Men's Basketball Set To Open 2020-21 Season With Xavier Invitational

Wednesday, November 25

Cincinnati, Ohio

12 p.m.

Xavier University

Oakland

Men's Basketball Set To Open 2020-21 Season With Xavier Invitational

11.23.20 | Men's Basketball

Xavier Invitational Tournament Central Xavier vs. Oakland Notes

Musketeers open play with Oakland on Wednesday.

By: Tom Eiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI --- The Xavier Musketeers open the 2020-21 slate with only the second-ever in-season tournament hosted by the Musketeers and its first-ever Xavier Invitational, Nov. 25-27 at Cintas Center.

Xavier opens play vs. Oakland on Wednesday at noon. XU has won 30 straight regular season openers and has won all 20 season openers so far at Cintas Center. XU plays Bradley on Thanksgiving Day at noon and Toledo on Friday at noon.

THE MATCHUP

XAVIER INVITATIONAL
Xavier University Musketeers (0-0, 0-0 BIG EAST)
Oakland University Golden Grizzlies (0-0, 0-0 Horizon League)
Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020 at 12 p.m. ET
Cintas Center in Cincinnati, Ohio

TV, RADIO AND LIVE STATS

Television: FS1 with play-by-play from Lane Grindle and analysis from Nick Bahe.
Radio: 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). XU radio broadcast is also available on XM channel 380 and Internet 970.
Live Stats: Media stats at Statbroadcast.com and fan stats at GoXavier.com.

X FACTORS

• Xavier has won 30 straight regular season openers (29 at home, including the last 21). XU has won 20 straight season openers at Cintas Center.

• Xavier opens the 2020-21 slate with only the second-ever in-season tournament hosted by the Musketeers and its first-ever Xavier Invitational.

• Xavier opens the 2020-21 season with three games in three days and 12 games in 29 days.

• Xavier plays each of its first seven games in Cincinnati, including six games at Cintas Center and the Dec. 6 Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout at Cincinnati.

• Xavier senior Paul Scruggs, XU's only returning double-figure scorer from last season at 12.7 ppg., was voted to the preseason BIG EAST Conference Second Team by the league coaches.

• Xavier's Paul Scruggs is among the 20 watch list members for the 2021 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award.

• Xavier sophomores Zach Freemantle and KyKy Tandy were both named to the 2019-20 BIG EAST Conference All-Freshman Team last season.

• Xavier senior Paul Scruggs has scored 953 career points and is just 47 points shy of becoming the 57th member of Xavier's 1,000 Point Club. Fellow senior Jason Carter has scored 1,057 collegiate points, including 836 at Ohio.

• Xavier freshman KyKy Tandy averaged 11.6 ppg. for XU's eight BIG EAST wins.

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