Zach Freemantle will miss at least the start of next season.

Here is the news that no Xavier fan wanted to see:

Xavier big man Zach Freemantle, who missed the last 15 games last season due to foot injury, is likely to be out until at last January and could miss the entire season, source told @TheMessenger.

Freemantle’s foot hasn’t progressed since the surgery and is likely to have…— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) September 9, 2023

From a production perspective this is very bad news for a Xavier team that lost all 4 players who attempted 100 threes last season and had hoped Freemantle’s .