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Xavier guard J.P. Macura arrested after pulling pants down in bar

kyle ringo

The Xavier basketball program just completed one of its most successful seasons in the program’s history, but the offseason isn’t off to such a great start.

Guard J.P Macura was arrested early Thursday after allegedly pulling his pants down inside an Irish pub in Cincinnati as well as “making unreasonable noise or an offensively coarse utterance, gesture or display or communicating unwarranted and grossly abusive language.”

The 20-year-old sophomore gained entry to the pub with an ID apparently belonging to Myles Fox Morrissey a junior on the Xavier golf team. He was charged with  disorderly conduct and obstructing official business. He plead not guilty and has been released on a $1,000 bond, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported.

There was no mention of whether Macura was under the influence of alcohol and what might have motivated him to pull his pants down in public. A Xavier spokesman said the school is “working to collect all the facts.”

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Macura had a strong sophomore season and earned the Sixth Man of the Year award in the Big East Conference after averaging 9.4 points per game and scoring in double figures 16 times.

The U.S. Basketball Writers Association and several media outlets named coach Chris Mack the National coach of the year this season for leading the Musketeers to a 28-6 overall record, a second-place finish in the Big East and the second round of the NCAA tournament.

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[Kyle Ringo is the assistant editor of The Dagger on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at kyle.ringo@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter!