For a few hours Tuesday, Xavier head coach Chris Mack's embarrassment of riches at the center-forward position numbered five players for the 2017-18 season, but that didn't last long.
Mack on Tuesday afternoon secured the services of sought-after 6-10 graduate transfer Kerem Kanter (Wisconsin-Green Bay), a proven Division I commodity that was chased by some of the biggest programs in the country.
Kanter, averaged 11.3 points and 6.3 rebounds per game at Green Bay last season, is the younger brother of Oklahoma City Thunder center Enes Kanter.
By around 6 p.m., Brady Ernst, a 6-10 junior college prospect (Indian Hills Community College) that'd been committed to Xavier since early January, announced he was re-opening his recruitment.