Xavier head coach Chris Mack said the media had asked him and his team so many questions about a letdown there was no point ignoring it.
Coming off arguably its best week of non-conference play since December 2009 – Mack’s first year as head coach – when Xavier beat No. 16 Baylor, then No. 11 Cincinnati in the Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout, the Musketeers’ matchup with Kent State on Wednesday night hinted at a chance for a potential upset.
But if his team needed any reminder not to let down, it came Tuesday night when Ball State beat No.