No. 2 Seed Xavier Prepares For Its 10th NCAA Tournament Appearance In 11 Years

Friday, March 18

St. Louis, Mo.

9:20 P.M.

Xavier University

Weber State

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No. 2 Seed Xavier Prepares For Its 10th NCAA Tournament Appearance In 11 Years

03.14.16 | Men's Basketball

Musketeers open tournament action against No. 15 seed Weber State on Friday

By: Tom Eiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - No. 2 seed Xavier heads to St. Louis later this week for an NCAA First Round matchup vs. No. 15 seed Weber State. XU will be making its 10th NCAA appearance in 11 years.

THE MATCHUP

No. 2 Seed Xavier University Musketeers (27-5, 14-4 BIG EAST)
No. 15 Seed Weber State Wildcats (26-8, 15-3 BIG SKY)
NCAA TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND
Friday, March 18, 2016 at approx. 9:20 p.m. ET
at Scottrade Center (19,260) in St. Louis, Mo.

TELEVISION AND RADIO

Television: TNT with the call from Brian Anderson, Steve Smith and Dana Jacobson.
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).
National Radio: Westwood One with Wayne Larrivee (pbp) and Will Perdue (analyst).

X-FACTORS IN 140 CHARACTERS

• Xavier is making its 10th NCAA Tournament appearance in 11 years. XU is one of only nine schools that can say that.
• Xavier is one of only nine teams that have been to five NCAA Sweet 16s in the last eight NCAA Tournaments (2008-15).
• Xavier's No. 2 seeding is the highest in program history, surpassing the No. 3 seed teams of 2003 and 2008 (an NCAA Elite Eight squad).
• Xavier is 10-3 against teams in the 2016 NCAA Tournament field.
• Xavier seventh-year head coach Chris Mack has led XU to six NCAA Tournaments in seven years, including three Sweet 16 appearances.
• Xavier's Chris Mack is the 2015-16 Henry Iba USBWA National Coach of the Year.
• Xavier, 27-5 overall, was second in the BIG EAST regular season at 14-4.
• Xavier has seven different players that have led the team in scoring at least twice.
• Xavier soph. Trevon Bluiett is a 2015-16 USA TODAY Sports 3rd Team All-American.
• Xavier soph. Trevon Bluiett, All-BIG EAST 1st Team, leads Xavier in scoring (9th in BIG EAST at 15.5 ppg.), one of 4 XU double-figure scorers.
• Xavier sr. James Farr is on Sports Illustrated's All-Glue Team.
• Xavier jr. Jalen Reynolds has had the most NCAA success of any current Musketeer, averaging 10.3 ppg. and 5.3 rpg in four games.
• Xavier jr. Myles Davis is 2nd in the BIG EAST in FT% (.851) & 6th in 3-Pt.% (.387).
• Xavier fr. Edmond Sumner, a unanimous BIG EAST All-Freshman Team selection, has averaged 13.0 ppg. over the last 10 games.
• Xavier soph. J.P. Macura, BIG EAST Conference Sixth Man Award winner, has averaged 11.3 ppg. over the last 13 games.
• Xavier has graduated the last 96 senior men's basketball players.

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