Quote Originally Posted by MuskieXU View Post
Xavier has had some very good defensive teams over the years. 2016 once we added the 1-3-1, 2009 with Dante and 2008 with Stan, 2004 with Sato, and 2002 and 2003 with DWest all stand out to me. Those teams all had stand out defensive players but I think this team has a chance to be better than any of those from top to bottom. The strength, length, and athleticism will give teams fits.
The 16/17 team was better defensively when Sumner was healthy. Once he went down they went almost exclusively zone.