Nice write up...

[atljar]

http://www.sbnation.com/college-basketball/2016/10/4/13154080/xavier-basketball-preview-trevon-bluiett-edmond-sumner


(Sorry if this is a repost! Didnt see it anywhere)

[IM4X]

Thanks for posting.

The headline" Xavier basketball is finally getting the national respect it deserves" works for me as far as preseason rankings goes.

I'm often left feeling X got overlooked when preseason rankings come out. I don't know how everyone else feels, but I feel X being ranked between 9th and 15th seems quite fair. Yes, we have lots of talented backcourt players coming back, but losing both Farr AND Reynolds in the frontcourt makes it hard for me to see how the team would be projected higher at this point in time.

ESPN's latest preseason poll that just came out has X at #9

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/17711561/duke-blue-devils-best-best-college-basketball-season-approaches

I will add, I am very excited to see what our bigs like O'Mara and Gaston and Gates and even Jones can do.