No. 2 Seed Xavier Takes On No. 7 Seed Wisconsin On Sunday In NCAA Tournament Second Round

Sunday, March 20

St. Louis, Mo.

8:40 P.M.

Xavier University

University of Wisconsin

No. 2 Seed Xavier Takes On No. 7 Seed Wisconsin On Sunday In NCAA Tournament Second Round

03.19.16 | Men's Basketball

Musketeers look to advance to Sweet 16 for sixth time in last nine years against Badgers

By: Tom Eiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI – No. 2 seed Xavier, 28-5, meets No. 7 seed Wisconsin, 21-12, on Sunday night in St. Louis in NCAA Tournament Second Round action. XU is shooting to secure its sixth NCAA Sweet 16 appearance in nine years.

THE MATCHUP

NCAA TOURNAMENT SECOND ROUND
No. 2 Seed Xavier University Musketeers (28-5)
No. 7 Seed University of Wisconsin Badgers (21-12)
Sunday, March 20, 2016 at 7:40 p.m. CT (8:40 p.m. ET)
at Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Mo.

TELEVISION AND RADIO

Television: TNT with the call from Brian Anderson, Steve Smith and Dana Jacobson.
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).
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 and Wisconsin are two of only nine teams that have been to five NCAA Sweet 16s in the last eight NCAA Tournaments (2008-15).
• Xavier has won nine of its 11 games against eight different teams from the Big Ten since 2006-07, including 3-1 in NCAA games.
• Xavier is 11-3 this season 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 and the Basketball Times National Coach of the Year.
• Xavier, 28-5 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, 2015-16 USA TODAY Sports 3rd Team All-American and All-BIG EAST 1st Team, leads 4 XU double-figure scorers.
• Xavier sr. James Farr, who is on Sports Illustrated's All-Glue Team, has averaged 15 ppg. on 58.6 FG% over the last seven games.
• Xavier jr. Jalen Reynolds has had the most NCAA success of any current Musketeer, averaging 10.6 ppg. and 5.2 rpg in five games.
• Xavier jr. Myles Davis is second in the BIG EAST in FT% at 85.1 percent.
• Xavier fr. Edmond Sumner was a unanimous BIG EAST All-Freshman Team selection.
• Xavier soph. J.P. Macura, BIG EAST Conference Sixth Man Award winner, has averaged 10.9 ppg. over the last 14 games.
• Xavier has graduated the last 96 senior men's basketball players.

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