2017-2018 Xavier Musketeers

2017-2018 Xavier Musketeers Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
5 Trevon Bluiett Sr SG 6-6 198 Nov 4, 1994 Indianapolis (IN) United States Park Tudor School
22 Kaiser Gates Jr SF 6-7 225 Nov 8, 1996 Alpharetta (GA) United States Saint Francis High School
3 Quentin Goodin So PG 6-4 194 Sep 3, 1997 Campbellsville (KY) United States Taylor County High School
4 Elias Harden Fr G 6-6 188 Feb 3, 1999 East Point (GA) United States Pebblebrook High School
0 Tyrique Jones So PF 6-9 239 May 3, 1997 Bloomfield (CT) United States Vermont Academy
11 Kerem Kanter Sr PF 6-10 240 Apr 20, 1995 Gemlik Turkey IMG Academy
55 J.P. Macura Sr SG 6-5 205 Jun 5, 1995 Lakeville (MN) United States Lakeville North High School
13 Naji Marshall Fr SF 6-6 220 Jan 24, 1998 Atlantic City (NJ) United States Hargrave Military Academy
54 Sean O'Mara Sr FC 6-10 244 Sep 5, 1995 Lisle (IL) United States Benet Academy
24 Conor Peterson So GF 6-6 180 Sep 3, 1996 Libertyville (IL) United States Brewster Academy
10 Leighton Schrand So G 6-2 166 Mar 15, 1998 Villa Hills (KY) United States Holy Cross High School
1 Paul Scruggs Fr SG 6-5 200 Mar 9, 1998 Indianapolis (IN) United States Prolific Prep
25 Matt Singleton Sr F 6-7 215 Apr 14, 1996 Garrett (IN) United States Garrett High School
12 Nick Vanderpohl Fr G 6-1 180 Jan 3, 1999 Harrison (OH) United States Harrison High School

Recent Xavier Musketeers History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 16-18 (9-11) 8th (Big East) 2nd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2022-2023 27-10 (15-5) 2nd (Big East) Runner Up NCAA 3rd Rnd
2021-2022 23-13 (8-11) 7th (Big East) 1st Rnd NIT Champion
2020-2021 13-8 (6-7) 10th (Big East) 1st Rnd N/A
2019-2020 19-13 (8-10) 6th (Big East) 1st Rnd N/A
2018-2019 19-16 (9-9) 3rd (Big East) 3rd Rnd NIT 2nd Rnd
2017-2018 29-6 (15-3) 1st (Big East) 3rd Rnd NCAA 2nd Rnd
2016-2017 24-14 (9-9) 7th (Big East) 3rd Rnd NCAA 4th Rnd
2015-2016 28-6 (14-4) 2nd (Big East) 3rd Rnd NCAA 2nd Rnd
2014-2015 23-14 (9-9) 6th (Big East) Runner Up NCAA 3rd Rnd
2013-2014 21-13 (10-8) 3rd (Big East) 3rd Rnd NCAA 1st Rnd
2012-2013 17-14 (10-7) 6th (A-10) 1st Rnd N/A
2011-2012 23-13 (10-6) 3rd (A-10) Runner Up NCAA 3rd Rnd
2010-2011 24-8 (15-1) 1st (A-10) 2nd Rnd NCAA 1st Rnd
2009-2010 26-9 (14-2) 1st (A-10) 3rd Rnd NCAA 3rd Rnd
2008-2009 27-8 (12-4) 1st (A-10) 3rd Rnd NCAA 3rd Rnd
2007-2008 30-7 (14-2) 1st (A-10) 3rd Rnd NCAA 4th Rnd
2006-2007 25-9 (13-3) 1st (A-10) 3rd Rnd NCAA 2nd Rnd
2005-2006 21-11 (8-8) 7th (A-10) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2004-2005 17-12 (10-6) 4th (A-10) 3rd Rnd N/A
2003-2004 26-11 (10-6) 4th (A-10) Champion NCAA 4th Rnd
2002-2003 26-6 (15-1) 1st (A-10) 3rd Rnd NCAA 2nd Rnd

2017-2018 Xavier Musketeers Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Trevon Bluiett Consensus All-American Second Team
Trevon Bluiett NABC All-American Second Team
Trevon Bluiett NABC All-District (5) First Team
Trevon Bluiett AP All-American Second Team
Trevon Bluiett USBWA All-American Second Team
Trevon Bluiett Sporting News All-American Second Team
Trevon Bluiett All-Big East First Team
Trevon Bluiett Big East All-Tournament Team
Naji Marshall Big East All-Rookie Team
J.P. Macura Big East Player of the Week (Jan 22, 2018)
Naji Marshall Big East Freshman of the Week (Jan 29, 2018)
Naji Marshall Big East Freshman of the Week (Jan 15, 2018)
Naji Marshall Big East Freshman of the Week (Feb 26, 2018)
Naji Marshall Big East Freshman of the Week (Feb 19, 2018)

2017-2018 Xavier Musketeers Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Q. Goodin J. Macura T. Bluiett N. Marshall T. Jones
Rotation   P. Scruggs   K. Gates S. O'Mara
Rotation       K. Kanter  
Lim PT L. Schrand E. Harden M. Singleton    
Lim PT N. Vanderpohl        

2017-2018 Xavier Musketeers Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Trevon Bluiett 35 34.3 19.3 5.5 2.5 0.7 0.3 2.0
J.P. Macura 34 29.7 12.9 4.5 2.9 1.4 0.4 2.0
Kerem Kanter 35 16.4 10.9 4.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.8
Quentin Goodin 35 29.7 8.7 2.9 4.9 0.9 0.2 2.3
Naji Marshall 35 21.8 7.7 4.4 1.6 0.7 0.3 1.6
Kaiser Gates 34 23.8 7.2 4.6 0.9 0.5 0.3 0.6
Tyrique Jones 32 14.9 7.0 4.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.8
Sean O'Mara 35 14.6 6.7 3.2 1.0 0.3 0.7 0.8
Paul Scruggs 34 16.8 4.9 2.0 1.7 0.5 0.3 1.4
Elias Harden 18 5.6 0.7 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.3
Leighton Schrand 5 1.4 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8
Nick Vanderpohl 4 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Matt Singleton 6 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

2017-2018 Xavier Musketeers Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Chris Mack Head Coach 2009-2010 Assistant Coach (Xavier, 2004 to 2009)
Travis Steele Associate Head Coach 2015-2016 Assistant Coach (Xavier, 2009 to 2015)
Mike Pegues Assistant Coach 2011-2012 N/A
Luke Murray Assistant Coach 2015-2016 Assistant Coach (Rhode Island, 2014 to 2015)
Ty Sampson Video Coordinator 2016-2017 Video Coordinator (Villanova, 2015 to 2016)
Greg Christopher Athletic Director 2013-2014 N/A
Mario Mercurio Director of Basketball Administration 2004-2005 N/A
Jeremy Growe Director of Basketball Operations 2011-2012 Director of Basketball Operations (Xavier, 2009 to 2011)
Tom Eiser Associate Athletic Director of Communications 2012-2013 N/A
Jody Jenike Head Athletic Trainer 1989-1990 N/A
Matt Jennings Strength and Conditioning Coach 2009-2010 N/A
David Fluker Trainer 2010-2011 N/A