Tyrell Ward, Desmond Claude, and Kam Craft were supposed to be the building blocks of Travis Steele’s biggest class to enter the Big East. The three of them were going to be a class that carried Xavier up the rankings, especially when augmented by the transfer portal. Instead, Travis Steele left, Sean Miller came, and we are now well into a season where none of the three has made much of an impact for Xavier.
The reason Tyrell Ward hasn’t helped Xavier much is that he decommitted when Steele left. Ward was supposedly the big piece of the class and LSU was more than happy to take him in.