No. 23 Xavier Prepares for Dayton in AdvoCare Championship Game

Sunday, November 29

Orlando, Fla.

4:30 P.M.

Xavier University

University of Dayton

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No. 23 Xavier Prepares for Dayton in AdvoCare Championship Game

11.28.15 | Men's Basketball

Tip-off is slated for 4:30 p.m. on ESPN2

By: Tom Eiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – No. 23 Xavier, 6-0, takes on Dayton, 5-0, on Sunday in the championship game of the AdvoCare Invitational. Tipoff is set for 4:30 p.m. on ESPN2 at HP Field House at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Fla.

THE MATCHUP

No. 23 Xavier University Musketeers (6-0, 0-0 BIG EAST)
vs. UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON FLYERS (5-0, 0-0 ATLANTIC 10)
AdvoCare Invitational Championship Game at HP Field House (5,500)
ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex (Orlando, Fla.)
Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015 at 4:30 P.M. ET

TELEVISION AND RADIO

Television: ESPN2 and WatchESPN with play-by-play from Dave O'Brien and analysis from Dick Vitale.
Xavier Radio: 55KRC-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).
ESPN Radio: Marc Kestecher and Bob Valvano will call the action.

X-FACTORS IN 140 CHARACTERS

• Xavier, 6-0 and ranked No. 23 in the AP Poll, has defeated Alabama, 64-45, and USC, 87-77, to reach the AdvoCare Invitational title game.
• Xavier & Dayton were league foes for 5 years (1989-93) in the MCC & 18 years (1996-2013) in the Atlantic 10 before XU joined the BIG EAST.
• Xavier has four players with scoring averages in double figures.
• Xavier, the BIG EAST rebounding leader at +14.5 rpg., has 3 players in the BIG EAST top 8: James Farr, Trevon Bluiett and Jalen Reynolds.
• Xavier's top three scorers include two sophomores (Trevon Bluiett and J.P. Macura) and freshman Edmond Sumner.
• Xavier soph. Trevon Bluiett, XU's leading scorer at 14.7 ppg., has scored in double figures in all six games.
• Xavier senior James Farr leads XU in rebounding at 9.3 rpg. (second in the BIG EAST), including a game-high 13 at Michigan.
• Xavier jr. Jalen Reynolds is a preseason BIG EAST First Team selection.
• 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 each of the last 96 men's basketball players that have played as seniors, including all three seniors from last year's team.