Without looking, which Xavier player leads the Big East in minutes in conference play? It’s the same one who is 14th in assist rate and 13th in turnover rate over that span. If you looked at the title of this article, you know that player is Paul Scruggs.
Scruggs was a nice player last year. He came on as the year progressed, eventually averaging 16.8 minutes for the first one seed in Xavier’s program history. Scrugss averaged 4.9/2.0/1.7 and showed little glimpses, 15 points against Providence, 11 against Florida State, 32% three point shooting in conference, of the player he could be.