No. 4 Xavier Shoots For Its Ninth Straight Win On Wednesday Night Vs. Seton Hall

Wednesday, February 14

Cincinnati, Ohio

9 p.m.

Xavier University

Seton Hall

No. 4 Xavier Shoots For Its Ninth Straight Win On Wednesday Night Vs. Seton Hall

02.12.18 | Men's Basketball

Xavier Game Notes vs. Seton Hall

Musketeers are playing the first of two straight at home.

By: Tom Eiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI — No. 4 Xavier, 23-3 overall and in first place at 11-2 in the BIG EAST Conference, hosts Seton Hall on Wednesday night at 9 p.m.

The first 3,000 fans get a Joe Sunderman and Byron Larkin bobblehead courtesy of Wing Eyecare, commemorating their 20th season in the radio booth together. Tickets are still available at GoXavier.com and the Xavier Ticket Office.

THE MATCHUP

No. 4/4 Xavier University Musketeers (23-3, 11-2 BIG EAST)
Seton Hall University Pirates (17-8, 6-6 BIG EAST)
Wednesday, February 14, 2018 at 9:00 p.m. ET
Cintas Center (10,224) in Cincinnati, Ohio

TV, RADIO AND LIVE STATS

Television: FS1 with play-by-play from Tim Brando and analysis from Jim Jackson.
Xavier Radio: 700 WLW-AM, including via iHeart Radio, with play-by-play from XU 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). Broadcast is also available via Sirius (84), XM (84) and Internet (84).
Live Stats: Media stats at Statbroadcast.com. Fan stats at GoXavier.com.

X-FACTORS

• Xavier, 23-3 overall and 11-2 in the BIG EAST Conference, won its eighth straight game with a 72-71 victory at Creighton on Saturday.
• Xavier, 23-3, has secured its fifth straight 20-win season, its 12th 20-win season in the last 13 years and its 20th 20-win season in the last 22 years.
• Xavier is No. 4 in the AP Poll and the USA Today Coaches Poll, XU's 11th straight week in the top 15 of both major polls, including ninth in 11 weeks in the top 10.
• Xavier is No. 2 in the latest NCAA Official RPI (2-12-18), one of five BIG EAST schools in the top 35 and one of eight BIG EAST schools in the top 70.
• Xavier senior All-America candidate Trevon Bluiett is seventh in the BIG EAST in scoring at 18.9 ppg. Bluiett has scored 2,077 points, which is good for third place on XU's all-time scoring list, and has scored 984 career points in BIG EAST play.
• Xavier graduate transfer Kerem Kanter, who has scored in double figues in nine of the last 10 games, is averaging 14.9 ppg. and 5.4 rpg. over that 10-game span.
• Xavier senior J.P. Macura, who is second on the team in scoring at 12.5 ppg.
(22nd in the BIG EAST), is 22nd on XU's all-time scoring list with 1,367 points.
• Xavier sophomore Quentin Goodin has averaged 12.2 ppg. over the last five games, including a career-high 17 at Creighton on Saturday.
• Xavier is 243-35 (.874) all-time at Cintas Center, including 15-0 this season. Xavier's all-time winning percentage at Cintas Center is ranked fifth in the nation.
• Xavier ninth-year head coach Chris Mack is XU's all-time wins leader at 209-94.
• Xavier, a 2017 NCAA Elite Eight team, has made it to at least the Sweet 16 six times in the last 10 years, one of only nine schools that can say that. 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.