Xavier University Athletics
Sunday, February 28
South Orange, N.J.
12:30 P.M.
Xavier University
at
Seton Hall University
No. 5 Men's Basketball Looks For Fifth Straight Win at Seton Hall
02.26.16 | Men's Basketball
CINCINNATI – No. 5 Xavier (25-3, 13-3 BIG EAST) plays its final road game of the season at Seton Hall (20-7, 10-5 BIG EAST) on Sunday afternoon at 12:30 p.m.
Xavier is in second place in the BIG EAST, while Seton Hall is third.
No. 5 Xavier University Musketeers (25-3, 13-3 BIG EAST)
Seton Hall University Pirates (20-7, 10-5 BIG EAST)
Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016 at 12:30 p.m. ET
at Prudential Center (10,862) in Newark, N.J.
Television: FS1 with play-by-play from Justin Kutcher and analysis from
Ron Thompson.
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).
• Xavier, 25-3 overall and 13-3 and in 2nd place in the BIG EAST, is coming off its 4th straight win, a 90-83 win over No. 1 Villanova on Wed.
• Xavier is No. 5 in both the AP and USA Today Coaches polls; this is XU's 11th straight week in the top 10 of the AP Poll.
• Xavier has moved up to No.3 in the NCAA Official RPI.
• Xavier has recorded three straight 20-win seasons and 10 in 11 years.
• Xavier leads the BIG EAST in scoring offense (80.4 ppg.), assists (16.3 apg.) and rebound margin (13th in the nation at +8.2 rpg.).
• Xavier has seven different players that have led the team in scoring at least twice.
• Xavier is 19-0 when at least four players score in double figures.
• 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 is on the Midseason Watch List for the Naismith POY Award and a finalist for the Julius Erving Award.
• Xavier jr. Myles Davis leads XU in assists (4.0 apg.) and FT% (3rd in BE at .861), one of four XU players in the top 15 in BIG EAST FT%.
• Xavier fr. Edmond Sumner has averaged 15.7 ppg. & 3.8 apg. over the last 6 games.
• Xavier soph. J.P. Macura has averaged 12.7 ppg. over the last nine games.
• 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.
Xavier is in second place in the BIG EAST, while Seton Hall is third.
 | THE MATCHUP |
No. 5 Xavier University Musketeers (25-3, 13-3 BIG EAST)
Seton Hall University Pirates (20-7, 10-5 BIG EAST)
Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016 at 12:30 p.m. ET
at Prudential Center (10,862) in Newark, N.J.
| TELEVISION AND RADIO |
Television: FS1 with play-by-play from Justin Kutcher and analysis from
Ron Thompson.
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, 25-3 overall and 13-3 and in 2nd place in the BIG EAST, is coming off its 4th straight win, a 90-83 win over No. 1 Villanova on Wed.
• Xavier is No. 5 in both the AP and USA Today Coaches polls; this is XU's 11th straight week in the top 10 of the AP Poll.
• Xavier has moved up to No.3 in the NCAA Official RPI.
• Xavier has recorded three straight 20-win seasons and 10 in 11 years.
• Xavier leads the BIG EAST in scoring offense (80.4 ppg.), assists (16.3 apg.) and rebound margin (13th in the nation at +8.2 rpg.).
• Xavier has seven different players that have led the team in scoring at least twice.
• Xavier is 19-0 when at least four players score in double figures.
• 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 is on the Midseason Watch List for the Naismith POY Award and a finalist for the Julius Erving Award.
• Xavier jr. Myles Davis leads XU in assists (4.0 apg.) and FT% (3rd in BE at .861), one of four XU players in the top 15 in BIG EAST FT%.
• Xavier fr. Edmond Sumner has averaged 15.7 ppg. & 3.8 apg. over the last 6 games.
• Xavier soph. J.P. Macura has averaged 12.7 ppg. over the last nine games.
• 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.
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