NEW YORK – Ahead of the 2023 baseball season, Xavier graduate student Jack Housinger was selected as the BIG EAST Preseason Player of the Year, as voted on by the league coaches. Housinger was also selected to the Preseason All-BIG EAST Team, joined by fellow Musketeers Garrett Schultz and Luke Bell and the league's preseason squad.
Xavier was picked to finish third in the BIG EAST by the league coaches. UConn was selected first with 49 points. Creighton came in second with 43 points and the Musketeers had 36 points.