VS.
MILWAUKEE, WIS. --- The No. 11 seed Xavier University Musketeers, 22-11 overall and 13-7 in the BIG EAST Conference, take on the No. 6 seed University of Illinois Fighting Illini, 21-12 overall and 12-8 in the Big Ten Conference, in the final game on Friday night at Fiserv Forum. The estimated tip time is 9:45 p.m. ET.
Xavier is coming off an 86-80 win over Texas in the NCAA First Four on Wednesday.
THE MATCHUP
XAVIER UNIVERSITY MUSKETEERS (22-11, 13-7 BIG EAST)
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FIGHTING ILLINI (21-12, 12-8 BIG 10)
FRIDAY, MARCH 21, MARCH 19, 2025 AT @ 9:45 P.M. ET
FISERV FORUM, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
TV, RADIO AND LIVE STATS
TV: CBS, including Local 12 in Cincinnati, with Kevin Harlan (pbp), Stan Van Gundy (analyst), Dan Bonner (analyst) and Lauren Shehadi (reporter).
Xavier Radio: 700 WLW-AM with play-by-play from Xavier Hall of Famer Joe Sunderman ('79) and analysis from XU all-time leading scorer and Hall of Famer Byron Larkin ('88). XU broadcast is also available on the Varsity Network and on Sirius XM.
National Radio: Westwood One with Noah Eagle (pbp) and Tom Crean (analyst).
Live Stats: Media stats at Statbroadcast.com and fan stats at GoXavier.com
Results 1 to 10 of 284
-
03-20-2025, 07:52 PM #1Supporting Member
- Join Date
- Apr 2009
- Location
- South Carolina
- Posts
- 21,372
Game Thread: NCAA Xavier University v University of Illinois (3/21/2025)
...he went up late, and I was already up there.
-
03-20-2025, 08:45 PM #2All-Conference
- Join Date
- Jan 2008
- Posts
- 9,061
Win please.
-
03-20-2025, 09:27 PM #3Supporting Member
- Join Date
- Dec 2011
- Posts
- 4,956
Think we have a good shot and hopefully some momentum from the play-in game, think that last game for us was a growth game to show we can get it done in tough circumstances, hopefully no foul trouble for Free/Conwell this time around though.
-
03-20-2025, 09:41 PM #4Supporting Member
- Join Date
- Jan 2008
- Location
- Wichita, KS
- Posts
- 36,326
Bit of a free roll from here on.
-
03-20-2025, 09:43 PM #5Junior
- Join Date
- Jan 2008
- Posts
- 4,797
Couple key stats. Illinois is one of the worst teams in the country at forcing turnovers. That’s a good thing for X. Illinois is 17th in offensive board rate. They really attack the offensive glass, but X is 14th in defensive rebounding rate. Strength vs strength.
But it sure feels like it really comes down to: are they hitting the 3 or not.
-
03-20-2025, 10:46 PM #6Junior
- Join Date
- Dec 2010
- Posts
- 4,354
6'6 point guard Kasparas Jakucionis is a frosh and uber talentd but he turns they ball over a lot. Most recent 3 games stretch he had 14 tunovers.
They might crush our big on boards.
X might keep ther TOs between 4-8.
Back to back games with uber 2 frosh vs our senior upperclasmen
-
03-21-2025, 01:52 AM #7All-Conference
- Join Date
- Jan 2008
- Location
- Denver, Co
- Posts
- 6,917
Well, I guess the boys are going to have to fight like the warrior poets they are tomorrow. :)
Let’s. Go. X!Official XUHoops Resident Legal Scholar.
(Do not take this seriously)
-
03-21-2025, 06:49 AM #8Hall of Famer
- Join Date
- Jan 2012
- Posts
- 18,627
Back to back playing against an nba lottery pick. They rebound the hell out of the ball. If we play great d out on the perimeter, and limit second chance points, x wins
-
03-21-2025, 07:45 AM #9Supporting Member
- Join Date
- Apr 2009
- Location
- Section 106
- Posts
- 620
I'm sensing big moments from Swain and Big John in this one. Do it boys!!
Veritas vos Liberabit
-
03-21-2025, 08:20 AM #10Sophomore
- Join Date
- Mar 2010
- Posts
- 725
I am not sure that Xavier wins, but I really think they'll can cover, so I'll take X and the points.
Sent from my SM-G935P using Tapatalk
Bookmarks