If you watched Xavier beat Baylor relatively handily on Tuesday night, you could be forgiven for wondering where that team was last Friday. The Musketeers played excellent defense, rebounded, and shot well enough to approximate a team that deserved a top 15 ranking. This after spending the end of last week looking very much like a team was, well, really bad.
Of course, the opponents were vastly different. Baylor slows the game down and dares you to find a way to score over their fleet of long armed and athletic forwards. Arizona State goads you into trying to score as quickly as their lightning fast cadre of deadeye guards can.