Former Indiana guard Jordan Crawford, who left the team in June as a result of the NCAA infractions case that led to former coach Kelvin Sampson’s departure, is transferring to Xavier.
Crawford averaged 9.7 points last season, seventh among Big Ten freshmen. He also averaged 25.3 minutes and made 36.6 percent of his three-point shots. Crawford, the brother of former Kentucky player Joe Crawford, was considering Cincinnati, Texas, , N.C. State, Oklahoma and Central Michigan other than Xavier, where he almost went out of high school.
Jordan Crawford is expected to appeal for immediate eligibility at Xavier, citing the unusual circumstances of Indiana's predicament as cause for lenience. Other players recently have been granted waivers of the year-in-residence rule, including Tennessee's Tyler Smith (from Iowa) and Georgetown's Julian Vaughn (from Florida State); those two cases involved medical issues with family members that made moving to schools closer to home important.
A native of Detroit who attended prep school at Virginia's Hargrave Military Academy, Crawford is 6-4, 195 pounds and can play point guard or either wing position.Xavier previously added Terrell Holloway, a point guard from New York who played last season at Cincinnati's Harmony Christian Academy. He signed a letter of intent with IU last fall but was released from the commitment following Sampson's departure.
Crawford’s departure makes 12 players who started the 2007-08 season with the Hoosiers who are no longer with the team. There are seven scholarship players for next season. Kyle Taber, a former walk-on who was put on scholarship for the first time last season as a junior, is the leading returning scorer at 1.3 points per game.
Junior college transfers Devan Dumes and Tijan Jobe join freshmen Matt Roth, Tom Pritchard, Nick Williams and Verdell Jones on scholarship. Indiana will also have four walk-ons.
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