2024–25 Xavier Musketeers men's basketball team

The 2024–25 Xavier Musketeers men's basketball team represented Xavier University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season as a member of the Big East Conference. Led by Sean Miller in the third and final season of his second stint after coaching the Musketeers from 2004 to 2009, they played their home games at the Cintas Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. They finished the season 22–13, 13–7 in Big East play to finish in a tie for fourth place.^[1] As the No. 4 seed in the Big East tournament, they lost Marquette in the quarterfinals.^[2] They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a No. 11 seed in the Midwest region. They defeated Texas in the First Four^[3] before losing to Illinois in the round of 64.^[4]

2024–25 Xavier Musketeers men's basketball
NCAA tournament, First Round
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	22–12 (13–7 Big East)
Head coach	Sean Miller (3rd, 8th overall season)
Associate head coach	Adam Cohen (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Dante Jackson (7th season) David Miller (3rd season)
Home arena	Cintas Center
Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 Big East men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 11 St. John's †	18	–	2		.900			31	–	5		.861
Creighton	15	–	5		.750			25	–	11		.694
UConn	14	–	6		.700			24	–	11		.686
Xavier	13	–	7		.650			22	–	12		.647
Marquette	13	–	7		.650			23	–	11		.676
Villanova	11	–	9		.550			21	–	15		.583
Georgetown	8	–	12		.400			18	–	16		.529
Providence	6	–	14		.300			12	–	20		.375
Butler	6	–	14		.300			15	–	20		.429
DePaul	4	–	16		.200			14	–	20		.412
Seton Hall	2	–	18		.100			7	–	25		.219
† 2025 Big East tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

On March 24, 2025, Sean Miller left the school for a second time as he was named the head coach of Texas.^[5] Two days later, the school named New Mexico head coach Richard Pitino the team's new head coach.^[6]

Previous season

The Musketeers finished the 2023–24 season 16–18, 9–11 in Big East play, to finish in a tie for eighth place. In the Big East tournament, they defeated Butler in the first round before losing in the quarterfinals to UConn. The team received an at-large bid to the NIT in the Wake Forest Bracket, where lost in the first round to Georgia.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Desmond Claude	1	G	6'6"	203	Sophomore	New Haven, CT	Transferred to USC
Quincy Olivari	8	G	6'3"	200	Senior	Atlanta, GA	Graduated/undrafted in 2024 NBA draft; signed with the Los Angeles Lakers
Reid Ducharme	11	G/F	6'7"	195	Freshman	Milton, MA	Transferred to Siena
Kam Craft	12	F	6'6"	211	Sophomore	Buffalo Grove, IL	Transferred to Miami (OH)
Kachi Nzeh	15	C	6'8"	230	Freshman	Upper Darby, PA	Transferred to Penn State
Lazar Đjoković	17	F	6'10"	230	Freshman	Gornji Milanovac, Serbia	Transferred to College of Charleston
Saša Ciani	21	F	6'9"	240	Sophomore	Šempeter pri Gorici, Slovenia	Transferred to UIC
Abou Ousmane	24	F	6'10"	230	Senior	Brooklyn, NY	Graduate transferred to Oklahoma State
Gytis Nemeikša	50	F	6'7"	203	Freshman	Kaunas, Lithuania	Transferred to Hawaii

Incoming transfers

Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Marcus Foster	1	G	6'4"	200	GS Senior	Atlanta, GA	Furman
John Hugley IV	4	F/C	6'10"	275	Senior	Cleveland, OH	Oklahoma
Lassina Traoré	6	F	6'10"	230	Senior	Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire	Long Beach State
Ryan Conwell	7	G	6'4"	195	Junior	Indianapolis, IN	Indiana State
Roddie Anderson III	8	G	6'3"	190	Junior	Huntington Beach, CA	Boise State
Cam'Ron Fletcher	11	G	6'7"	220	GS Senior	St. Louis, MO	Florida State
Dante Maddox Jr.	21	G	6'2'	195	Senior	Chicago Heights, IL	Toledo

Recruiting classes

2024 recruiting class

There were no incoming recruits for the class of 2024.

Roster

2024–25 Xavier Musketeers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Trey Green  6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 168 lb (76 kg) So Prolific Prep (CA) Charlotte, NC G 1 Marcus Foster 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) GS Furman Atlanta, GA F 2 Jerome Hunter 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 216 lb (98 kg) GS Indiana Columbus, OH G/F 3 Dailyn Swain 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Columbus Africentric Early College Columbus, OH F 4 John Hugley IV 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 260 lb (118 kg) RS Sr Oklahoma Cleveland, OH F 6 Lassina Traoré  6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Sr Long Beach State Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire G 7 Ryan Conwell 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Indiana State Indianapolis, IN G 8 Roddie Anderson III 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Boise State Huntington Beach, CA G 11 Cam'Ron Fletcher 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) GS Florida State St. Louis, MO F 19 Henry Thole (W) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Villa Madonna Academy Union, KY G 20 Dayvion McKnight 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 195 lb (88 kg) GS Western Kentucky Shelbyville, KY G 21 Dante Maddox Jr. 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Toledo Chicago Heights, IL G 25 Michael Wolf (W) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Bridgton Academy Greenwood Village, CO F 31 Ian Sabourin (W) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Badin HS Hamilton, OH F 32 Zach Freemantle 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 227 lb (103 kg) GS Bergen Catholic HS Teaneck, NJ G 35 Bob Nunge (W) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Castle HS Newburgh, IN G 45 Brad Colbert (W) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Louisville Loveland, OH	Head coach Sean Miller (Pittsburgh) Assistant coach(es) Adam Cohen (Arizona) Dante Jackson (Xavier) David Miller (Arizona) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 20, 2024* 5:00 p.m., BSOH		at Dayton Blackburn/McCafferty Trophy	W 98–74		17 – Freemantle	7 – Maddox Jr.	4 – Tied	UD Arena (13,407) Dayton, OH
Non-conference regular season
November 4, 2024* 7:30 p.m., FS1		Texas Southern	W 78–69	1–0	21 – Conwell	11 – Freemantle	5 – Tied	Cintas Center (10,212) Cincinnati, OH
November 8, 2024* 6:00 p.m., FS1		IU Indy	W 94–80	2–0	19 – Conwell	8 – Swain	5 – McKnight	Cintas Center (10,224) Cincinnati, OH
November 12, 2024* 8:30 p.m., FS1		Jackson State	W 94–57	3–0	21 – Freemantle	10 – Swain	8 – Foster	Cintas Center (10,107) Cincinnati, OH
November 16, 2024* 12:00 p.m., FS1		Wake Forest Skip Prosser Classic	W 75–60	4–0	21 – Conwell	6 – Tied	4 – Tied	Cintas Center (10,455) Cincinnati, OH
November 20, 2024* 6:30 p.m., FS1		Siena Fort Myers Tip-Off campus site game	W 80–55	5–0	16 – Conwell	9 – Freemantle	7 – McKnight	Cintas Center (10,067) Cincinnati, OH
November 25, 2024* 8:30 p.m., FS1	No. 22	vs. South Carolina Fort Myers Tip-Off Beach Division Semifinal	W 75–66	6–0	16 – Freemantle	9 – Freemantle	3 – McKnight	Suncoast Credit Union Arena (3,500) Fort Myers, FL
November 27, 2024* 8:30 p.m., FS1	No. 22	vs. Michigan Fort Myers Tip-Off Beach Division Championship	L 53–78	6–1	19 – Conwell	10 – Freemantle	2 – McKnight	Suncoast Credit Union Arena (3,500) Fort Myers, FL
December 1, 2024* 4:30 p.m., FS1	No. 22	South Carolina State	W 71–68	7–1	17 – Freemantle	7 – Freemantle	5 – McKnight	Cintas Center (9,512) Cincinnati, OH
December 5, 2024* 8:00 p.m., ESPN+		at TCU Big East–Big 12 Battle	L 72–76	7–2	17 – Conwell	6 – Tied	6 – Conwell	Schollmaier Arena (5,156) Fort Worth, TX
December 10, 2024* 7:00 p.m., CBSSN		Morgan State	W 119–58	8–2	27 – Freemantle	10 – Freemantle	4 – Tied	Cintas Center (9,840) Cincinnati, OH
December 14, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at No. 22 Cincinnati Crosstown Shootout	L 65–68	8–3	18 – Freemantle	8 – Hunter	9 – McKnight	Fifth Third Arena (12,513) Cincinnati, OH
Big East regular season
December 18, 2024 7:00 p.m., FS1		at No. 11 UConn	L 89–94 OT	8–4 (0–1)	23 – Conwell	4 – Tied	3 – McKnight	XL Center (15,684) Hartford, CT
December 21, 2024 12:00 p.m., FOX		No. 9 Marquette	L 70–72	8–5 (0–2)	16 – Foster	10 – Swain	6 – McKnight	Cintas Center (10,452) Cincinnati, OH
December 31, 2024 2:00 p.m., Peacock		Seton Hall	W 94–72	9–5 (1–2)	22 – Conwell	6 – Foster	6 – McKnight	Cintas Center (10,212) Cincinnati, OH
January 3, 2025 8:10 p.m., CBSSN		at Georgetown	L 63–69	9–6 (1–3)	16 – Freemantle	7 – Freemantle	4 – McKnight	Capital One Arena (6,640) Washington, D.C.
January 7, 2025 6:30 p.m., FS1		St. John's	L 72–82	9–7 (1–4)	22 – Freemantle	8 – Swain	8 – McKnight	Cintas Center (9,328) Cincinnati, OH
January 11, 2025 4:00 p.m., FS1		at DePaul	W 77–63	10–7 (2–4)	20 – Freemantle	10 – Freemantle	4 – Tied	Wintrust Arena (5,711) Chicago, IL
January 14, 2025 6:30 p.m., FS1		Villanova	W 69–63	11–7 (3–4)	34 – Conwell	9 – Freemantle	4 – Tied	Cintas Center (10,077) Cincinnati, OH
January 18, 2025 2:00 p.m., FOX		at No. 7 Marquette	W 59–57	12–7 (4–4)	14 – Freemantle	10 – Freemantle	5 – McKnight	Fiserv Forum (17,881) Milwaukee, WI
January 22, 2025 7:00 p.m., FS1		at No. 20 St. John's	L 71–79 OT	12–8 (4–5)	21 – Conwell	7 – Foster	6 – McKnight	Madison Square Garden (14,545) New York, NY
January 25, 2025 8:00 p.m., FOX		No. 19 UConn	W 76–72	13–8 (5–5)	15 – Tied	7 – Foster	4 – Swain	Cintas Center (10,613) Cincinnati, OH
January 29, 2025 8:00 p.m., FS1		at Creighton	L 77–86	13–9 (5–6)	20 – Conwell	6 – Tied	3 – Tied	CHI Health Center Omaha (17,056) Omaha, NE
February 4, 2025 8:42 p.m, FS1		Georgetown	W 74–69	14–9 (6–6)	18 – Swain	13 – Foster	4 – Tied	Cintas Center (10,212) Cincinnati, OH
February 9, 2025 12:00 p.m., FS1		at Villanova	L 68–80	14–10 (6–7)	24 – Maddox Jr.	6 – Foster	5 – Conwell	Wells Fargo Center (8,462) Philadelphia, PA
February 12, 2025 8:00 p.m., Peacock		at Providence	W 91–82	15–10 (7–7)	26 – Maddox	9 – Freemantle	4 – Tied	Amica Mutual Pavilion (5,752) Providence, RI
February 15, 2025 12:00 p.m., FS1		DePaul	W 85–68	16–10 (8–7)	19 – Freemantle	9 – Freemantle	8 – Swain	Cintas Center (10,473) Cincinnati, OH
February 18, 2025 8:00 p.m., Peacock		Butler	W 76–63	17–10 (9–7)	14 – Tied	8 – Maddox Jr.	5 – McKnight	Cintas Center (10,023) Cincinnati, OH
February 23, 2025 2:00 p.m., FS1		at Seton Hall	W 73–66	18–10 (10–7)	22 – Conwell	7 – Freemantle	7 – McKnight	Prudential Center (9,337) Newark, NJ
March 1, 2025 4:30 p.m., FOX		Creighton	W 83–61	19–10 (11–7)	23 – Freemantle	7 – Swain	5 – Swain	Cintas Center (10,674) Cincinnati, OH
March 5, 2025 7:00 p.m., CBSSN		at Butler	W 91–78	20–10 (12–7)	24 – Freemantle	10 – Swain	4 – Conwell	Hinkle Fieldhouse (8,225) Indianapolis, IN
March 8, 2025 4:00 p.m., FS1		Providence	W 76–68	21–10 (13–7)	25 – Freemantle	8 – Freemantle	7 – Maddox Jr.	Cintas Center (10,532) Cincinnati, OH
Big East tournament
March 13, 2025 2:30 p.m., Peacock	(4)	vs. (5) No. 25 Marquette Quarterfinal	L 87–89	21–11	38 – Conwell	7 – Tied	5 – Freemantle	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
NCAA tournament
March 19, 2025* 9:10 p.m., TruTV	(11 MW)	vs. (11 MW) Texas First Four	W 86–80	22–11	22 – Foster	8 – Foster	5 – McKnight	UD Arena (12,546) Dayton, OH
March 21, 2025* 9:45 p.m., CBS	(11 MW)	vs. (6 MW) Illinois First Round	L 73–86	22–12	27 – Swain	8 – Swain	3 – Swain	Fiserv Forum (16,894) Milwaukee, WI
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source^[7]

Rankings

See also: 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	RV	RV	RV	22	RV	—	—	—	—	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	—	—
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	22	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—