Xavier University Athletics
Wednesday, October 7
Mason, Ohio
5:30 pm
Xavier University
vs
Dayton
Men's Basketball Prepares For Exhibition Game Vs. Dayton
10.06.26 | Men's Basketball
The game is part of the CareSource Invitationals.
MASON, Ohio --- Xavier opens up the 2026-27 men's basketball season with an outdoor exhibition game vs. Dayton on Wednesday, October 7 at 5:30 p.m. at the Cincinnati Open Sporting Club at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio. Xavier will play three public preseason exhibitions this season.
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The Xavier radio broadcast of the Dayton game will be available on the Varsity Network and the Xavier Musketeers App. with play-by-play from Joe Sunderman and analysis from Byron Larkin. Live Stats will be available at GoXavier.com and through the Xavier Musketeers App.
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Xavier's game vs. Dayton is part of the CareSource Invitationals, which support mental health awareness with a focus on the foundational message "It's OK to not be OK." In addition to normalizing mental health conversations, the collegiate games raise funds for nonprofit mental health and suicide prevention organizations.
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Xavier and Dayton have met 163 times in the regular season. XU won the last regular season meeting 90-61 on Nov. 29, 2015 at the Advocare Invitational in Orlando, Fla. The last time the two teams met was in an exhibition game on Oct. 20, 2024 at UD Arena.
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Xavier second-year head coach Richard Pitino has 11 newcomers, including seven transfers and four freshmen. Three currently eligible scholarship players return from last season, although only one, junior Jovan Milićević, played in a game for XU. The other two sat out as medical redshirts.
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Xavier travels to Tennessee next Thursday night, Oct. 15 for its second exhibition. XU hosts Kent State in in its final exhibition on Friday, Oct. 23, at Cintas Center as part of All for One Weekend. All for One Weekend unites Xavier University's Alumni Weekend and Family Weekend for the first time.
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The Xavier radio broadcast of the Dayton game will be available on the Varsity Network and the Xavier Musketeers App. with play-by-play from Joe Sunderman and analysis from Byron Larkin. Live Stats will be available at GoXavier.com and through the Xavier Musketeers App.
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Xavier's game vs. Dayton is part of the CareSource Invitationals, which support mental health awareness with a focus on the foundational message "It's OK to not be OK." In addition to normalizing mental health conversations, the collegiate games raise funds for nonprofit mental health and suicide prevention organizations.
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Xavier and Dayton have met 163 times in the regular season. XU won the last regular season meeting 90-61 on Nov. 29, 2015 at the Advocare Invitational in Orlando, Fla. The last time the two teams met was in an exhibition game on Oct. 20, 2024 at UD Arena.
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Xavier second-year head coach Richard Pitino has 11 newcomers, including seven transfers and four freshmen. Three currently eligible scholarship players return from last season, although only one, junior Jovan Milićević, played in a game for XU. The other two sat out as medical redshirts.
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Xavier travels to Tennessee next Thursday night, Oct. 15 for its second exhibition. XU hosts Kent State in in its final exhibition on Friday, Oct. 23, at Cintas Center as part of All for One Weekend. All for One Weekend unites Xavier University's Alumni Weekend and Family Weekend for the first time.
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