6. Xavier Musketeers
2025-26 record: 15-18 (6-14)
Likely departures
- Tre Carroll (17.8 ppg and 5.8 rpg)
- Malik Moore (10.9 ppg and 3.8 apg)
- Roddie Anderson (10.9 ppg and 2.2 apg)
- Filip Borovicanin (10.8 ppg and 7.4 rpg)
- All Wright (7.5 ppg and 2.0 apg)
- Isaiah Walker (4.7 ppg and 2.7 rpg)
- Anthony Robinson (2.3 ppg and 2.4 rpg)
- Pape N’Diaye (2.0 ppg and 2.3 rpg)
Likely returnees
- Jovan Milicevic (12.4 ppg and 3.9 rpg)
- Gabriel Pozzato (14.9 ppg and 4.4 rpg in 2024-25 at Evansville)
Roster additions
- Tru Washington (11.9 ppg and 4.0 rpg at Miami)
- Chance Westry (15.5 ppg and 5.5 apg at UAB)
- Ruben Dominguez (10.2 ppg and 2.3 rpg at Texas A&M)
- Braden Appelhans (5.3 ppg and 1.4 rpg at Drake)
- Nikolaos Chitikoudis (11.3 ppg and 7.7 rpg at Robert Morris)
- Michael Nwoko (13.4 ppg and 5.9 rpg at LSU)
- Rolyns Aligbe (9.5 ppg and 7.4 rpg at Southern Illinois)
Considering last season’s roster was filled with all mid-major players, Coach Richard Pitino’s first year in the Big East didn’t go too badly. He learned his lesson this offseason, landing a bunch of impact high-major players early. Nwoko was one of the first bigs off the market, while Washington and Dominguez are two quality pieces also from the high-major ranks.
With Milicevic back, Xavier’s frontcourt should be one of the better ones in the Big East. Assuming Westry can remain healthy, he’ll be a good wing replacement for Carroll. We’ll see if the younger Pitino can make his mark in the conference and move up the ladder but this should be an improved unit overall.
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