2026–27 season
Xavier
Musketeers · Big East
- Record
- 3–0
- Unranked in the AP poll
- Projected seed
- Out
- Outside the projected field
- Hero rating
- +7.2
- No. 52 in Division I
- Home
- Cincinnati, OH
- 5,864 mi from Detroit
- National titles
- 0
- Still chasing the first
Statistical profile
Percentiles compare this team with all 365 Division I teams. 100th is best in every row, including defense, where lower raw numbers are better. Season totals include tournament games. Opponent-adjusted efficiency and schedule strength appear after 8 games; until then they swing too much to mean anything.
Efficiency
Scoring & shooting
Possessions
Defense & roster
Strengths and weaknesses
Flagged automatically when a stat sits in the top or bottom 15% of all 365 Division I teams.
- StrengthTough interior defenseOpponent FG %: 28.4%99th
- StrengthBig, tall lineupAverage height: 6′7.4″98th
- StrengthSmothers three-point shootersOpponent 3P %: 20.8%97th
- StrengthPlays fastPace: 77.890th
- WeaknessPoor free throw shootingFree throw %: 61.4%11th
- WeaknessFew second chancesOffensive rebound %: 25.5%13th
Roster
Season per-game stats for every player who appeared.
- Leading scorer
- Chance Westry
- 14.3 ppg
- Tallest
- Kason Westphal
- 7′0″
- Best at the line
- —
- —
- Longest in program
- Michael Wolf
- 5 seasons
| Player | WT | Yrs | GP | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4Filip BorovicaninForward · Belgrade, Serbia | 6′9″ | 227 | 2 | 3 | 22.3 | 7.7 | 6.3 | 5.0 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 20.6 |
| 3Tru WashingtonGuard · Phoenix, AZ | 6′4″ | 210 | 1 | 3 | 22.3 | 9.7 | 6.7 | 2.3 | 12.5 | 90.9 | 27.1 |
| 1Mike NwokoCenter · Toronto, ON | 6′10″ | 260 | 1 | 3 | 20.7 | 12.0 | 5.0 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 40.0 | 21.7 |
| 24Jovan MilicevicForward · Toronto, ON | 6′10″ | 241 | 2 | 3 | 19.7 | 10.3 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 50.0 | 66.7 | 17.8 |
| 9Ruben DominguezGuard · Puerto Real, Spain | 6′6″ | 214 | 1 | 3 | 19.7 | 6.7 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 27.8 | 100.0 | 16.8 |
| 11Chance WestryGuard · Harrisburg, PA | 6′6″ | 205 | 1 | 3 | 19.0 | 14.3 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 20.0 | 87.5 | 24.2 |
| 16Nikos ChitikoudisForward · Thessaloniki, Greece | 6′9″ | 235 | 1 | 3 | 18.0 | 6.3 | 9.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 12.9 |
| 8Rolyns AligbeForward · Brooklyn Park, MN | 6′9″ | 243 | 1 | 3 | 16.0 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 1.0 | 33.3 | 25.0 | 13.7 |
| 0Gabriel PozzatoForward · Novara, Italy | 6′7″ | 200 | 2 | 3 | 16.0 | 7.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 42.9 | 12.5 | 16.2 |
| 2Kalek House · Scottsdale, AZ | 6′3″ | 200 | 1 | 3 | 16.0 | 9.0 | 1.7 | 5.3 | 28.6 | 62.5 | 22.7 |
| 7Asher Elson · Brooklyn, NY | 6′11″ | 200 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18.4 |
| 15Kason WestphalCenter · Salida, CO | 7′0″ | 260 | 2 | 2 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 22.3 |
| 20Henry TholeForward · Union, KY | 6′7″ | 230 | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 25Michael WolfGuard · Greenwood Village, CO | 6′1″ | 195 | 5 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 31.3 |
| 17Gedeon Basson · Douala, Cameroon | 6′2″ | 218 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 46.3 |
| 6Harrison Aligbe · Brooklyn Park, MN | 6′8″ | 220 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 12Braden AppelhansGuard · Blue Springs, MO | 6′6″ | 200 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Yrs = seasons with this program (transfers count from their arrival). Headshots appear once rights-cleared images are available.
Season schedule
Every game with consensus closing lines (median across sportsbooks) and against-the-spread results.
ATS overall
2–1
ATS as favorite
2–1
ATS as underdog
0–0
ATS neutral court
0–0
ATS vs. tournament teams
0–0
ATS vs. ranked teams
0–0
Over / under
0–3
| Date | Opponent | Result | Spread | Total | ATS | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2 | vsMOUMount St. Mary's | W97–52 | -26.5 | 158.5 | Cover | Under |
| Nov 6 | vsE MEastern Michigan | W76–53 | -23.5 | 151.5 | Miss | Under |
| Nov 10 | vsDETDetroit Mercy | W100–55 | -33.75 | 157 | Cover | Under |
| Nov 13 | NMISMississippi State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 17 | vsCLECleveland State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 20 | vsIOWAIowa8 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 25 | NA&MTexas A&M6 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 27 | NVIR#6Virginia3 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 2 | vsTEXTexas Southern | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 5 | @CINCincinnati | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 9 | vsPURPurdue Fort Wayne | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 12 | vsFIUFlorida International | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 19 | @MARMarquette11 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 22 | vsCRECreighton | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 30 | @GEOGeorgetown | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 2 | vsSETSeton Hall | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 6 | vsVILVillanova | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 9 | @PROProvidence | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 12 | vsBUTButler | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 16 | @UC#4UConn3 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 19 | @VILVillanova | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 23 | vsMARMarquette11 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 26 | vsSJU#13St. John's7 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 30 | @DEPDePaul | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 6 | @BUTButler | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 9 | vsGEOGeorgetown | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 13 | @SJU#13St. John's7 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 20 | vsDEPDePaul | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 24 | @CRECreighton | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 28 | @SETSeton Hall | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 3 | vsPROProvidence | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 6 | vsUC#4UConn3 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |