Xavier Mid-Summer News and Notes

With the World Cup having dominated the sporting headlines over the summer, Xavier has been building out their roster and beginnings of their schedule as well as getting back to work on and in the court in preparation for year two of the Richard Pitino Era.

Roster building

Xavier has added two final pieces to their roster over the late spring in Drake guard Braden Appelhans and Robert Morris big Nikos Chitikoudis. Appelhans is a veteran of Pitino’s system, having spent three years under him at New Mexico, one of which was lost to a medical redshirt, and is a career 37% three point shooter who averaged 4.5 points per game last season but topped out at 30 on 10-14 from deep against Western Illinois. Chitikoudis started his career with two years at North Carolina A&T before heading to Robert Morris for a year and has established himself as a standout offensive rebounder and strong defender in his three years at the college level, having been named to the Horizon League All Defensive Team this past season. Both bring a wealth of experience to an already fairly experienced Xavier squad and will look so solidify a rotation that now boasts depth as well as quality.

Preseason tune-up

Xavier will be alongside Ohio State, Cincinnati, and Dayton taking part in the CareSource Invitational on October 7th at the Lindner Family Tennis Center. The event will pit Xavier against Dayton and is being put on to raise funds and awareness for mental health and suicide prevention, two areas where Dayton coach Anthony Grant has been a standout community leader in recent years. The doubleheader serves as an early preseason look at four of the area’s most promising college basketball rosters as well as raising money and awareness for a very worthy cause.

Off to the Greenbrier and Battling 4 Atlantis

Xavier has also been busy getting high major games which will dot their non conference slate on the schedule for the upcoming fall. On November 13th, Xavier will head to White Sulphur Springs, WV to take…

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