XAVIER vs VILLANOVA

[MADXSTER]

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#6 Xavier University Musketeers (12-0) RPI 1, SOS 1, KENPOM 8
W Miami(OH) 81-72
W Missouri 78-66
W Michigan 86-70
W NKU 78-66
W Alabama 64-45
W USC 87-77
W _ayton 90-61
W Western Kentucky 95-64
W Wright State 90-55
W Cincinnati 65-55
W Auburn 85-61
W Wake Forest 78-70

vs #17 Villanova Wildcats (9-2) RPI 5, SOS 4, KENPOM 7
W Fairleigh Dickinson 91-54
W Nebraska 87-63
W East Tennessee St 86-51
W Akron 75-56
W Stanford 59-45
W Georgia Tech 69-52
W Saint Joseph's 86-72
L Oklahoma 78-55
W LaSalle 76-47
L Virginia 86-75
W Delaware 78-48
?? Penn 12/28


Location: Villanova
Friday Dec. 31, 2015 at noon ET
Television: FS1
Radio: 700WLW-AM with play-by-play from Xavier 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).

[MADXSTER]

#6 Xavier University Musketeers (12-0) RPI 1, SOS 1, KENPOM 8

#17 Villanova Wildcats (9-2) RPI 5, SOS 4, KENPOM 7

This is shaping up to be one HELLOFAGAME!

[GoMuskies]

Biggest regular season game in Xavier history? A record that will last three days.

[xukeith]

I hope fans break attendance record first againgst Creighton, then this year with UC. There SHOULD be 10800 people crammed in there. Students better stay home (All those who live in Cincy) and root like crazy!

[BMoreX]

I hope fans break attendance record first againgst Creighton, then this year with UC. There SHOULD be 10800 people crammed in there. Students better stay home (All those who live in Cincy) and root like crazy!

This game is at Villanova.

[xu82]

This game is at Villanova.

...and we already beat UC, so I'm confused. (That happens a lot.)

[spazzrico]

...and we already beat UC, so I'm confused. (That happens a lot.)

You're right. We do be UC a lot.

[UCGRAD4X]

It seems odd that Xavier is higher in RPI and SOS, has a better record but a lower KENPOM.

[XU '11]

Biggest regular season game in Xavier history? A record that will last three days.

Well, Xavier has only ever played one game in program history with both teams ranked in the top 10. I'd say that game was bigger, but it went horribly for us.

http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=283552752

[XUGRAD80]

This will be the best team that X has played this year.......duh! Right?


But on the other hand, this will be the best team that NOVA has played yet this year. The only other team that can claim that is Virginia, and nova LOST to them by 11. Still, I think that this is going to be a very very hard game for X to win. I'm not convinced that nova is a more talented team, but I think that mentally they have an edge over X right now, and that mental edge, that confidence they will have playing on their home floor and with something to prove, should propel nova to a very close win. I can see this being a last possession type game, even OT wouldn't surprise me.