Jaylen Harrell, a four-star prospect in the 2025 class, included Xavier in your final six choices along with Alabama, Kansas, Providence, Rutgers and Virginia Tech.
Ultimately, though, Harrell chose to join Kim English’s Providence Friars, he announced in a Monday night live appointment video on Youtube. Providence is just over 40 miles south of Cambridge Arts, Technology and Science (CATS) in Braintree, Massachusetts, where Harrell is the State’s top-rated player in his class, per 247Sportsand was Gatorade Player of the Year in 2023.
Harrell visited Xavier in May and was originally scheduled to make a college decision on May 27. He then postponed his appointment until Monday. Harrell plays AAU basketball for Expressions Elite, the same program former Musketeer Desmond Claude played for during his prep career.
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Roddie Anderson III will redshirt in 2024-25
The final piece of Xavier’s 2024-25 roster will be a part of the Musketeers’ future beyond next season.
In a video posted on social media on MondayXavier coach Sean Miller said Boise State transfer Roddie Anderson will be a redshirt this season.
“This upcoming season for us, with Roddie, is a development year. He’s going to redshirt,” Miller said. “We’re thrilled to have him be a part of everything we do. I have no doubt in the next nine, 10, 11 months that he’s going to improve dramatically.”
Anderson filled Xavier’s final spot on the 2024-25 roster when he committed in May as the seventh and final addition of the Musketeers through the transfer portal.
Anderson has started 54 of 63 games over the past two seasons at UC-San Diego in 2022 and Boise State last year. With the Broncos, Anderson averaged 6.5 points, 3 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game, helping lead the program to a 22-win season and an NCAA Tournament appearance. He shot 36.4% from the field.
Dailyn Swain cleared for all basketball activities
Xavier sophomore Dailyn Swain, who missed the final two weeks of last season after needing an appendectomy in early Marchhe was cleared for all basketball-related activitiesby Jon Rothstein.
On Monday’s episode of The Sean Miller Podcastwhich featured Swain and Trey Green, Miller said Swain has gained “almost 40 pounds” since arriving on campus last summer.
Swain was one of many freshmen thrust into key roles last season due to injuries. In 29 games, the Columbus native and former four-star recruit averaged 4.6 points and 3 rebounds per game while shooting 45.9% from the field.
This article originally appeared in the Cincinnati Enquirer: Roddie Anderson Redshirt at Xavier Musketeers Big East basketball
