News Category: Xavier Musketeers

Xavier, Georgia happy for opportunity to play in NIT

When Georgia welcomes Xavier to Athens, Ga., for an opening-round matchup on Tuesday night in the National Invitation Tournament, Bulldogs coach Mike White believes the opposing teams will view the game with similar perspectives. “It gives young people more opportunity for development,” White said. “Whether it’s our fifth-year (seniors) or our freshmen or anyone in between. They’ve earned the right to play (in the) postseason, and no one can ever take that away from them.”

After historic run, No. 2 UConn opens postseason vs. Xavier

NEW YORK — UConn dominated the Big East like never before, and now the defending national champions are setting their sights on winning the conference tournament. Likely locked into a No. 1 seed at next week’s NCAA Tournament, the second-ranked Huskies play their conference tournament opener Thursday afternoon when they face ninth-seeded Xavier in a quarterfinal matchup. UConn is the Big East tourney’s top seed. The Huskies (28-3) are seeking their first conference tournament title

Rival Xavier standing in Butler’s way at Big East tourney

NEW YORK — Two weeks ago, Butler capped a five-game losing streak with a 23-point home loss to St. John’s that all but erased the Bulldogs’ NCAA Tournament hopes. Now, the Bulldogs must go on a run in the Big East tournament and get some outside help to restore their once promising season. Entering with a NET rating of 65, eighth-seeded Butler opens the conference tourney on Wednesday against its biggest rival Xavier, the ninth

No. 8 Marquette aims to stop skid in finale vs. Xavier

Eighth-ranked Marquette will look to head into the Big East tournament with some momentum and avoid its first three-game skid of the season when it visits Xavier on Saturday in Cincinnati. Marquette (22-8, 13-6) enters the regular-season finale for both teams coming off a 74-67 loss Wednesday to No. 2 UConn in Milwaukee. “I know we lost,” Oso Ighodaro said, “but our goal for the season wasn’t to beat UConn at home. Our goal for

Xavier, Butler seek momentum entering conference tourney

For Xavier and Butler, it’s about building momentum entering the upcoming Big East tournament. The Musketeers eye a third straight victory while trying to keep the host Bulldogs from winning consecutive games for the first time in more than a month Wednesday night at Indianapolis. Xavier (15-14, 9-9 Big East) and Butler (17-13, 8-11) each aim to finish the regular season on a positive run, then hope to make noise in next week’s conference tournament.

Xavier, Georgetown primed for another high-scoring clash

With Xavier and Georgetown buried in the bottom half of the Big East standings and little at stake when they meet Saturday night, handicapping their matchup is tricky. Two things to expect, however, are a fast pace and lots of scoring. In each of their last four meetings, all won by Xavier, the Musketeers have put up at least 92 points. Now it’s wait and see if the trend continues when Georgetown (9-19, 2-15 Big

Xavier seeks more effort as lowly DePaul visits

Slumping Xavier is aiming to get back to the .500 mark while visiting DePaul will try to record their first Big East win of the season when the two struggling programs meet Wednesday night in Cincinnati. Following its win over Villanova on Feb. 7, Xavier (13-14, 7-9) stood 13-10 and 7-5 in the Big East. Since then, the Musketeers have dropped four straight, including Sunday’s 88-64 blowout loss in Milwaukee to No. 7 Marquette. Xavier,

Xavier hopes to hand No. 7 Marquette rare home loss

Marquette hopes to continue enjoying the comforts of home when the seventh-ranked Golden Eagles host Xavier in a Big East matchup on Sunday in Milwaukee. Marquette (20-6, 11-4 Big East) routed DePaul 105-71 on Wednesday night to improve to 12-1 at home. The Golden Eagles bounced back from an 81-53 shellacking at top-ranked UConn in their previous outing. Xavier (13-13, 7-8) lost at home to Providence 79-75 on Wednesday. The Musketeers rallied with six consecutive

Big East’s top scorers meet as Providence faces Xavier

Two teams looking to make a move up the tight Big East standings meet Wednesday night when Providence visits Xavier in Cincinnati. Both Providence (17-9, 8-7 Big East) and Xavier (13-12, 7-7) view this game as a must-win to continue realistic hopes of earning a bid to the NCAA Tournament. This game also features the top two scorers in the Big East, with Providence star Devin Carter leading the league at 19.2 points per game

Seton Hall, Xavier both looking for bounce-back efforts

In late December, Seton Hall absorbed a 20-point loss at Xavier and responded with five straight wins. With four losses in six games and coming off their worst showing of the season, the Pirates will attempt to author a similar response Wednesday when they host the Musketeers in Newark, N.J. Seton Hall (15-9, 8-5 Big East) opened conference play with a stunning 75-60 win over UConn and then got hammered 74-54 at Xavier on Dec.