The jury is still out on the Xavier Musketeers men's basketball team. What the Musketeers currently are, and what the can be, are still relative unknowns, as is often the case during the non-conference portion of the college basketball season.
Plenty of blanks and context will be filled in this week in Florida.
Xavier traveled Tuesday to the Orlando metro area where it will compete this week in the Tire Pros Invitational at the ESPN Wide World of Sports.
There, the Musketeers will compete in three games – likely as a favorite in each one – as part of an eight-team field that doesn't include any other ranked opponents but should still offer decent tests against major-conference teams (Oklahoma, Clemson, Arizona State) and proven mid-majors (Northern Iowa, Davidson).