With two key returns in tow, Xavier opens vs. Texas Southern

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Xavier is entertaining big expectations as it opens the season against visiting Texas Southern on Monday in Cincinnati.

After a disappointing 16-18 campaign that included season-ending injuries to two starters before it ever began, the Musketeers enter this season on the brink of the Top 25 poll.

In forwards Zach Freemantle and Jerome Hunter, Xavier returns tw