2018–19 Xavier Musketeers men's basketball
NIT, Second Round
ConferenceBig East Conference
Record19–16 (9–9 Big East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jonas Hayes (1st season)
  • Ben Johnson (1st season)
  • Dante Jackson (1st season)
Home arenaCintas Center
2018–19 Big East men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 23 Villanova †13–5 .72226–10  .722
Marquette12–6 .66724–10  .706
Seton Hall9–9 .50020–14  .588
Xavier9–9 .50019–16  .543
Creighton9–9 .50020–15  .571
Georgetown9–9 .50019–14  .576
St. John's8–10 .44421–13  .618
Providence7–11 .38918–16  .529
Butler7–11 .38916–17  .485
DePaul7–11 .38919–17  .528
† 2019 Big East tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2018–19 Xavier Musketeers men's basketball team represented Xavier University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season as a member of the Big East Conference. Led by first-year head coach Travis Steele, they played their home games at the Cintas Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. Xavier finished the season 19–16, 9–9 in Big East play to finish in third place.[1] In the Big East tournament, Xavier beat Creighton in the quarterfinals before losing to Villanova in the semifinals. The Musketeers failed to receive a bid to the NCAA tournament, but received an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament.[2] There they defeated Toledo in the first round[3] before losing in overtime to Texas in the second round.[4]

Previous season

The Musketeers finished the 2017–18 season 29–6, 15–3 in Big East play to win the Big East championship. In the Big East tournament, they defeated St. John's[5] before losing to Providence in the semifinals.[6] They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a No. 1 seed in the West region. In the First Round, they defeated Texas Southern[7] before being upset by Florida State in the Second Round.[8]

On March 27, 2018, Chris Mack was hired as the new head coach of Louisville, leaving Xavier after nine seasons.[9] Four days later, longtime assistant coach Travis Steele was named the new head coach of the Musketeers.[10]

Offseason

Departures

NameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownReason left
Trevon Bluiett5Guard6'6"198SeniorIndianapolis, INGraduated
Kerem Kanter11Forward6'10"240Graduate studentIstanbul, TurkeyCompleted athletic eligibility; graduated from Green Bay in 2017
Matt Singleton20Forward6'7"215SeniorGarrett, INGraduated
Kaiser Gates22Forward6'7"205JuniorAlpharetta, GADeclared for the 2018 NBA draft
Sean O'Mara54Forward-center6'10"244SeniorGlen Ellyn, ILGraduated
J. P. Macura55Guard6'5"203SeniorLakeville, MNGraduated

Incoming transfers

NameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownPrevious School
Kyle Castlin[11] 2 Guard 6'4" 190 Graduate Student Marietta, Georgia Transferred from Columbia after graduating. Will have one year of eligibility beginning immediately.[12]
Zach Hankins 35 Center 6'10" 245 Graduate Student Charlevoix, Michigan Transferred from Ferris State after graduating. Will have one year of eligibility beginning immediately.[13]
Ryan Welage[14] 32 Forward 6'9" 205 Graduate Student Greensburg, Indiana Transferred from San Jose State after graduating. Will have one year of eligibility beginning immediately.[15]
Myles Hanson 34 Guard 6'7" 215 Sophomore Chaska, Minnesota Transferred from Columbia. Under NCAA transfer rules, Hanson will have to sit out for the 2018–19 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility. Will join team as a walk-on.[16]

Recruiting classes

2018 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Keonte Kennedy
SG		 Austin, TX Westlake High School 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Oct 3, 2017 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars
Dontarius James
SF		 Kershaw, SC Andrew Jackson High School 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Nov 12, 2017 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "2018 Xavier Commits". Rivals.com.
  • "2018 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Honors and awards

Street & Smith's Preseason Awards[17]

  • All-Newcomer - Ryan Welage
  • All-Sharpshooter - Ryan Welage

Roster

2018–19 Xavier Musketeers men's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightWeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
F 0 Tyrique Jones 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)235 lb (107 kg) JrVermont Academy Bloomfield, Connecticut
G 1 Paul Scruggs 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)200 lb (91 kg) SoProlific Prep Indianapolis, Indiana
G 2 Kyle Castlin 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)193 lb (88 kg) GSColumbia Marietta, Georgia
G 3 Quentin Goodin 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)194 lb (88 kg) JrTaylor County HS Campbellsville, Kentucky
G 4 Elias Harden 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)187 lb (85 kg) SoPebblebrook HS East Point, Georgia
G 10 Leighton Schrand 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)155 lb (70 kg) JrHoly Cross HS Villa Hills, Kentucky
G 11 Keonte Kennedy 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)187 lb (85 kg) FrWestlake HS Aurora, Colorado
F 12 Dontarius James 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)210 lb (95 kg) FrHuntington Prep Kershaw, South Carolina
F 13 Naji Marshall 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)222 lb (101 kg) SoHargrave Military Academy Atlantic City, New Jersey
G 20 Ramon Singh 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)170 lb (77 kg) FrLa Lumiere School Sydney, Australia
F 32 Ryan Welage 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)205 lb (93 kg) GSSan Jose State Greensburg, Indiana
G/F 34 Myles Hanson (W) Current redshirt 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)215 lb (98 kg) SoColumbia Chaska, Minnesota
F 35 Zach Hankins 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)245 lb (111 kg) GSFerris State Charlevoix, Michigan
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 1, 2018*
7:00 pm		 Kentucky Wesleyan W 98–69  –
  22 – Tied  7 – Tied  5 – Welage  Cintas Center (10,073)
Cincinnati, OH
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2018*
8:30 pm, FS2		 IUPUI W 82–69  1–0
  24 – Welage  8 – Castlin  7 – Marshall  Cintas Center (10,224)
Cincinnati, OH
November 10, 2018*
4:00 pm, FSN		 Evansville
Maui on the Mainland		 W 91–85  2–0
  24 – Scruggs  20 – Jones  5 – Scruggs  Cintas Center (10,533)
Cincinnati, OH
November 13, 2018*
6:30 pm, FS1		 Wisconsin
Gavitt Tipoff Games		 L 68–77  2–1
  24 – Marshall  13 – Marshall  5 – Goodin  Cintas Center (10,312)
Cincinnati, OH
November 19, 2018*
2:30 pm, ESPN2		 vs. No. 8 Auburn
Maui Invitational tournament quarterfinals		 L 79–88 OT 2–2
  17 – Welage  9 – Jones  6 – Goodin  Lahaina Civic Center (2,400)
Lahaina, HI
November 20, 2018*
2:30 pm, ESPN2		 vs. San Diego State
Maui Invitational Tournament consolation 2nd round		 L 74–79  2–3
  20 – Goodin  6 – Scruggs  5 – Marshall  Lahaina Civic Center (2,400)
Lahaina, HI
November 21, 2018*
9:00 pm, ESPNU		 vs. Illinois
Maui Invitational Tournament 7th place game		 W 83–74  3–3
  15 – Goodin  9 – Jones  5 – Marshall  Lahaina Civic Center (2,400)
Lahaina, HI
November 28, 2018*
6:30 pm, FS1		 Miami (OH) W 82–55  4–3
  17 – Marshall  13 – Jones  8 – Goodin  Cintas Center (10,394)
Cincinnati, OH
December 1, 2018*
12:00 pm, FS1		 Oakland W 73–63  5–3
  14 – Marshall  11 – Jones  4 – Scruggs  Cintas Center (10,331)
Cincinnati, OH
December 5, 2018*
6:30 pm, FS1		 Ohio W 82–61  6–3
  21 – Scruggs  7 – Marshall  8 – Scruggs  Cintas Center (10,405)
Cincinnati, OH
December 8, 2018*
2:00 pm, ESPN2		 at Cincinnati
Crosstown Shootout		 L 47–62  6–4
  12 – Goodin  7 – Tied  5 – Goodin  Fifth Third Arena (12,513)
Cincinnati, OH
December 15, 2018*
8:00 pm, FS1		 Eastern Kentucky W 95–77  7–4
  16 – Goodin  10 – Marshall  10 – Goodin  Cintas Center (10,112)
Cincinnati, OH
December 18, 2018*
7:00 pm, ESPNU		 at Missouri L 56–71  7–5
  21 – Goodin  11 – Marshall  6 – Goodin  Mizzou Arena (9,785)
Columbia, MO
December 21, 2018*
7:00 pm, FS2		 Detroit Mercy W 69–55  8–5
  22 – Goodin  11 – Hankins  9 – Goodin  Cintas Center (10,224)
Cincinnati, OH
Big East regular season
December 29, 2018
2:00 pm, FS1		 at DePaul W 74–65  9–5
(1–0)		  19 – Marshall  14 – Marshall  8 – Goodin  Wintrust Arena (5,632)
Chicago, IL
January 2, 2019
6:30 pm, FS1		 Seton Hall L 70–80  9–6
(1–1)		  22 – Scruggs  7 – Marshall  6 – Goodin  Cintas Center (10,224)
Cincinnati, OH
January 6, 2019
12:00 pm, FOX		 at No. 16 Marquette L 52–70  9–7
(1–2)		  21 – Marshall  10 – Scruggs  2 – Goodin  Fiserv Forum (17,309)
Milwaukee, WI
January 9, 2019
6:30 pm, FS1		 Georgetown W 81–75  10–7
(2–2)		  23 – Hankins  10 – Tied  4 – Scruggs  Cintas Center (10,224)
Cincinnati, OH
January 13, 2019
12:00 pm, CBSSN		 Butler W 70–69  11–7
(3–2)		  23 – Scruggs  8 – Scruggs  6 – Scruggs  Cintas Center (10,144)
Cincinnati, OH
January 18, 2019
8:30 pm, FS1		 at No. 22 Villanova L 75–85  11–8
(3–3)		  21 – Jones  12 – Jones  7 – Marshall  Wells Fargo Center (12,103)
Philadelphia, PA
January 23, 2019
6:30 pm, FS1		 Providence L 62–64  11–9
(3–4)		  14 – Scruggs  10 – Castlin  4 – Tied  Cintas Center (10,142)
Cincinnati, OH
January 26, 2019
2:00 pm, FS1		 No. 12 Marquette L 82–87  11–10
(3–5)		  21 – Tied  11 – Jones  5 – Scruggs  Cintas Center (10,547)
Cincinnati, OH
January 31, 2019
8:00 pm, CBSSN		 at Georgetown L 73–80  11–11
(3–6)		  16 – Marshall  7 – Scruggs  4 – Goodin  Capital One Arena (7,636)
Washington, DC
February 3, 2019
1:00 pm, FSN		 at Creighton L 54–76  11–12
(3–7)		  13 – Goodin  5 – Scruggs  7 – Goodin  CHI Health Center Omaha (16,678)
Omaha, NE
February 9, 2019
8:00 pm, FS1		 DePaul L 62–74  11–13
(3–8)		  22 – Marshall  9 – Jones  4 – Marshall  Cintas Center (10,242)
Cincinnati, OH
February 13, 2019
8:30 pm, CBSSN		 Creighton W 64–61 OT 12–13
(4–8)		  23 – Marshall  8 – Scruggs  5 – Marshall  Cintas Center (9,949)
Cincinnati, OH
February 16, 2019
2:00 pm, FOX		 at Providence W 75–61  13–13
(5–8)		  19 – Jones  12 – Jones  7 – Goodin  Dunkin' Donuts Center (12,410)
Providence, RI
February 20, 2019
7:00 pm, CBSSN		 at Seton Hall W 70–69  14–13
(6–8)		  28 – Marshall  15 – Jones  5 – Marshall  Prudential Center (7,916)
Newark, NJ
February 24, 2019
1:30 pm, CBS		 No. 17 Villanova W 66–54  15–13
(7–8)		  17 – Marshall  8 – Jones  4 – Tied  Cintas Center (10,444)
Cincinnati, OH
February 28, 2019
6:30 pm, FS1		 at St. John's W 84–73  16–13
(8–8)		  31 – Marshall  10 – Jones  4 – Jones  Carnesecca Arena (5,602)
Queens, NY
March 5, 2019
6:00 pm, FS1		 at Butler L 66–71  16–14
(8–9)		  13 – Tied  9 – Hankins  4 – Goodin  Hinkle Fieldhouse 
Indianapolis, IN
March 9, 2019
5:00 pm, FOX		 St. John's W 81–68  17–14
(9–9)		  22 – Scruggs  7 – Tied  7 – Goodin  Cintas Center (10,391)
Cincinnati, OH
Big East tournament
March 14, 2019
2:30 pm, FS1		 (4) vs. (5) Creighton
Quarterfinals		 W 63–61  18–14
  22 – Hankins  9 – Hankins  4 – Goodin  Madison Square Garden (19,534)
New York, NY
March 15, 2019
6:30 pm, FS1		 (4) vs. (1) No. 25 Villanova
Semifinals		 L 67–71 OT 18–15
  28 – Scruggs  11 – Scruggs  8 – Goodin  Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
NIT
March 20, 2019*
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 (3) (6) Toledo
First Round – Alabama Bracket		 W 78–64  19–15
  20 – Marshall  21 – Marshall  6 – Marshall  Cintas Center (5,769)
Cincinnati, OH
March 24, 2019*
4:00 pm, ESPN		 (3) at (2) Texas
Second Round – Alabama Bracket		 L 76–78 OT 19–16
  22 – Jones  11 – Jones  5 – Goodin  Frank Erwin Center (3,204)
Austin, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: — = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
APRVNot released
Coaches—

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings

References

  1. ↑ "2018-19 Xavier Musketeers Roster and Stats". Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  2. ↑ Baum, Adam. "March Madness 2019: Xavier Musketeers basketball miss NCAA Tournament, Big East gets 4 in". Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Toledo vs. Xavier - Game Recap - March 20, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Xavier vs. Texas - Game Recap - March 24, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  5. ↑ "St. John's vs. Xavier - Game Recap - March 8, 2018 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Providence vs. Xavier - Game Recap - March 9, 2018 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Texas Southern vs. Xavier - Game Recap - March 16, 2018 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Florida State vs. Xavier - Game Recap - March 18, 2018 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  9. ↑ Greer, Jeff (March 27, 2018). "Louisville hires Chris Mack as new men's basketball coach". Courier Journal. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  10. ↑ Borzello, Jeff (March 31, 2018). "Musketeers promote longtime assistant Travis Steele to head coach". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Kyle Castlin commits to Xavier: Ohio State basketball misses out on transfer target". Land of 10. April 8, 2018. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Xavier brings in grad transfer Kyle Castlin". Banners On The Parkway. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  13. ↑ Paul, Tony (April 7, 2018). "Ferris State's Hankins chooses Xavier over MSU, others". The Detroit News. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  14. ↑ "Kyle Castlin commits to Xavier: Ohio State basketball misses out on transfer target". Land of 10. April 8, 2018. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  15. ↑ "Xavier acquires record-setting SJSU Spartan grad transfer Ryan Welage". Mountain West Connection. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  16. ↑ "Myles Hanson joins Xavier". Banners On The Parkway. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  17. ↑ Street & Smith's Basketball. Vol. 2018–19. p. 29. {{cite magazine}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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