No. 2 Seed Xavier Prepares to Face No. 3 Seed Seton Hall Tonight

Friday, March 11

New York, N.Y.

9 P.M.

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No. 2 Seed Xavier Prepares to Face No. 3 Seed Seton Hall Tonight

03.11.16 | Men's Basketball

Musketeers advance to the BIG EAST Tournament Semifinal after topping Marquette

By: Tom Eiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

NEW YORK - No. 5 Xavier, 27-4, takes on Seton Hall, 23-8, tonight in the BIG EAST Tournament Semifinals. Senior James Farr is hoping to continue his standout play against the Pirates. He has averaged 20.5 ppg. and 11.5 rpg. vs. Seton Hall this season.

THE MATCHUP

No. 2 Seed Xavier University Musketeers (27-4, 14-4 BIG EAST)
No. 3 Seed Seton Hall University Pirates (23-8, 12-6 BIG EAST)
BIG EAST TOURNAMENT SEMIFINALS
Friday, March 11, 2016 at 9:00 p.m. ET
at Madison Square Garden in New York City

TELEVISION AND RADIO

Television: FS1 with play-by-play from Gus Johnson and analysis from Jim Jackson. Molly McGrath is the sideline reporter. Rob Stone, Steve Lavin and Donny Marshall host the studio show courtside.
Xavier Radio: 700 WLW-AM with play-by-play from Xavier Hall of Famer and former Musketeer standout Joe Sunderman ('79). Analysis will be provided by Xavier Hall of Famer and XU all-time leading scorer Byron Larkin ('88).
National Radio: Westwood One with Kevin Kugler, John Thompson and Clark Kellogg on the call; available on Sirius XM (Sirius channel 83 & XM channel 201).

X-FACTORS IN 140 CHARACTERS

• Xavier, 27-4 overall and 14-4 in the BIG EAST Conference regular season, defeated Marquette 90-72 last night in the BIG EAST Tournament.
• Xavier placed 5 players in double figures in scoring last night; XU is now 21-0 this season when placing at least 4 in double figures.
• Xavier has seven different players that have led the team in scoring at least twice.
• Xavier head coach Chris Mack is the 2015-16 USBWA National Coach of the Year.
• Xavier soph. Trevon Bluiett is a 2015-16 USA TODAY Sports 3rd Team All-American.
• Xavier soph. Trevon Bluiett, All-BIG EAST 1st Team selection, led Xavier last night with a career-high tying 24 points vs. Marquette.
• Xavier sr. James Farr, Sports Illustrated All-Glue Team selection, has averaged 20.5 ppg. and 11.5 rpg. vs. Seton Hall this season.
• Xavier jr. Myles Davis, 2nd in the BIG EAST in FT% at .859, has averaged 12.9 ppg. on 48.7% (19-39) 3-point shooting over the last 7 games.
• Xavier fr. Edmond Sumner, a unanimous BIG EAST All-Freshman Team selection, has averaged 12.1 ppg. over the last 9 games.
• Xavier soph. J.P. Macura, who has averaged 11.4 ppg. over the last 12 games, is the BIG EAST Conference Sixth Man Award winner.
• Xavier is ranked No. 5 in both the AP and USA Today Coaches polls; XU is in the AP top 10 for a 13th straight week.
• Xavier has made nine of the last 10 NCAA Tournaments; Xavier has been to five NCAA Sweet 16s in the last eight years (since 2008).
• Xavier has graduated the last 96 senior men's basketball players.