Xavier University Athletics
Friday, November 10
Cincinnati, Ohio
7 p.m.
Xavier University
vs
Morehead State
No. 17/17 Xavier Hosts Morehead State For Opening Night On Friday
11.08.17 | Men's Basketball
Musketeers looking for 28th straight season-opening win.
CINCINNATI - No. 17/17 Xavier hosts Morehead State for Opening Night. The Musketeers and Eagles have met two other times at Cintas Center with Xavier winning both games. The game will be broadcast on FSN, including FOX Sports Ohio, and 55KRC. The complete TV clearance list is attached.
No. 17/17 Xavier University Musketeers (0-0, 0-0 BIG EAST)
Morehead State University Eagles (0-0, 0-0 Ohio Valley)
Friday, November 10, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. ET
Cintas Center (10,224) in Cincinnati, Ohio
Television: FSN, including FOX Sports Ohio, with play-by-play from Jay Alter and analysis from Dickie Simpkins.
Radio: 55KRC-AM, including via iHeart Radio, with play-by-play from Xavier Hall of Famers 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).
Live Stats: Fan stats at GoXavier.com
• Xavier is ranked 17th in the two major preseason polls, the Associated Press Poll and the USA Today Coaches Poll.
• Xavier has won 27 straight regular season openers with its last loss coming in the 1989-90 season.
• Xavier is opening the regular season at Cintas Center for the 18th straight season.
• Xavier has won all 17 of its season openers at Cintas Center, including an 84-81 win over Lehigh last season (11-11-16).
• Xavier leads the series with Morehead State 6-3, including a 79-56 win at Cintas Center in the 2013-14 season (11-15-13).
• Xavier, 24-14 last season, recorded its fourth straight 20-win season and its 11th in 12 years in the 2016-17 season, earning a trip to the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight.
• Xavier won its lone public exhibition game of the season last Saturday, 78-38 over NCAA Division III Thomas More College.
• Xavier senior guard Trevon Bluiett, a two-time First Team All-BIG EAST selection, has been selected preseason All-BIG EAST First Team. Senior guard J.P. Macura has been selected preseason All-BIG EAST Honorable Mention. The duo has scored a combined 2,639 points in their XU careers, third among active duos in the nation.
• Xavier's Trevon Bluiett has made numerous preseason All-America lists, including second team honors from Sporting News, NBC Sports and Athlon Sports.
• Xavier has made it to at least the Sweet 16 six times in the last 10 years, one of only nine schools that have been to at least six since 2008. XU is one of only eight schools have been to at least 11 of the last 12 NCAA tournaments.
• Xavier has graduated 105 straight men's basketball seniors dating back to the 1985-86 school year.
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THE MATCHUP |
No. 17/17 Xavier University Musketeers (0-0, 0-0 BIG EAST)
Morehead State University Eagles (0-0, 0-0 Ohio Valley)
Friday, November 10, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. ET
Cintas Center (10,224) in Cincinnati, Ohio
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TV/RADIO/LIVE STATS |
Television: FSN, including FOX Sports Ohio, with play-by-play from Jay Alter and analysis from Dickie Simpkins.
Radio: 55KRC-AM, including via iHeart Radio, with play-by-play from Xavier Hall of Famers 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).
Live Stats: Fan stats at GoXavier.com
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X-FACTORS |
• Xavier is ranked 17th in the two major preseason polls, the Associated Press Poll and the USA Today Coaches Poll.
• Xavier has won 27 straight regular season openers with its last loss coming in the 1989-90 season.
• Xavier is opening the regular season at Cintas Center for the 18th straight season.
• Xavier has won all 17 of its season openers at Cintas Center, including an 84-81 win over Lehigh last season (11-11-16).
• Xavier leads the series with Morehead State 6-3, including a 79-56 win at Cintas Center in the 2013-14 season (11-15-13).
• Xavier, 24-14 last season, recorded its fourth straight 20-win season and its 11th in 12 years in the 2016-17 season, earning a trip to the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight.
• Xavier won its lone public exhibition game of the season last Saturday, 78-38 over NCAA Division III Thomas More College.
• Xavier senior guard Trevon Bluiett, a two-time First Team All-BIG EAST selection, has been selected preseason All-BIG EAST First Team. Senior guard J.P. Macura has been selected preseason All-BIG EAST Honorable Mention. The duo has scored a combined 2,639 points in their XU careers, third among active duos in the nation.
• Xavier's Trevon Bluiett has made numerous preseason All-America lists, including second team honors from Sporting News, NBC Sports and Athlon Sports.
• Xavier has made it to at least the Sweet 16 six times in the last 10 years, one of only nine schools that have been to at least six since 2008. XU is one of only eight schools have been to at least 11 of the last 12 NCAA tournaments.
• Xavier has graduated 105 straight men's basketball seniors dating back to the 1985-86 school year.
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