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Men's Basketball Headed to New York for BIG EAST Tournament
03.06.17 | Men's Basketball
Musketeers play DePaul in the first round
CINCINNATI - Xavier, 19-12 overall and 9-9 in the BIG EAST Conference, is the No. 7 seed in this week's BIG EAST Tournament. The Musketeers play No. 10 seed DePaul on Wednesday.
The game will be broadcasted on FS1 and 700 WLW-AM.
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THE MATCHUP |
No. 7 Seed Xavier University Musketeers (19-12, 9-9 BIG EAST Conf.)
No. 10 DePaul University Blue Demons (9-22, 2-16 BIG EAST Conf.)
BIG EAST Tournament First Round
Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at 9:30 p.m. ET
Madison Square Garden in New York
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TV AND RADIO |
Television: FS1 with Gus Johnson (pbp), Bill Raftery (analyst) and Lisa Byington (reporter).
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).
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X FACTORS |
• Xavier, 19-12 overall and 9-9 in the BIG EAST Conference, is the No. 7 seed.
• Xavier has the nation's best active streak of 35 straight seasons at .500 or better in conference play (MCC, Atlantic 10 and BIG EAST).
• Xavier, 19-12, is one win shy of securing its fourth straight 20-win season and its 11th in 12 years.
• Xavier leads the BIG EAST and is No. 18 nationally in rebound margin (+7.0 rpg.).
• Xavier junior All-America candidate Trevon Bluiett, named First Team All-BIG EAST for the second straight year, has 15 games with 20 points or more this season.
• Xavier junior Trevon Bluiett is fourth in the BIG EAST in scoring at 18.0 ppg., third in 3-point field goals made per game (2.6) and 10th in rebounding at 5.8 rpg.
• Xavier junior Trevon Bluiett is 19th on XU's all-time scoring list with 1,442 career points and is just 13 points behind 18th-place James Posey (1996-99 with 1,455).
• Xavier junior J.P. Macura is second on the team in scoring and 16th in the BIG EAST at 14.5 ppg. He has a team-high tying 26 double-figure scoring games.
• Xavier freshman Quentin Goodin is fourth in the BIG EAST in assists for league games at 3.8 apg. and is second in assist/turnover ratio for league games at 2.2.
• Xavier senior RaShid Gaston ranks third in the BIG EAST in field goal percentage at 59.7 percent (third for BIG EAST games only at 64.8 percent) and third in the BIG EAST in rebounding at 6.6 rpg.
• Xavier sophomore Kaiser Gates has averaged 6.0 rpg. over the last 11 games, including a career-high 10 rebounds vs. DePaul on Feb. 8.
• 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.
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COACH MACK PRESSER |
