Cincinnati native Byron Larkin played football and basketball at Moeller High School then continued on to play basketball from 1984–85 and 1987–88 at XU. He won three Midwestern Collegiate Conference Tournaments and was MVP of all three, plus was a part of X's first-ever Big Dance win.

Larkin was named first alternate to the 1987 Team USA competing in the Pan American Games in Indianapolis, Indiana, then spent six seasons playing abroad professionally in Venezuela, China, and Hong Kong. Today, Byron can be heard on the radio as the XU's men's basketball color commentator.

Artwork by Chris Weir