Xavier has waited for what seems like a long time to welcome a new/old addition to the Big East. UConn was never going to be an easy game, they are 42nd in the KenPom and and 3-3 in Quad 1/2 games, and now a long layoff before it will only serve to make things more difficult. Teams coming back from Covid breaks have struggled this year and, despite Xavier’s win after their last one, the Musketeers are no exception.
First off, the numbers you have heard before. Thanks to Evan Miyakawa we know that a team coming off a 14 day break has an additional 0.