The Hunt for the Most Interesting Team in the World is the Dagger's 2009-10 countdown preview series. Check out the overriding principles here. 

Last year's record: 27-8, 12-4 A-10

2009-10's toughest games: Cincinnati, at Butler, at Wake Forest, at Florida

Primary attraction: The Sean Miller era is over, but Xavier has been here before.

Three items of undeniable interest:

1. Post-coachatic stress syndrome. It has to be rough to be a Xavier fan. After all, your program is good -- very good -- and yet, the better the program gets, the more likely it is your coach is going to leave for greener (read: more monied) pastures. So it was with Sean Miller in 2009. Miller left the Musketeers after two straight deep NCAA tournament runs to take the opening at Arizona. This happened just as key Xavier players B.J. Raymond and C.J. Anderson graduated and junior Derrick Brown took a perhaps ill-advised run at the NBA draft, where he was selected No. 40 overall. So: New team, new coach, new program. Scary, right?

Fortunately for Xavier, Chris Mack -- a former Miller assistant -- won't lack for continuity. He runs the same style Miller did and will likely recruit similarly, given that he had a hand in much of Miller's previous recruiting success. Which is sort of how Xavier rolls: Thad Matta leaves for Ohio State? Hire associate head coach Sean Miller. Miller leaves for Arizona? Hire longtime assistant Chris Mack. Somehow, I have a feeling Xavier's going to be just fine.

2. The dunk. Remember when LeBron James got dunked on ("got dunked on" is surely grammatically incorrect, but I will never stop saying it) and everyone freaked out? That was Xavier guard Jordan Crawford, who has been or will be in nearly every Xavier preview for just that reason. The thing about Crawford is that he's not a one-dunk showhorse; his freshman campaign at Indiana showcased a natural scoring touch around the rim. With a transfer year of workouts under his belt, Crawford could become -- wait for it -- more than just the guy who dunked on LeBron. You will hear or have heard that phrase 50 times already, but I couldn't resist.

Oh, and here's the dunk. Meh.

3. Sean Miller totally looks like Jimmy Kimmel. It's true. Look:

Eerie. This may or may not be the same person, even if Miller appears to be wearing less makeup. But! Perhaps that's the key to the disguise! I'll get to the bottom of this.

Related: Atlantic 10 Basketball, The Hunt