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Xavier Basketball: Analyzing the Musketeers’ 2018-19 rotation

By Brad Cavallaro

NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 09: Quentin Goodin #3 of the Xavier Musketeers passes the ball as Rodney Bullock #5 of the Providence Friars defends during semifinals of the Big East Basketball Tournament at Madison Square Garden on March 9, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 09: Quentin Goodin #3 of the Xavier Musketeers passes the ball as Rodney Bullock #5 of the Providence Friars defends during semifinals of the Big East Basketball Tournament at Madison Square Garden on March 9, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) /
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NASHVILLE, TN – MARCH 18: Quentin Goodin #3 of the Xavier Musketeers dunks the ball over Braian Angola #11 of the Florida State Seminoles during the second half in the second round of the 2018 Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament at Bridgestone Arena on March 18, 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
NASHVILLE, TN – MARCH 18: Quentin Goodin #3 of the Xavier Musketeers dunks the ball over Braian Angola #11 of the Florida State Seminoles during the second half in the second round of the 2018 Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament at Bridgestone Arena on March 18, 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) /

Point Guard

Minutes Breakdown (40 total): Quentin Goodin 33, Paul Scruggs 7

Quentin Goodin is one of the longest-tenured Musketeers and is one of the best guards in the conference. He made immense improvements between his freshman and sophomore seasons, but this was often overshadowed by the stellar play of Macura and Blueitt.

Goodin was thrown into the fire as a freshman when Edmund Sumner went down with an injury and often struggled as the starting PG. His sophomore season was a completely different story as he built on a strong 2017 NCAA Tournament performance to become a steady presence in the Xavier backcourt.

Expect Goodin to make another jump this season and become a leading contributor and the face of the Musketeer program. He averaged 8.7 ppg and 4.9 apg last season, but he performed even better in conference play, particularly as a long-range shooter. Goodin had an extended shooting slump for the first half of the season but shot almost 40% from three in Big East competition. If he can transfer this hot shooting to his junior season, he will be even tougher to defend.

He has excellent size for a lead guard at 6’4” which allows him to overpower smaller guards on offense and disrupt them on defense. His combination of physicality, passing, defense, and potentially shooting makes him an extremely valuable piece for Xavier.

Goodin should play a vast majority of the minutes at PG, but when he is sitting Paul Scruggs should slide over to receive the remaining playing time.