Xavier (21-11) will try to play its way into the 64-team bracket Wednesday when the Musketeers face the Texas Longhorns (19-15) at UD Arena in the First Four at approximately 9:10 E.T. The winner will move on to face No. 6 Illinois at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee Friday night in the Midwest region.

Here's where Xavier stands heading into what should be a busy offseason with the transfer portal scheduled to open Monday.

Texas hired Xavier's Sean Miller to take over the Longhorns basketball program on Monday, turning to the coach who had just knocked them out of the NCAA Tournament a few days earlier in an attempt to spark a program that struggled in its first season in the Southeastern Conference.

Richard Pitino, the son of Hall-of-Famer and St. John's head coach Rick Pitino, will be the next head coach of the Xavier Musketeers in the Big East.

Xavier hired Richard Pitino, the son of St. John's coach Rick Pitino, as its basketball coach on Tuesday night. The school had an opening after Sean Miller left to accept the Texas job on Monday. Richard Pitino arrives at Xavier after four years at New Mexico,