Nate Johnson will be back at Xavier next season

Katie Stratman-USA TODAY Sports First, the news:

How's that for some good news!?

Xavier with a healthy Nate Johnson was an entirely different beast this year. Before losing his season to some weirdly unspecified leg injury, he was canning about half his three-point attempts and providing much-needed floor spacing for the Muskies. When his health went downhill, so did Xavier's season. Now he's back to finish what he started.

Johnson was more than a shooter for Xavier, showing the ability to defend at a high level against perimeter threats and even flashing solid finishing off the dribble. Now with Paul Scruggs presumably gone and Kyky Tandy in the transfer portal, Johnson suddenly looks like…