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Men's Basketball Takes on Creighton in BIG EAST Tournament Semifinals
03.10.17 | Men's Basketball
Musketeers defeated No. 2 seed Butler on Thursday night
NEW YORK - No. 7 seed Xavier, 21-12, takes on No. 6 seed Creighton, 24-8, in the BIG EAST Tournament Semifinals on Friday night. XU defeated No. 2 seed Butler last night, while Creighton defeated No. 3 seed Providence to reach the semifinals. Friday night's game will be broadcast on FS1 and 55KRC-AM.
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THE MATCHUP |
No. 7 Seed Xavier University Musketeers (21-12, 9-9 BIG EAST)
No. 6 Seed Creighton University Bluejays (24-8, 10-8 BIG EAST)
BIG EAST TOURNAMENT SEMIFINALS
Friday, March 10, 2017 at 9:00 p.m. ET
Madison Square Garden in New York
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TELEVISION AND RADIO |
Television: FS1 with Gus Johnson (pbp), Jim Jackson (analyst) and Lisa Byington (reporter).
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).
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X FACTORS |
• Xavier has made it to at least the BIG EAST Tournament semifinals in each of its first four years in the league.
• Xavier is 12-1 this season when it holds the opposition under 70 points, including its 62-57 win over No. 18 Butler last night.
• Xavier, 21-12, has secured its fourth straight 20-win season, its 11th in 12 years and 19th in 21 years.
• Xavier is 2nd in the BIG EAST and No. 21 nationally in rebound margin (+6.6 rpg.).
• Xavier junior All-America candidate Trevon Bluiett, named First Team All-BIG EAST for the second straight year, has 16 games with 20 points or more this season.
• Xavier junior Trevon Bluiett is third in the BIG EAST in scoring at 18.1 ppg., fourth in 3-point field goals made per game (2.5) and ninth in rebounding at 5.8 rpg.
• Xavier's Trevon Bluiett is 18th on XU's all-time scoring list with 1,482 points.
• Xavier junior J.P. Macura is second on the team in scoring and 16th in the BIG EAST at 14.3 ppg. He has posted 27 double-figure scoring games.
• Xavier's J.P. Macura has 980 career points and is 20 points shy of becoming the 53rd member of Xavier's 1,000 Point Club.
• Xavier freshman Quentin Goodin, who has started 12 straight games at point guard, has averaged 5.3 apg. for those 12 starts.
• Xavier senior RaShid Gaston ranks third in the BIG EAST in field goal percentage at 59.8 percent and fourth in the BIG EAST in rebounding at 6.4 rpg.
• Xavier senior Malcolm Bernard, who has averaged 11.6 ppg. over the last five games, scored 12 points and grabbed an XU career-high 10 rebounds last night.
• Xavier made its 10th NCAA Tournament appearance in the last 11 years in 2016. XU is one of only nine schools that can say that.
• Xavier has a list of 100 consecutive men's basketball seniors that have graduated dating back to the 1985-86 school year.
