A college basketball season is built on tests. Some of those tests are tougher than others.
Xavier University's men's basketball team has a tough test on Wednesday. The Musketeers jumped into the Associated Press poll Monday at No. 22 after a buzzer-beater win over Marquette on Sunday lifted Xavier to 8-0 in its Big East Conference opener.
Wednesday's road trip – Xavier's first time this season venturing outside the city of Cincinnati – will be a great indicator of where the Musketeers stand in the hierarchy of the Big East when they visit No. 13 Creighton (6-2, 2-1) at 3 p.