Just 237 days ago, I was in Cintas for the opening round NIT game against Cleveland State. In what would turn out the be the final game of the Steele Era, the arena could hardly have been more openly apathetic. I've been at more lively funerals.
Now it’s November and not March and things have changed. There’s a sense in which that’s true every season of college basketball, but it seems especially true for Xavier this year. Travis Steele is still head coach, but at a different school. Sean Miller is no longer former Xavier coach; he’s the current head man. Everything old is new again. Hope for a fresh season often peaks before the ball goes up, but it seems more tangible for Muskies fans this…
