The Enquirer/Patrick Brennan
Can this iteration of Xavier men's basketball take a punch from a prize fighter?
The haymakers are coming, Xavier knows it and it's the No. 9-ranked Baylor University Bears (7-0) that'll be swinging away Saturday at Baylor's Ferrell Center.
How the No. 7-ranked Musketeers (7-0) respond to the inevitable body blows from a fellow Top 10-ranked opponent in a true road game environment – their first of 2016-17 – will reveal much about Team 95.
"You never know when it's gonna come, and it's gonna come," Xavier head coach Chris Mack said following Thursday's practice at the Cintas Center's auxiliary gym.