Big East Basketball: Analyzing each program’s 2020 recruiting class

Xavier Musketeers: No. 3 Big East, No. 22 Nation

Colby Jones – 6’6 / 195 SG

Not the primary ball-hander for Mountain Brook, but his ball-handling is good, especially the little crossover he tends to favor in order to beat his man to the basket. Aside from his offensive talent, Jones was the glue that kept the Mountain Brook defense functioning, thanks in a big part to his basketball intelligence. Which is also displayed by his willingness to pass to an open teammate rather than take a forced jumper.

CJ Wilcher – 6’6 / 195 SG

The four-star recruit from Roselle Catholic is a serious ‘catch and shoot from three’ type player unless he is turning and shooting from beyond the arc. Then, of course, there are the times when he dribbles and shoots. The bottom line, he takes the position of shooting guard seriously. Yet he still uses his NCAA ready physique to post up smaller guards and score with the proper footwork.

Dwon Odom – 6’1 / 180 PG

After adding his senior averages of 20.6 ppg, 6.4 apg and 2.2 spg with Saint Francis, the four-star recruit totaled the second-most points, most assists, and the fifth most rebounds in school history. A feat he will not repeat with Xavier Basketball as he will have every opportunity to play professional basketball before he graduates. At 6’1 Odom can finish fast-break alley-oops and rise up to shoot over defenders. He is not known to be great from the perimeter, but because of his great change of speed dribble that gets him to the basket, he has not had to shoot in order to score.