XAVIER vs SETON HALL

[MADXSTER]

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Xavier University Musketeers (14-7) (5-4) RPI 26 SOS 14

W Northern Arizona 93-60
W Long Beach State 97-74
W Stephen F Austin 81-63
W Murray State 89-62
W San Diego Toreros 82-71
L UTEP Miners 77-73
L Long Beach State 73-70
W Alabama 97-84
W IUPUI Jaquars 66-43
W Missouri Tigers 74-58
L Auburn Tigers 89-88 2OT
W Florida Gulf Coast 71-57
W Georgetown Hoyas 70-53
L DePaul Blue Demons 71-68
W Seton Hall Pirates 69-58
L Butler Bulldogs 88-76
L Villanova Wildcats 88-75
W Marquette Golden Eagles 62-58
L Providence Friars 69-66 OT
W DePaul Blue Demons 89-76
W Georgetown Hoyas 66-53

vs Seton Hall Pirates (14-6) (4-4) RPI 44 SOS 50

W Mercer 63-47
W Nevada 68-60
W Gardner Webb 85-67
W Illinois State 84-80
W George Washington 58-54
W Mount St Mary's 78-55
W Rutgers 81-54
L Wichita State 77-68
W Saint Peters 67-52
W South Florida 89-69
L Georgia 65-47
W Maine 72-43
W St John's 78-67
W Villanova 66-61
L Xavier 69-58
W Creighton 67-68
L Butler 75-79
L DePaul 60-64
L Butler 77-57
W Marquette 80-70


Saturday Jan. 31, 2015 12:00 p.m. ET in New Jersey
Television: FS1
Radio: 700 WLW

[GoMuskies]

We started them on their current path to ruin. Let's push them a bit further towards the NIT this weekend.

[paulxu]

MadX, don't scare me like that. I thought if I've got to wait until Tuesday to see another game, I'll go batsh$t crazy.

[X-man]

It looks like SH will be back to full strength, because Whitehead will be back on Saturday. Here is the link: http://www.southorangejuice.com/2015...er-on-saturday. I say, bring 'em on.

[PMI]

I'm not by any means thrilled that Whitehead will be back for our game, but I think there is a chance it could end up being a blessing in disguise for us. He is extremely talented, but he's a freshman who hasn't played in awhile who could potentially take a volume of tough shots. Seton Hall may have a bit of a difficult time meshing after having been without him for so long. That's what I'm hoping for at least. I think this is a very winnable game regardless, and it would be a huge one for us. For some reason, we never, ever, EVER play well in New Jersey. I'm counting on Myles Davis to change that on Saturday.

[Xville]

Before the Georgetown game, I felt really good about our chances..actually thought we were going to win. This one I again feel that we are going to win, but not nearly as confident. Either way, I will gladly take 1-1 on the road this week as long as the team promises to win at Marquette and at Creighton :)

[XUFan09]

Before the Georgetown game, I felt really good about our chances..actually thought we were going to win. This one I again feel that we are going to win, but not nearly as confident. Either way, I will gladly take 1-1 on the road this week as long as the team promises to win at Marquette and at Creighton :)

I would take that in a heartbeat. That would be an 11 or 12 win team, most likely.

[xufan2434]

Either this team is going to come out with the same intensity they did last game, or some out flat after the big win. They haven't been able to string together good wins consecutively yet this year, so this will tell if they've completely turned the corner or not. My feeling is that the guys will come to play.

And I agree that Whitehead playing might actually help with this being his first game back. He hasn't played with them in 2 months. With Remy on Gibbs, and if the guards continue to rebound at a high rate, I like our chances.

[PMI]

I was also feeling very good heading into the Georgetown game but that might have just been the alcohol. Either way, it will certainly be tough, but we can win this one. I will feel very, very encouraged about this team going forward if we come out focused and energetic from the tip. If we suffer through another slow start I will worry that we didn't carry the momentum from Tuesday over, and that we are in for another very difficult road game.

[kyxu]

I'm comfortable with Xavier's ability to defend Seton Hall. What concerns me is SH's ever-changing defense, which has stymied us in the past and led to poor shooting performances against the Pirates (which was both games last year). If we can hit some shots, we'll be fine.