No. 1 Seed Xavier Faces Florida State On Sunday In NCAA Second Round

Sunday, March 18

Nashville, Tenn.

8:40 PM

Xavier University

Florida State

No. 1 Seed Xavier Faces Florida State On Sunday In NCAA Second Round

03.17.18 | Men's Basketball

Xavier Game Notes at NCAA 2nd Round

Musketeers and Seminoles met last year in the NCAA Second Round.

By: Tom Eiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

NASHVILLE - No. 1 seed Xavier, a 2017 NCAA Elite Eight team, is one win away from making its seventh Sweet 16 in 11 years. The team that Xavier must beat to reach the Sweet 16 is No. 9 seed Florida State. That's the same team that XU met in the 2017 NCAA Second Round.

THE MATCHUP

No. 1 Seed Xavier University Musketeers (29-5)
Vs. No. 9 Seed Florida State University Seminoles (21-11)
AT NCAA TOURNAMENT SECOND ROUND
Sunday, March 18, 2018 at 8:40 p.m. ET approx. (7:40 p.m. CT)
Bridgestone Arena (17,578) in Nashville, Tenn.

TV, RADIO AND LIVE STATS

Television: TNT with play-by-play from Andrew Catalon and analysis from Steve Lappas. Jamie Erdahl is the sideline reporter.
Xavier Radio: Begins with pre-game on 55KRC-AM and switches to 700 WLW-AM 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).
National Radio: Westwood One on Sirius (145), XM (203) and Internet (964).
Live Stats: Media stats at NCAA.com. Fan stats at GoXavier.com.

X-FACTORS

• Xavier, a 2017 NCAA Elite Eight team, is one one away from making its seventh Sweet 16 in 11 years.
• Xavier, a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history, is playing in its fifth straight NCAA Tournament and its 12th in the last 13 years.
• Xavier, 29-5, is one win away from tying the school record for wins set by the 2008 team (30-7) that reached the 2008 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight. XU won its first BIG EAST Regular Season Championship this season with a 15-3 record.
• Xavier ninth-year head coach Chris Mack has led XU to eight NCAA Tournaments in nine years, including four Sweet 16 appearances. XU made the 2017 Elite Eight. Mack, the 2018 BIG EAST Coach of the Year, is XU's all-time wins leader at 215-96.
• Xavier senior Trevon Bluiett has been named Second Team All-American by the USBWA, Sporting News, USA Today, NBC Sports and NCAA.com so far.
• Xavier's Trevon Bluiett is sixth in the BIG EAST in scoring at 19.6 ppg. He has scored 2,253 points (second on XU's all-time scoring list). His 318 career 3-pointers set a new career school record and his 104 this season are tied for the XU record.
• Xavier's Trevon Bluiett, a three-time All-BIG EAST Tournament and three-time All-BIG EAST First Team member, is one of only 13 players in BIG EAST history to be named to the First Team three times.
• Xavier senior J.P. Macura, who scored a career-high 29 points in the first round win over Texas Southern, is 19th on XU's all-time scoring list with 1,474 points.
• Xavier sophomore Quentin Goodin is third in the BIG EAST in assists at 5.0 apg. and assist/turnover ratio at 2.19.
• Xavier has graduated 105 straight men's basketball seniors dating back to the 1985-86 school year.

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