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Team: Xavier Musketeers
2025-26 Record: 15-18, 6-14 Big East
2025-26 Big East Finish: Tied with Georgetown for 10th, which means last, but at least they won the tiebreaker by way of head-to-head record to be the #10 seed in the conference tournament.
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Final 2025-26 Computer Rankings
NET: #96
KenPom.com: #94
BartTorvik.com: #94
Postseason: The Musketeers got a little boost at the end of the season by beating Marquette in the 7/10 game of the first round of the Big East tournament, but UConn crushed them, 93-68, in the quarterfinals to end their campaign.
Notable Departures: Almost everyone. Xavier had seven guys average at least 16 minutes per game last season. All but one of them appeared in every game, and the seventh guy appeared in 32 of 33 contests. Six of the seven are gone. They lose four of their top five scorers, all of whom averaged in double digits, led by Tre Carroll at 17.8 per game. They lose both guys who averaged more than four rebounds per game, with Filip Borovicanin‘s 7.4 per contest leading the way, and four of the five guys who cleared the 3.0 hurdle in that column. They lose all five guys who averaged two or more assists per game, and Borovicanin was the leader there as well at 4.2 per night.
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Now, I should point out that the Ohio lawsuit regarding the NCAA’s five years/five seasons rules that went into effect this summer did involve two outgoing Musketeers Filip Borovicanin and Malik Messina-Moore. That’s still working its way through the courts, but we can say this safely: There are 16 people on the Xavier roster right now. The NCAA limit is 15, although there is some wiggle room for walk-ons who were on the roster before the NCAA switched from scholarship limits to roster limits. Even if this lawsuit eventually gets solved to allow those two guys to play another season, there is no space for them at Xavier. Also! This lawsuit is going to come back up in a minute! Sit tight!
Notable Returners: I said ALMOST everyone a moment ago, and…
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