was a team that was never quite the sum of its parts, thanks largely to never really having all of its parts. Injuries to KyKy Tandy and Paul Scruggs drew the most press, but teams run on the guys who don’t make the headlines.