The doom and gloom has been heavy for the last eight days. A blowout at Villanova was compounded by a road loss at the despised Butler and then a home loss to Creighton. Coach Mack thinks the media is burying his team, the polls are going to be unkind, and projections of a two seed have turned into something down on the dreaded 7/10 line. It’s not been a good week to be Xavier fan.
It’s not healthy to simply sit and think on the negative. According to the director of the American Institute for Cognitive Therapy, sitting and thinking about what isn’t going well can lead to depression and, eventually, even possibly damage the way your brain functions.