No. 5 Xavier Opens Two-Game Road Swing At Butler On Tuesday Night

Tuesday, February 6

Indianapolis, Ind.

6:30 p.m.

Xavier University

Butler

No. 5 Xavier Opens Two-Game Road Swing At Butler On Tuesday Night

02.05.18 | Men's Basketball

Game Notes_ XU at Butler

Musketeers have won six straight games.

By: Tom Eiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI --- Xavier, 21-3 overall and 9-2 in the BIG EAST Conference, takes a six-game winning streak on the road to Butler for a Tuesday night BIG EAST clash. The Musketeers moved up to No. 5 in this week's AP Poll and USA Today Coaches Poll.

THE MATCHUP

No. 5/5 Xavier University Musketeers (21-3, 9-2 BIG EAST)
Butler University Bulldogs (17-7, 7-4 BIG EAST)
Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. ET
Hinkle Fieldhouse (9,100) in Indianapolis, Ind.

TV, RADIO AND LIVE STATS

Television: FS1 with play-by-play from Justin Kutcher and analysis from Nick Bahe.
Xavier Radio: 55KRC-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).
Live Stats: Media stats at Statbroadcast.com. Fan stats at GoXavier.com.

X-FACTORS

• Xavier, 21-3 overall and 9-2 in the BIG EAST Conference, won its sixth straight game with a 96-91 overtime victory over Georgetown on Saturday.
• Xavier, 21-3, 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. 5 in the AP Poll and the USA Today Coaches Poll, XU's 10th straight week in the top 15 of both major polls, including eighth in 10 weeks in the top 10.
• Xavier is No. 3 in the latest NCAA Official RPI (2-5-18), one of six BIG EAST schools in the top 30 and one of eight BIG EAST schools in the top 100.
• Xavier senior Trevon Bluiett is sixth in the BIG EAST in scoring at 19.2 ppg. following his game-high 31-point effort vs. Georgetown. Bluiett has scored 2,045 points, which is good for third place on XU's all-time scoring list.
• Xavier's Trevon Bluiett is getting plenty of midseason national honors: Oscar Robertson Trophy Midseason Watch List, Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 and Midseason Second Team All-American (NBC and Sporting News).
• Xavier senior J.P. Macura, who is second on the team in scoring at 12.7 ppg. (23rd in the BIG EAST), is 22nd on XU's all-time scoring list with 1,346 points.
• Xavier sophomore Quentin Goodin is second in the BIG EAST Conference in assists at 5.2 apg. and fourth in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.31.
• Xavier ninth-year head coach Chris Mack is XU's all-time wins leader at 207-94.
• 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.

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