There are times when the result of the game can inspire very different reactions in different people, or even different reactions in the same person. The loss on Saturday could have been one of those games. Xavier showed guts in fighting with everything they had, but also had to confront that everything they have right now is simply not enough to stay competitive with the best teams in the nation for 40 minutes.
There are still six games left on the conference slate. That’s enough time for Trevon to get healthy, or to get more injured. It’s enough time for RaShid to build on what he did on Saturday, or to slip back into his malaise.