New York, N.Y. – The top four seeds in the Big East tournament slugged it out on Friday night in two semi-final games at Madison Square Garden in New York City with berths in the championship game at stake. By the time the second game ended on Saturday morning, Villanova and Seton Hall had survived […]
Big East Tournament: Day Two
New York, N.Y. – Day Two of the Big East tournament played out on Thursday with all four of the higher seeds holding serve in games that may have lacked for close endings, but certainly did not lack for star performances. VILLANOVA VS PROVIDENCE The top seated Wildcats began the day by riding the performances […]
Howard Leads Marquette to Win over Xavier
Milwaukee, WI – As one of the best shooters in college basketball, Marquette’s Markus Howard has not had much practice bouncing back from sub-par shooting games this season, primarily because he has not had many sub-par shooting games to bounce back from. But he had one in Marquette’s last game, an 89-69 defeat to St. […]
Xavier Opens Big East Play With Win Over DePaul
Chicago, IL- Xavier and DePaul opened up Big East play on Saturday as the Musketeers went on a 19-4 run over the final five minutes to propel them to a 74-65 victory over the Blue Demons at Wintrust Arena. DePaul struggled in the first half shooting only 38.5 percent from the field and 28.6 […]
Xavier Tops Marquette in Fast-Paced Thriller
Milwaukee, WI – With two of the highest scoring teams in the Big East Conference in Xavier and Marquette squaring off in the conference opener for both schools on Wednesday night, the more than 15,000 fans who braved sub-zero wind chill factors in Milwaukee to file into the Bradley Center had every right to expect […]
Bluiett Leads Xavier to Big Win
Cincinnati, OH – It was a whiteout and an electric atmosphere at Cintas Center, for the matchup of the two crosstown rivals, No. 21 Xavier vs. No.11 Cincinnati. The crowd was fired up from the opening tip and they were not disappointed, as Xavier jumped out to an 11-2 run just four minutes into the […]
Howard’s 34 Leads Marquette Past Xavier
Milwaukee, Wl – Neither of the two Big East freshmen nominated for the Wayman Tisdale Award as the National Freshman Player of the Year is named Markus Howard of Marquette. But after dropping 34 points on Xavier on Saturday night to lead Marquette to an 83-61 victory, Howard stated his case that perhaps his name […]
Xavier Outlasts Wake Forest
Cincinnati, OH – Xavier raced out to a fast start as they often do when their playing in front of their home crowed at Cintas Center. Then Wake Forest was able to settle down and get right back into things as they tied the score up at 15 halfway through the first half. The rest […]
Xavier Snaps Two Game Skid With Win Over Utah
Cincinnati, OH – Today’s game was a strong early season non-conference match-up between two teams with high expectations this season as the Utah Utes of the Pac-12 faced the Xavier Musketeers of the Big East. This was the first time that these two basketball programs have ever met. Both teams came out playing tight defense, […]
