No. 1 Seed Xavier Will Play No. 16 Seed Texas Southern In NCAA First Round Action

CINCINNATI --- No. 1 seed Xavier, 28-5 overall, will play No. 16 seed Texas Southern on Friday at 7:20 p.m. ET in Nashville, Tenn. The game will be broadcast on TBS and 700 WLW.

THE MATCHUP

No. 1 Seed Xavier University Musketeers (28-5)
Vs. No. 16 Seed Texas Southern (16-19)
AT NCAA TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND
Friday, March 16, 2018 at 7:20 p.m. ET (6:20 p.m. CT)
Bridgestone Arena (17,578) in Nashville, Tenn.

TV, RADIO AND LIVE STATS

Television: TBS with play-by-play from Andrew Catalon and analysis from Steve Lappas. Jamie Erdahl is the sideline reporter.
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 Will Perdue.
Live Stats: Media stats at NCAA.com. Fan stats at GoXavier.com.

X-FACTORS

• Xavier, a 2017 NCAA Elite Eight team, has secured its fifth straight NCAA Tournament berth and its 12th in the last 13 years; only eight schools have been to at least 12 of the last 13 NCAA Tournaments.
• Xavier is a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history. XU's previous high was a No. 2 seed in the 2016 NCAA Tournament.
• Xavier is one of six (out of 10 teams) in the BIG EAST Conference to make the 2018 NCAA Tournament field. Seven of 10 made the 2017 field.
• Xavier ninth-year head coach Chris Mack has led XU to eight NCAA Tournaments in nine years, including four Sweet 16 appearances. XU made the 2017 Elite Eight. Mack, the 2018 BIG EAST Coach of the Year, is XU's all-time wins leader at 214-96.
• Xavier, 28-5 overall, won its first BIG EAST Conference Regular Season Championship with a 15-3 record. XU is two wins shy of the school record (30 in 2007-08).
• Xavier senior National Player of the Year candidate Trevon Bluiett, who was named Second Team All-American by the USBWA, Sporting News, USA Today,
NBC Sports and NCAA.com, is on the final five list for the Julius Erving Award.
• Xavier's Trevon Bluiett is sixth in the BIG EAST in scoring at 19.5 ppg. He has scored 2,227 points (second on XU's all-time scoring list). His 315 career 3-pointers set a new school record and his 101 this season are just three shy of the XU record.
• Xavier's Trevon Bluiett, a three-time All-BIG EAST Tournament and three-time All-BIG EAST First Team member, is one of only 13 players in BIG EAST history to be named to the First Team three times.
• Xavier senior J.P. Macura is 20th on XU's all-time scoring list with 1,445 points.
• Xavier sophomore Quentin Goodin is third in the BIG EAST in assists at 4.9 apg. and assist/turnover ratio at 2.19.
• Xavier has graduated 105 straight men's basketball seniors dating back to the 1985-86 school year.

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