Xavier looking good

The Muskies responded well to their 2-game losing skid (at Arizona State and vs. Tennessee) by throttling Delaware State and Kansas State. They're 10-3 going into Thursday night's showdown with Virginia. The Cavaliers are 10-2 ... they had a huge win at Arizona and they put up 100 points in a win against Penn, but they also lost to a Syracuse team that's supposedly down this year. X will have its hands full with Sean Singletary, but I think it's a game they can win if they hold him in check. Which would be huge, because looking at the rest of their upcoming schedule, they can beat Auburn (no wins on the Tigers' resume so far impress me) and go into the A-10 schedule either 12-3 or 11-4. They've got St. Bonaventure (W) and Fordham (W) at home, at Temple (I'll say W, even though the Owls are 6-6, playing at Temple always makes me nervous) and at GW (W, this year I think). Hopefully they can split with Dayton, though the Flyers are off to an outstanding start. Did anyone see what they did to Pitt? Geez. So home vs. Dayton (W), at UMass (L), vs. La Salle (W), at St. Louis (tough call, we'll say L), vs. St. Joe's (W), at Charlotte (another tough call, we'll say W here), at Rhody (L), vs. Duquesne (L, we'll call this the game they have no business losing but they lose anyway ... it's mandatory, as X fans know), at Dayton (L), vs. GW (W), at St. Joe's (W). So they could be about 22-8 going into the A-10 tournament, which is in Atlantic City again this year.