After a bright start featured a brilliant comeback win over Wisconsin, Xavier’s recent games have looked decidedly less encouraging. A rough win over GWU turned into an absolute hammering at the hands of a good, but not great, Arizona State team.
Brad: So what just happened in Vegas? Xavier looked sloppy against GW, but then looked flat awful against Arizona State. 73 points allowed in 23 minutes must be some sort of Xavier record for futility.
Bryan: Lumping in the Hampton game, the reaction to beating Wisconsin seems to have been negative. Sure X is 2-1 in those games, but none of them have seen the same level of intensity on defense or focus on offense.