Cincinnati, OH – What does this NCAA basketball season have in store for Xavier University? Last season and the post-season were quite a roller coaster for the Muskies.
Last year they went 22-12, which was a significant difference from the 2023-24 season where they went 16-18. Since last season however, the Musketeers have changed in multiple ways. For one, the coaching staff.
Sean Miller was the coach from the beginning of the 2022 season from the end of the 2025 season. He was a good coach, but after 3 years of not making it to the Sweet 16, he decided to depart from Xavier University. He is now the head coach of the University of Texas’ men’s basketball team. Now, Richard Pitino will be in the position of the head coach of the men’s basketball team. Pitino recently was the head coach of the men’s team at the University of New Mexico. Pitino has 13 seasons under his belt, winning an NIT Championship and has made 4 NCAA Tournament appearances. Xavier is very excited to have Richard Pitino as their head coach and hope he and the players can work as a cohesive unit and bring the team to a championship.
Other changes to the team were the loss of many, game changing players. Most were due to being graduate students, or seniors and having to leave the team due to graduation. Those players were Marcus Foster, Jerome Hunter, Ryan Conwell, Cam Fletcher, Dayvion McKnight, Dante Maddox, Zach Freemantle, Bob Nunge, and Brad Colbert. Each of these players gave a big part of themselves to the basketball team for years.
In the upcoming weeks the 2025-26 season will begin and this new team’s story will unfold.
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