No. 4 Xavier Hosts No. 3 Villanova On Saturday At Sold-Out Cintas Center

Saturday, February 17

Cincinnati, Ohio

4:30 p.m.

Xavier University

Villanova

No. 4 Xavier Hosts No. 3 Villanova On Saturday At Sold-Out Cintas Center

02.15.18 | Men's Basketball

Xavier Game Notes vs. Villanova

Musketeers are shooting for their 10th straight win.

By: Tom Eiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI --- No. 4 Xavier, 24-3 overall and in first place at 12-2 in the BIG EAST Conference, welcomes No. 3 Villanova, 23-3 overall and 10-3 in the BIG EAST Conference, to a sold-out Cintas Center on Saturday afternoon. The Musketeers are shooting for their 10th straight win.

THE MATCHUP

No. 4/4 Xavier University Musketeers (24-3, 12-2 BIG EAST)
No. 3/2 Villanova University Wildcats (23-3, 10-3 BIG EAST)
Saturday, February 17, 2018 at 4:30 p.m. ET
Cintas Center (10,224) in Cincinnati, Ohio

TV, RADIO AND LIVE STATS

Television: FOX National, including FOX 19 in Cincinnati, with play-by-play from Joe Davis and analysis from Len Elmore. Holly Sonders is the sideline reporter. Once the FOX broadcast finishes, Joe Danneman will host a live post-game show on FOX 19.
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).
National Radio: Compass Media Networks with play-by-play from Gregg Daniels and analysis from Rick Mahorn.
Live Stats: Fan stats at GoXavier.com.

X-FACTORS

• Xavier holds a 9-2 record in games between two AP Top 25 teams all-time at Cintas Center, including 3-0 this season. XU is 2-0 when two AP Top 10 teams face off here. This season Xavier is 16-0 at home and has sold out every home game.
• Xavier, 24-3 overall and in first place at 12-2 in the BIG EAST Conference, won its ninth straight game with a 102-90 victory over Seton Hall on Wednesday.
• 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 (2-15-18), one of five BIG EAST schools in the top 35 and one of eight BIG EAST schools in the top 70.
• Xavier senior Trevon Bluiett is sixth in the BIG EAST in scoring at 19.6 ppg. following his 37-point game on Wed. Bluiett has scored 2,114 points, good for third place on XU's all-time scoring list, and has scored 1,021 career points in BIG EAST play.
• Xavier sophomore Quentin Goodin has averaged 11.8 ppg. over the last six games, including a career-high 17 at Creighton on Feb. 10.
• Xavier's Trevon Bluiett, J.P. Macura and Sean O'Mara have won 99 games for their four-year careers so far, including six NCAA Tournament wins.
• Xavier ninth-year head coach Chris Mack is XU's all-time wins leader at 210-94.
• Xavier, 24-3, has secured its fifth straight 20-win season and 12th in 13 years.
• 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.