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No. 10 Xavier Heads To Philadelphia For Wednesday Showdown With No. 1 Villanova
01.08.18 | Men's Basketball
Musketeers are looking to bounce back from Saturday's loss.
No. 10 Xavier, 15-2 overall and 3-1 in the BIG EAST Conference, travels to Philadelphia for a clash with No. 1 Villanova, 14-1 overall and 2-1 in the BIG EAST. The game will be broadcast on FS1 and 700 WLW.
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THE MATCHUP |
No. 10/10 Xavier University Musketeers (15-2, 3-1 BIG EAST)
No. 1/1 Villanova University Wildcats (14-1, 2-1 BIG EAST)
Wednesday, January 10, 2018 at 8:00 p.m. ET
Wells Fargo Center (21,000) in Philadelphia, Pa.
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TV, RADIO AND LIVE STATS |
Television: FS1 with play-by-play from Gus Johnson and analysis from Bill Raftery. On-site FOX studio with Rob Stone and Steve Lavin.
Xavier Radio: 700 WLW-AM, including via iHeart Radio, with play-by-play from XU 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 Tom McCarthy and PJ Carlesimo.
Live Stats: GoXavier.com.
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X-FACTORS |
• Xavier, 15-2, had a 10-game winning streak snapped at Providence on Saturday.
• Xavier is No. 10 in the Associated Press Poll and in the USA Today Coaches Poll.
• Xavier has won four of its last six games vs. the AP No. 1 team. XU won its last No. 1 challenge, which was a 90-83 win over Villanova in the 2015-16 season at Xavier.
• Xavier is No. 3 in the latest NCAA Official RPI (1-8-18), one of three BIG EAST schools in the top six, five in the top 35 and eight in the top 60.
• Xavier leads the BIG EAST in field goal percentage defense (.401) and rebound margin (+8.3 rpg.). XU is second in the BIG EAST and is eighth in the nation in free-throw percentage at 78.3; XU has six players shooting 80 percent or better.
• Xavier senior Trevon Bluiett is fifth in the BIG EAST in scoring at 19.4 ppg. He is fifth on XU's all-time scoring list with 1,914 points.
• Xavier senior guard J.P. Macura, who is second on the team in scoring at 13.1 ppg. (21st in the BIG EAST), is 28th on XU's all-time scoring list with 1,263 points.
• Xavier graduate transfer Kerem Kanter scored a collegiate career-high 24 points at Providence, including 19 in the second half.
• Xavier sophomore Quentin Goodin is second in the BIG EAST Conference in assists at 5.6 apg. and is also second in assist/turnover ratio at 2.57.
• Xavier head coach Chris Mack is 201-93 in his ninth year at the helm, which ranks one win shy of Xavier's all-time wins leader Pete Gillen (202 wins from 1985-94).
• Xavier, a 2017 NCAA Elite Eight team, has made it to at least the Sweet 16 six times in the last 10 years, one of only nine schools that can say that. XU is one of only eight schools have been to at least 11 of the last 12 NCAA tournaments.
• Xavier has graduated 105 straight men's basketball seniors dating back to the 1985-86 school year.
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VIDEO: CHRIS MACK |
