Coming off of two-injury shortened seasons at a low-level Ivy League school, Kyle Castlin was an unknown commodity when he signed with Xavier in April of 2018. We knew he could shoot well at that level when healthy. He rebounded a little, distributed a little, and didn’t turn the ball over much. It was a big ask for him to make a leap from the team that finished 231st in the KenPom to one that was coming off of a Big East championship and a one-seed.
The season started well for KC. Getting the start - as he would in Xavier’s first 23 games - against IUPUI, he went for a cool 9 and 8 with an ORtg of 140.