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Men's Basketball Faces Off Against Butler in BIG EAST Tournament Quarterfinals
03.09.17 | Men's Basketball
Musketeers won their 20th game on Wednesday night
NEW YORK - Xavier, 20-12, secured its fourth straight 20-win season with a win over DePaul in the BIG EAST Tournament first round on Wednesday night. The Musketeers face No. 2 seed Butler, ranked No. 18 in the latest AP Poll, on Thursday night in the quarterfinals at 7 p.m. The game will be broadcast on FS1 and 700 WLW-AM.
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THE MATCHUP |
No. 7 Seed Xavier University Musketeers (20-12, 9-9 BIG EAST Conf.)
No. 2 Seed Butler University Bulldogs (23-7, 12-6 BIG EAST Conf.)
BIG EAST TOURNAMENT QUARTERFINALS
Thursday, March 9, 2017 at 7:00 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, 20-12, has secured its fourth straight 20-win season, its 11th in 12 years and 19th in 21 years.
• Xavier has the nation's best active streak of 35 straight seasons at .500 or better in regular season conference play (MCC, Atlantic 10 and BIG EAST).
• Xavier leads the BIG EAST and is No. 20 nationally in rebound margin (+6.7 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., fourth in 3-point field goals made per game (2.5) and tied for 7th in rebounding at 5.9 rpg.
• Xavier junior Trevon Bluiett is 18th on XU's all-time scoring list with 1,459 career points, passing James Posey (1996-99 with 1,455) on Wednesday night.
• 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 27 double-figure scoring games.
• Xavier's J.P. Macura has 972 career points and is 28 point shy of becoming the 53rd member of Xavier's 1,000 Point Club.
• Xavier freshman Quentin Goodin was fourth in the BIG EAST in assists for league games at 3.8 apg. and 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 59.9 percent and third in the BIG EAST in rebounding at 6.5 rpg.
• Xavier sophomore Kaiser Gates has averaged 5.8 rpg. over the last 12 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.
