#24 Xavier Men's Basketball 2024-2025 Preview

 
 
Xavier Musketeers
 
2024-2025 Overall Rank: #24
 
Conference Rank: #5 Big East
 
 
2023-24 Record: 16-18, 9-11
2023-24 Postseason: NIT
Coach: Sean Miller
Coach Record: 163-75 at Xavier, 465-184 overall
 
Key Departed Players:
Quincy Olivari, Guard, 19.1 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 2.1 apg
Desmond Claude, Guard, 16.6 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 3.2 apg
Abou Ousmane, Forward, 6.7 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 1.3 apg, 1.2 bpg
Gytis Nemeiksa, Forward, 5.2 ppg, 4.2 rpg
Lazar Djokovic, Forward, 2.8 ppg, 2.9 rpg
Sasa Ciani, Forward, 2.5 ppg, 2.9 rpg
 
Key Returning Players:
Dayvion McKnight, Senior, Guard, 12.4 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 4.8 apg, 1.5 spg
Trey Green, Sophomore, Guard, 5.6 ppg, 1.0 rpg, 1.1 apg
Dailyn Swain, Sophomore, Guard, 4.6 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 1.2 apg
Zach Freemantle, Senior, Forward, DNP last season
 
Key New Players:
Roddie Anderson III, Junior, Guard, Transfer from Boise State
Brad Colbert, Senior, Guard, Transfer from Louisville
Ryan Conwell, Junior, Guard, Transfer from Indiana State
Cam Fletcher, Senior, Forward, Transfer from Florida State
Marcus Foster, Senior, Guard, Transfer from Furman
John Hugley IV, Senior, Forward, Transfer from Oklahoma
Jerome Hunter, Senior, Forward, Transfer from Indiana
Dante Maddox Jr., Senior, Guard, Transfer from Toledo
Henry Thole, Freshman, Forward
Lassina Traore, Senior, Forward, Transfer from Long Beach State
 
Projected Postseason Tournament: NCAA
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 75.9 (103rd in nation, 6th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 74.6 (258, 9)
Field-Goal Percentage: 43.6 (242, 8)
Field-Goal Defense: 43.6 (167, 8)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 6.8 (233, 9)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 34.2 (164, 6)
Free-Throw Percentage: 74.6 (71, 5)
Rebound Margin: 2.2 (117, 5)
Assists Per Game: 16.2 (28, 3)
Turnovers Per Game: 11.6 (161, 7)