C.J. Anderson News

Talent pool Forward Jason Love is the top returning scorer and rebounder . He's also a solid defender.

As we took the court this past week for our two exhibition games, it was hard not to think back to three very important players who have left our program.

Mad Ants coach Joey Meyer reflected on his first draft with the team by suggesting it was time for the NBA D-League to innovate.

Tonight the Xavier Musketeers begin their season in an exhibition game vs. the Rollins College Tars at the Cintas Center .

When fans rise to their feet and Xavier's starting lineup is announced at Cintas Center, there's one player who commands attention.

He has won 82 games and lost just 24. He's 3-for-3 in NCAA tournament berths and never failed to win at least one game in the Big Dance.

Friday marks the first day of regular-season Xavier men's basketball practice in the Chris Mack era, but the first-year head coach said it won't be dramatically different than years past.

For better or for worse, Jordan Crawford will always be known for The Dunk . There's just no getting around it.

Arizona coach Sean Miller's ability to pull off recruiting coups this past spring was quite simply superb.

As hard as last season was on each of them, Xavier basketball players Jordan Crawford and Mark Lyons agree on one thing: It will only make them better.

Xavier junior Derrick Brown is staying in the NBA draft, a fact new coach Chris Mack has known for a few weeks.

He notes a couple of things. One, he expects more top prep players to wait to decide on their college choices next year because of the NCAA's change in the date college players must decide whether they're staying in the NBA Draft.

The coaching carousel has stopped turning for this offseason, and we asked basketball writers Mike Huguenin and Jason King to pick the first-year coach - other than Kentucky 's John Calipari - who will have the best season in 2009-10. There are a few things to like about this situation.

Making the change from high school to college is a struggle that almost every high school graduate has to deal with.