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It has been ten and a half months since Xavier last won a conference road game, and all they have to do to snap that streak is go into the home floor of the #5 team in the nation and emerge victorious.
BOILERPLATE SECTION: everyone jump in with their depth charts in the comments; this is clearly becoming a thing. Be prepared to be respectful in questioning what other people put and in defending what you wrote. For what it's worth, here's some info that might inform your decisions:
- By now I'm sure you're aware that Sumner and London are both out for the season.
- Coach Mack has been talking about how bad the defense and effort are on the road and has apparently (or ostensibly) decided it's time to make a change; what that change is seems less clear at the moment.
- Brandon Randolph was a healthy scratch last time out, marking the first time playing time has eluded him all year.
- Xavier has been going with a one-big lineup about a third of the time since conference play began.
| Depth chart over the past 5 games | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PG | SG | SF | PF | C | |||||
| 11 Dee Davis 6-0 170 Sr | 85% | 15 Myles Davis 6-2 195 So | 51% | 5 Trevon Bluiett 6-6 215 Fr | 36% | 40 Matt Stainbrook 6-10 270 Sr | 53% | 1 Jalen Reynolds 6-10 232 So | 52% |
| 3 Brandon Randolph 6-2 189 So | 9% | 10 Remy Abell 6-4 195 Jr | 46% | 55 J.P. Macura 6-5 190 Fr | 32% | 5 Trevon Bluiett 6-6 215 Fr | 35% | 2 James Farr 6-10 247 Jr | 32% |
| 15 Myles Davis 6-2 195 So | 6% | 10 Remy Abell 6-4 195 Jr | 32% | 2 James Farr 6-10 247 Jr | 9% | 40 Matt Stainbrook 6-10 270 Sr | 14% | ||
| 54 Sean O'Mara 6-10 247 Fr | 5% |
Unless Xavier makes the Final Four, they won't have a tougher combination of opponent and venue all year. Pick your lineups wisely.