The days between Marquette and DePaul this February were fraught. Xavier had lost two in a row on almost exactly the same days they did last February and, yes, the year before that. For two straight years the worst month of the year had risen up and bitten the Musketeers and it would take the truly nerveless to not have wondered during that stretch if maybe it was happening again. Then Xavier came out and obliterated DePaul. Maybe everything would be ok.
In 2020 it wasn’t February that got Xavier, it was a stumble right at the start of March.