Seven days will have passed between Xavier men's basketball's New Year's Eve win at Georgetown and Saturday's home game against St. John's – a relative and welcome break at the start of the Big East season.
Head coach Chris Mack said during a Friday press conference the team also enjoyed a day off during that stretch.
It's a good thing they're resting up now. The No. 16-ranked Musketeers (12-2, 2-0 Big East) are about to launch themselves headlong into an undeniably brutal stretch of their schedule.
Xavier will play St. John's (8-8, 2-1 Big East) Saturday afternoon at St.