No. 5 Xavier Prepares for Quarterfinal Game vs. Marquette in BIG EAST Tournament

Thursday, March 10

New York, N.Y.

7 P.M.

Xavier University

Marquette University

Tickets

No. 5 Xavier Prepares for Quarterfinal Game vs. Marquette in BIG EAST Tournament

03.08.16 | Men's Basketball

Musketeers Play Thursday at 7 p.m. at Madison Square Garden

By: Tom Eiser, Xavier Athletics Communication

CINCINNATI - No. 5 Xavier, 26-4 and the No. 2 seed in the upcoming BIG EAST Tournament held at Madison Square Garden, will face off with No. 7 seed Marquette after the Golden Eagles knocked off No. 10 seed St. John's on Wednesday evening. The quarterfinal matchup is set to tip off at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 10 on FOX Sports 1.

THE MATCHUP

No. 2 seed Xavier University Musketeers (26-4, 14-4 BIG EAST)
No. 7 seed Marquette University Golden Eagles (20-12, 8-10 BIG EAST)
BIG EAST Tournament Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 10, 2016 at 7:00 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 Bill Raftery. Molly McGrath is the sideline reporter.
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).

X-FACTORS IN 140 CHARACTERS

• Xavier, 26-4 overall and 14-4 in the BIG EAST Conference, has secured the No. 2 seed in the BIG EAST Tournament.

• Xavier is ranked No. 5 in both the AP and USA Today Coaches polls for a third straight week and is No. 6 in the NCAA Official RPI.

• Xavier is in the top 10 of the Associated Press Poll for a 13th straight week.

• Xavier has recorded three straight 20-win seasons and 10 in 11 years.

• Xavier has seven different players that have led the team in scoring at least twice.

• Xavier head coach Chris Mack was named BIG EAST Conference Coach of the Year by CBS Sports and Bleacher Report.

• Xavier head coach Chris Mack, named midseason National Coach of the Year by Sporting News, is ESPN.com's top candidate for National COY.

• Xavier soph. Trevon Bluiett, USA TODAY Sports 3rd Team All-American, is on the Midseason Naismith Watch List & Julius Erving Award finalist.

• Xavier soph. Trevon Bluiett is on the All-BIG EAST First Team.

• Xavier soph. Trevon Bluiett is on the USBWA All-District IV First Team.

• Xavier jr. Myles Davis, 1st in the BIG EAST in FT% at .859, has averaged 13.7 ppg. on 50% (17-34) 3-point shooting over the last 6 games.

• Xavier fr. Edmond Sumner, a unanimous BIG EAST All-Freshman Team selection, has averaged 12.4 ppg. over the last 8 games.

• Xavier soph. J.P. Macura, who has averaged 11.4 ppg. over the last 11 games, is the BIG EAST Conference Sixth Man Award winner.

• Xavier has made nine of the last 10 NCAA Tournaments, one of only 11 schools that have at least nine in that stretch.

• Xavier has been to five NCAA Sweet 16s in the last eight years, one of only nine schools with at least five in that stretch.

• Xavier has graduated the last 96 men's basketball players that have played as seniors, including all three seniors from last year's team.