most improved

The Big East’s most improved player a year ago, Claude exploded onto the scene last season as a do-everything combo guard at Xavier, averaging 16.6 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game.

At the end of her first year, she won the Most Improved Swimmer award at the team banquet.

In defending its progress, he went so far as to declare House of Victory, USC’s donor-led collective, as “the most improved collective in the country.”

But on the other line was Xavier’s Desmond Claude, the Big East’s most improved player in 2023, whom USC desperately needed.

Maxey’s career skyrocketed this season with his first All-Star berth, the NBA’s Most Improved Player award, and a season-extending 46-point effort in a Game 5 win in New York.