When Travis Steele took the podium Friday for Sunday's pre-game press conference ahead of a visit from Providence, Xavier's head coach announced that transfer Ben Stanley suffered a torn ACL in Wednesday's win over St. John's and is out the rest of the 2020-21 season.
Stanley went down awkwardly against St. John's and immediately grabbed his knee. He walked off the court and returned to the bench a short time later.
Stanley, who transferred to Xavier from Hampton University and only became eligible a few weeks ago after the NCAA instituted a blanket waiver for all transfers this season, played in four games and averaged 6.0 points and 1.8 rebounds.
Steele was asked what it was like delivering that news to Stanley, who originally had his waiver to play this season denied by the NCAA.
