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- The first Xavier basketball game on record was February 20, 1920 at the Fenwick Club in Cincinnati.
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The first Xavier basketball game on record was February 20, 1920 at the Fenwick Club in Cincinnati. Coached by Joe Meyer, the Musketeers compiled a 94–52 record during Meyer's's 13-year run as head coach from 1920 to 1933. The Musketeer's success continued under second head coach Clem Crowe.
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The first Xavier Basketball game on record was February 20, 1920 at the Fenwick Club in Cincinnati, OH. Coached by Joe Meyer, the Musketeers compiled a 94-52 record during Meyer's 13 year run as head coach from 1920 to 1933. The Musketeer's success continued under second head coach Clem Crowe. During Crowe's 10 years as Xavier head coach, Xavier co...
Cintas Center
Xavier plays its home games at the Cintas Center, a 10,250 seat multi-purpose arena that opened in 2000. The Cintas Center is the team's fifth home site. Xavier has compiled a 135-17 (.888) record for its first 10 seasons in its on-campus home . Xavier enjoyed a 15-0 mark at Cintas Center last season, its first perfect record for a season at Cintas Center. Xavier is 70-10 (.875) against Atlantic 10 teams and 65-7 (.902) against nonconference teams since Cintas Center opened for the 2000-01 se...
Cincinnati Gardens
The Xavier Musketeers played their final season at Cincinnati Gardens in 1999-2000. Located 2 miles from the Xavier Campus, the Gardens was the home court for the Xavier Musketeers since 1983-84 season. The Xavier men’s team played all of its regular season games off campus at the Cincinnati Gardens for 17 years, beginning with the 1983-84 season and ending with an NIT game against Marquette in the 1999-2000 season. The only exception was a game against Florida International that was played a...
Schmidt Fieldhouse
Prior to moving to the Cincinnati Gardens in the 1983-84 season, Xavier called Schmidt Fieldhouse home. Located on the west side of the Xavier Campus, Xavier compiled an impressive 326-129 (.716) record at the Fieldhouse . Until opening Cintas Center, the men’s basketball team had only played one regular season game on campus since early in the 1983-84 season. Xavier scored a school-record point total in a 125-84 win over Florida International on Saturday, January 9, 1988.
NCAA Tournament Tradition
The Musketeers have appeared in 21 NCAA Tournaments. Their combined record is 19-21.
NCAA Tournament Seeding history
The NCAA began seeding the tournament with the 1979 edition.
Musketeers in the NBA
Current Xavier players in the NBA:Template:MultiCol 1. Derrick Brown 2. James Posey Template:ColBreak 1. David West 2. Jordan Crawford Template:EndMultiCol Xavier Players in the NBA Draft All-Time: 1. Chart Data.
Retired Jerseys
Former university President Fr. James Hoff has also had a "jersey" retired in memory of all that he contributed to the school and basketball program. This was unveiled before a 2004 meeting with Creighton, where Hoff was vice president of university relations and President of the Creighton Foundation. Fr. Hoff died from cancer in 2004.
NCAA Academic Progress Rate
In May 2010, the NCAA honored a school-record tying eight Xavier University athletic programs with Public Recognition Awards for academic excellence . The award is given to the top-ten percent of teams in each sport based on the NCAA Academic Progress Rate. The APR is a term-by-term progress for every student-athlete in Division I athletics.Out of the 65 teams to make the 2010 NCAA Tournament Xavier had the 11th highest Academic Progress Rate .
Graduation
Since 1986, Xavier has graduated every men’s basketball player that has exhausted his eligibility .
Sister Rose Ann Fleming
During the 2010 NCAA Tournament Xavier’s Academic Advisor Sister Rose Ann Fleming garnered considerable national attention for the role she has played in the program’s academic success. Fleming was featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and on both ABC’s Good Morning America and NBC Nightly News. Fleming has over 40 years of experience as an educator. She was president of Cincinnati's Summit Country Day School from 1975–76 and president of Trinity College in Washington D.C. from...
Success Overseas
10 formers Xavier players are currently playing professionally overseas. Romain Sato, 2010 Italian League MVP, won two straight Italian League Championships in 2009 and 2010. Sato signed with Panathinaikos in Athens, Greece, for the 2010-11 season .
Crosstown Shootout
Xavier's main rival is the University of Cincinnati. The two schools play annually in the Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout. Xavier's record in the Shootout is 30-47. Xavier has won 11 of the last 15 crosstown shootouts.
Other Rivals
Xavier and Dayton play for the Blackburn/McCafferty Trophy, named for former coaches at the respective universities. As of January 15, 2011 Dayton has not beaten Xavier on their home floor in 30 years. 1 Starting with the 2009-2010 season, Xavier began a ten year alternating home court game with Wake Forest, known as the Skip ProsserClassic, who coached at both schools.
Xavier Musketeers Men's Basketball. School History. Location: Cincinnati, Ohio. Coverage: 103 seasons (1919-20 to 2023-24) Record (since 1919-20): 1611-1086 .597 W-L%. Conferences: Big East, A-10, MW Coll, MW City and Ind. Conference Champion: 18 Times (Reg. Seas.), 9 Times (Tourn.)
1 day ago · CLEVELAND – The charity men's basketball exhibition game between Dayton and Xavier on Sunday, Oct. 20 will be televised on Bally Sports Ohio, it was announced today. The game, whose cause is to Spotlight and drive awareness and education of mental health and wellness in adolescents and young adults, will tip-off at 5 p.m. ET.
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Jun 20, 2018 · Xavier won 78–74 10. NIT: first final to go into overtime; Xavier: first nationally televised game; Ohio universities: first national championship from an Ohio school 11. 15.5 points. We were the champions, 60 years ago. See how well you know your Xavier men's basketball history with this quiz.
