No. 7 Xavier Looks for Win No. 19 in Chicago

Saturday, January 30

Chicago, Ill.

2 P.M.

Xavier University

DePaul University

Tickets

01.28.16 | Men's Basketball

Musketeers enter the weekend tied for second in the BIG EAST standings with a 6-2 record

By: Tom Eiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - No. 7/8 Xavier hits the road for a Saturday afternoon BIG EAST Conference clash with DePaul on CBS Sports Network.

THE MATCHUP

No. 7/8 Xavier University Musketeers (18-2, 6-2 BIG EAST)
DePaul University Blue Demons (7-13, 1-7 BIG EAST)
Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016 at 2 p.m. ET (1 p.m. CT)
at Allstate Arena (18,500) in Rosemont, Ill.

TELEVISION AND RADIO

Television: CBS Sports Network with play-by-play from Carter Blackburn and
analysis from XU's all-time winningest head coach Pete Gillen. The sideline reporter is Evan Washburn.
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, 18-2 overall and 6-2 in the BIG EAST Conference, is coming off a 75-68 win at No. 10 Providence on Tuesday.
• Xavier is ranked No. 7 in the AP Poll and No. 8 in the USA Today Coaches Poll.
• Xavier is ranked No. 3 in the NCAA Official Men's Basketball RPI.
• 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, who has scored in double figures in 19 of XU's 20 games, is 8th in the BIG EAST in scoring at 15.4 ppg.
• Xavier senior James Farr earned a spot on the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll, the sixth different XU player honored by the league this season.
• Xavier sr. James Farr leads XU in rebounding at 9.1 rpg. (3rd in BIG EAST) including 15 vs. Seton Hall and a career-high 19 at Marquette.
• Xavier junior Myles Davis is third in the BIG EAST in free throw pct. at .887, one of four XU players in the top 15.
• Xavier has made more free throws (382) than its opponents have attempts (372).
• Xavier has four players with double-figure scoring averages.
• Xavier, BIG EAST rebound margin leader at +9.2 rpg., is ranked 16th in the nation.
• 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.