When UConn returns to the Big East this winter, the Huskies will reignite some of the rivalries that made life in the old Big East so much fun. But the new league also includes some new faces, and with that comes the opportunity to begin some new rivalries against quality programs with great basketball traditions of their own.

Today we welcome Captain Xavier, who is among the most prominent contributors to New Big East Twitter and who was recently featured on The Athletic as one of the nation's best college basketball Twitter accounts. Captain is a Xavier University superfan and today we talk about Xavier's program history, how it has fared since joining the Big East, what UConn fans can expect when the two teams meet this winter and our shared animosity towards the Cincinnati men's basketball program. We also touch on fellow newcomers Butler and Creighton and generally talk about how great the Big East Conference is.

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Podcast artwork courtesy of Jon Kulakofsky/The Daily Campus 2014.

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