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Travis Steele's candidacy to lead Xavier basketball, and the risk of passing on him

During his introductory press conference at the University of Louisville, a pretty innocuous question came across now-former Chris Mack's dais.

The answer ended up illustrating what many already understood about an especially delicate facet of Xavier University's process to replace Chris Mack.

The question went as follows: "How close are you to having a full staff" at Louisville?

The answer: "I think there's a little bit of – little bit of things that have to be played out a little bit back at Xavier. I brought with me today Luke Murray and Mike Pegues, who I fully intend to bring on as full-time assistants here.