NO. 7 SEED XAVIER UNIVERSITY MUSKETEERS (19-12, 8-10 BIG EAST) NO. 10 SEED DEPAUL UNIVERSITY BLUE DEMONS (15-16, 3-15 BIG EAST) BIG EAST TOURNAMENT 1ST ROUND --- WED., MARCH 11 AT 9:30 P.M. ET MADISON SQUARE GARDEN (19,812) IN NEW YORK Xavier Media Contact: Tom Eiser, Associate Athletic Director for Communications [email protected], 513-382-5565 (cell) and @EiserXUSports on Twitter TELEVISION, RADIO AND LIVE STATS SCHEDULE/RESULTS (19-12, 8-10 BIG EAST) Television: FS1 with play-by-play from Tim Brando and analysis from Bill Raftery. Lisa Byington is the sideline reporter. Radio: 700 WLW-AM with play-by-play from XU Hall of Famer and former Date Opponent TV Result/Time EST P.M. Musketeer standout Joe Sunderman (‘79). Analysis will be provided by Xavier NOVEMBER Hall of Famer and XU all-time leading scorer Byron Larkin (‘88). A radio broadcast 5 Tue. Jacksonville FS2 W/76-57 will be available on Sirius 137/XM 207 (also on SiriusXM app, channel 966). 8 Fri. Siena FSN W/81-63 Live Stats: Media stats at Statbroadcast.com and fan stats at GoXavier.com. 12 Tue. Missouri CBSSN W/63-58 (OT) THE X FACTORS 15 Fri. +Missouri State FSN W/59-56 21 Thu. * Towson ESPNU W/73-51 • Xavier has only played in the BIG EAST Tournament First Round one other time, defeating DePaul 75-64 in the 2017 tournament. 22 Fri. * UConn ESPNU W 75-74 (2OT) 24 Sun. * Florida ESPN L/65-70 • Xavier won its first BIG EAST Tournament game in each of its first six tournaments, 30 Sat. Lipscomb FSN W/87-62 including 5-0 in the quarterfinals and 1-0 in the first round. DECEMBER • Xavier, 19-12, is one win shy of its 13th 20-win season in 15 years and 21st 20-win 4 Wed. Green Bay FS2 W/84-71 season in 24 years. 7 Sat. Cincinnati FS1 W/73-66 • Xavier is ranked 17th in the nation in KenPom defensive efficiency. XU leads the 14 Sat. at Wake Forest ACCN L/78-80 BIG EAST Conference in 3-point field goal percentage defense at 30.4 percent and is 18 Wed. Western Carolina FS1 W/74-61 third in overall field goal percentage 40.7 percent. 22 Sun. at TCU ESPN2 W/67-59 • Xavier had four players earn postseason All-BIG EAST Conference honors, includ- 30 Mon. AT #10 VILLANOVA FS1 L/62-68 ing junior Naji Marshall on the First Team and senior Tyrique Jones on the Second JANUARY Team. Zach Freemantle and KyKy Tandy were named to the All-Freshman Team. 5 Sun. ST. JOHN'S FOX W/75-67 • Xavier junior Naji Marshall has been selected as one of the five finalists for the 8 Wed. SETON HALL FS1 L/71-83 2020 Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award. 11 Sat. CREIGHTON FOX L/65-77 • Xavier's Naji Marshall is the only BIG EAST Conference player that is ranked 15 Wed. AT MARQUETTE FSN L/65-85 among the top dozen in the league in scoring (fourth at 16.9 ppg.), rebounding 22 Wed. GEORGETOWN FS1 W/66-57 (11th at 6.2 rpg.), assists (seventh at 3.9 apg.) and steals (10th at 1.3 spg.). He leads 26 Sun. AT CREIGHTON FS1 L/66-77 the team in scoring, assists and steals and is second in rebounding. 29 Wed. MARQUETTE FS1 L/82-84 (2OT) • Xavier senior Tyrique Jones leads the BIG EAST and is third in the nation in FEBRUARY double-doubles with 21, which is the third-highest single-season total in XU history 1 Sat. AT #10 SETON HALL FOX W/74-62 and just three shy of the school record (24 by Tyrone Hill in 1989-90). 4 Tue. AT DEPAUL FS1 W/67-59 • Xavier's Tyrique Jones leads the BIG EAST (ninth in the nation) in rebounding at 8 Sat. PROVIDENCE FS1 W/64-58 11.2 rpg. Jones leads the BIG EAST (third in the nation) in offensive rebounding at 12 Wed. AT #19 BUTLER CBSSN L/61-66 4.4 rpg. He is ninth on XU's all-time rebounding list with 867 career rebounds. 17 Mon. AT ST. JOHN'S FS1 W/77-74 • Xavier freshman KyKy Tandy averaged 11.6 ppg. for XU's eight BIG EAST wins. 22 Sat. #12 VILLANOVA FOX L/55-64 • Xavier has graduated 109 straight men's basketball seniors. 25 Tue. DEPAUL CBSSN W/78-67 MARCH 1 Sun. AT GEORGETOWN CBS W/66-63 THE ACTIVE PLAYERS (* LAST GAME STARTERS) 4 Wed. AT PROVIDENCE FS1 L/74-80 NO. NAME (HT./YR) POS. PPG RPG APG NOTES 7 Sat. BUTLER FS1 L/71-72 0 Daniel Ramsey (6-9/Fr.) F 2.0 1.0 0.0 Saw his only action of the season on Nov. 30 11 Wed. !DEPAUL FS1 9:30 p.m. 1 Paul Scruggs (6-4/Jr.) G 12.7 4.5 2.9 Sat out the last two games with an injury 3 *Quentin Goodin (6-4/Sr.) G 6.1 2.1 3.2 544 assists are 4th in XU history; six shy of 3rd 12 Thu. !BIG EAST TOURN. FS1 7:00 p.m. 4 *Tyrique Jones (6-9/Sr.) F 13.7 11.2 1.5 Last XU player to avg. a double-double: David West 13 Fri. !BIG EAST TOURN. FS1 9:00 p.m. 10 Leighton Schrand (6-2/Sr.) G 1.0 0.8 0.2 First two career starts in first two games 14 Sat. !BIG EAST TOURN. FOX 6:30 p.m. 11 Bryce Moore (6-3/Sr.) G 2.6 1.0 0.5 14 games with at least one 3-pointer 12 Dontarius James (6-7/So.) F 1.5 1.9 0.3 22 minutes combined for the last two games + Charleston Classic – Opening Game (non-bracketed) 13 *Naji Marshall (6-7/Jr.) F 16.9 6.2 3.9 26 df scoring games, incl. 17 of the last 18 * Charleston Classic (Buffalo, UConn, Florida, Miami, 15 Spencer Cody (6-0/So.) G 0.0 0.5 0.5 First-year walk-on 20 Ramon Singh (6-4/So.) G 0.0 0.0 0.0 Second-year walk-on Missouri State, Saint Joseph's and Towson) 21 Zak Swetye (6-1/So.) G 0.0 0.0 0.0 Second-year walk-on BIG EAST GAMES IN ALL CAPS 24 KyKy Tandy (6-2/Fr.) G 6.7 1.3 0.8 9 double-figure scoring games in BIG EAST play ! BIG EAST TOURNAMENT at Madison Square Garden in NYC 25 *Jason Carter (6-8/Jr.) F 7.1 4.9 1.4 Xavier career-high 17 pts. vs. Butler on Saturday Home Games In Bold 32 *Zach Freemantle (6-9/Fr.) F 7.2 4.3 0.5 7 double-figure scoring games in BIG EAST play 34 Myles Hanson (6-7/Jr.) G 1.0 0.5 0.0 Walk-on; first year active after transfer 2020 XAVIER MUSKETEER POSTSEASON NUMERICAL ROSTER HT. NAME YR. POS. HT. WT. HOMETOWN HIGH SCHOOL / LAST COLLEGE OR PREP SCHOOL 0 Daniel Ramsey Fr. F 6-9 233 Cordele, Ga. Deerfield Windsor HS / Norcross HS 1 Paul Scruggs Jr. G 6-4 196 Indianapolis, Ind. Southport HS / Prolific Prep (Calif.) 3 Quentin Goodin Sr. G 6-4 194 Campbellsville, Ky. Taylor County HS 4 Tyrique Jones Sr. F 6-9 239 Bloomfield, Conn. Bloomfield HS / Vermont Academy 10 Leighton Schrand Sr. G 6-2 166 Villa Hills, Ky. Holy Cross HS 11 Bryce Moore* Sr. G 6-3 194 Indianapolis, Ind. Park Tudor HS / Western Michigan Univ. 12 Dontarius James So. F 6-7 228 Kershaw, S.C. Andrew Jackson (S.C.) HS / Huntington Prep (W.Va.) 13 Naji Marshall Jr. F 6-7 220 Atlantic City, N.J. Eleanor Roosevelt HS / Hargrave Military Acad. (Va.) 15 Spencer Cody So. G 6-0 170 Chicago, Ill. DePaul Prep 20 Ramon Singh So. G 6-4 187 Sydney, Australia La Lumiere School (Ind.) 21 Zak Swetye So. G 6-1 170 Darien, Conn. Darien HS 22 Dieonte Miles# Fr. F 6-11 208 Walton, Ky. Walton-Verona HS 24 KyKy Tandy Fr. G 6-2 190 Hopkinsville, Ky. University Heights Academy 25 Jason Carter+ Jr. F 6-8 227 Johnstown, Ohio Johnstown-Monroe HS / Ohio University 32 Zach Freemantle Fr. F 6-9 225 Teaneck, N.J. Bergen Catholic HS 34 Myles Hanson Jr. G 6-7 215 Chaska, Minn. Chaska HS / Columbia University + Graduate transfer with two years of eligibility left so listed as junior * Graduate transfer with one year of eligibility left so listed as senior # Will redshirt the 2019-20 season Head Coach: Travis Steele (Butler ‘04; second season) Assistant Coaches: Jonas Hayes (Georgia ’04; second season), Dante Jackson (Xavier ’11; second season) and Ben Johnson (Minnesota ’05; second season) Associate Athletic Director for Basketball Administration: Mario Mercurio (Xavier ‘03; 17th season) Special Assistant to the Head Coach: Matthew Graves (Butler ’98; first season) Head Athletic Trainer: David Fluker (Wilmington ‘86; 17th season) Strength and Conditioning Coach: Matt Jennings (North Carolina ‘96; 11th season) Video Coordinator: Trey Scotti (Indiana ‘17; third season) Graduate Program Assistants: Bo Burkhart (Central Methodist ‘18; second season) and Sam Frayer (Ohio ‘18; second season) XAVIER AND BIG EAST WEB SITES & SOCIAL MEDIA PRONUNCIATIONS Hashtags: #LetsGoX and #LetsMarch Dante DAN-tay Dieonte Dee-ON-tay Xavier Athletics website: www.GoXavier.com KyKy KEE-kee Xavier Athletics Facebook: facebook.com/XavierMusketeers Quentin KWEN-tin Xavier Athletics Twitter: @XUAthletics Naji NAH-jee Xavier Athletics Instagram: @XUAthletics Xavier Gameday Twitter: @XavierGameDay Tyrique Tie-REEK Singh SING Xavier Basketball on Twitter & Instagram: @XavierMBB Swetye SWEE-tie Coach Steele on Twitter: @CoachSteeleXU Eiser on Twitter: @EiserXUSports 0 Daniel Ramsey 1 Paul Scruggs 3 Quentin Goodin 4 Tyrique Jones 10 Leighton Schrand 6-9 233 Freshman 6-4 196 Junior 6-4 194 Senior 6-9 239 Senior 6-2 166 Senior Forward Guard Guard Forward Guard Cordele, Ga.