{"id":7124,"date":"2023-04-10T23:00:59","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T23:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimmashek.com\/?p=7124"},"modified":"2023-04-14T23:42:46","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T23:42:46","slug":"mcknight-off-to-xavier-hilltoppers-star-guard-will-play-in-the-big-east-next-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimmashek.com\/?p=7124","title":{"rendered":"McKNIGHT OFF TO XAVIER\/Hilltoppers’ star guard will play in the Big East next season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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FORMER WKU STAR DAYVION MCKNIGHT
IS ON HIS WAY TO XAVIER UNIVERSITY.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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FORMER ‘MR. BASKETBALL’ FROM SHELBYVILLE<\/strong> CHOSE TO LEAVE AFTER STANSBURY’s<\/strong> DISMISSAL<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It’s Xavier University for former Western Kentucky basketball star Dayvion McKnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McKnight, a 6-foot-2 point guard, will join a Big East program for his senior year of college basketball after leading the HIlltoppers in scoring in each of the last two seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McKnight announced his decision to the NCAA’s Transfer Portal roughly 24 hours after learning that WKU was cutting ties with seventh-year men’s basketball coach Rick Stansbury. Backup guard Jordan Rawls and 7-foot-5 center Jamarion Sharp also moved on to the transfer portal, after the Hilltoppers’ disappointing 17-16 season and second-round exit from the Conference USA Tournament in Frisco, Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McKnight, the former “Mr. Basketball” from Collins High School in Shelbyville, emerged as more of a scorer than playmaker over the course of the 2022-23 season. It was a topsy-turvy season that included Stansbury missing nine conference games with an undisclosed medical condition, along with shooting guard Luke Frampton’s torn ACL in January and plenty of inconsistency down the stretch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Xavier, he’ll be playing for a Big East squad that finished 27-10 overall and 15-5 in conference play. The Muskateers reached the Sweet Sixteen of the 2003 NCAA Tournament before falling to the University of Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I came across Dayvion at a Bowling Green restaurant last week and will try to run him down for a more extensive story in the future. Thanks for reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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THE HILLTOPPERS SELDOM SEEMED
TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE
DURING THE 2022-23 SEASON.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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DONTAIE ALLEN (RIGHT) WILL BE BACK FOR THE HILLTOPPERS.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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