With just over seven minutes to go in a game at home against a non-conference opponent last night, Xavier was down by 18. The game was done and dusted at that point. A late and fruitless rally put some gloss on the scoreline, but there was no escaping the fact that the Musketeers flat out got destroyed yesterday, and didn’t look particularly good doing it. For all the Xavier honks who proclaimed that the program would march on regardless of coach, it could only have been a rude awakening. Expectations for this season need to be adjusted.
To some extent, fans knew this coming in.