What if I told you that Xavier was returning a player who shot 33% from behind the arc, crushed the defensive glass at an 18.3% rate, posted an offensive rating of 108 as a freshman, was fourth on the team in both steals and blocks percentage, could guard all four positions, and stood 6-8 just to top it off? You could be forgiven for wondering why you hadn’t heard more about that guy and it’s probably only because of the post play of James Farr and Jalen Reynolds that Kaiser Gates didn’t become more of a household name last year.
2016 Xavier basketball player preview: Kaiser Gates