Buffalo Funds-NAIA Division I National Championship 2013-14 XU Schedule Xavier Gold Rush (23-8) vs. Date Day Opponent Site Time Xavier Gold Rush Hope International Royals (22-10) Nov. 1 Fri. CARVER HOME W, 91-67 No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown Thursday, March 20, 2014, 9:45 p.m. 0 Sydney Coleman F 6-7 Jr. Meridian, Miss. Men’s Basketball Nov. 6 Wed. LSU (1) Away 45-80 Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Mo. 2 Anthony Goode G 6-0 Jr. Baltimore, Md. Nov. 9 Sat. ALBANY STATE HOME W, 71-68 DH 3 # Chaz Sharp G 6-3 Jr. Baltimore, Md. Briefly: It’s the final first-round game of this 77th annual tournament Nov. 11 Mon. Mobile Away W, 88-72 DH 4 RJ Daniels G/F 6-4 So. New Orleans, La. XU seeks its first victory at nationals since 2007 and its second since 1973. Nov. 14 Thu. WILEY HOME W, 86-73 How We Got Here: XU received an at-large bid after winning a third 5 Gary Smith G 6-1 So. Sugar Land, Texas Nov. 19 Tue. LOYOLA HOME L, 70-74 10 Wesley Pluviose-Philip F 6-7 Fr. Albany, N.Y. consecutive Gulf Coast Athletic Conference regular-season championship and Nov. 23 Sat. TEXAS COLLEGE (2) HOME W, 83-47 losing 106-102 in double overtime to Philander Smith in the semifinals of the DH 11 Lucas Martin-Julien G 6-2 Fr. Reserve, La. Nov. 26 Tue. Wiley Away L, 57-66 12 Xavier Rogers G 6-2 Sr. Denton, Texas GCAC Tournament in New Orleans on March 8 . Hope International also Nov. 30 Sat. LeMoyne-Owen Away L, 62-63 14 Morris Wright G 5-10 So. Zachary, La. received an at-large bid; the Royals finished third during the Golden State Dec. 3 Tue. WILLIAM CAREY HOME W, 90-80 OT 24 Olivier Siewe F 6-5 Sr. Douala, Cameroon Athletic Conference regular season and lost 90-80 to Vanguard in the title Dec. 5 Thu. MOBILE DH HOME W, 48-45 25 Jarvis Thibodeaux F 6-8 So. Houston, Texas game of the GSAC Tournament at Costa Mesa, Calif., on March 11. Dec. 14 Sat. Loyola Away W, 55-44 32 Riley Smith F 6-1 Fr. Sacramento, Calif. Rebuilt: XU is back at nationals despite losing five senior starters and Dec. 17 Tue. Spring Hill Away W, 71-66 # redshirted in 2013-14 returning four lettermen from last season’s 24-8 team. Dec. 19 Thu. Faulkner Away L, 53-62 HEAD COACH: Dannton Jackson (Xavier 1992 and 1996) . Rankings: XU was 12th, Hope 22nd in the March 12 coaches poll. Dec. 30 Mon. Belhaven Away W, 64-55 OT 249-106 in 11th season at Xavier Seedings: XU is 12th — its highest seeding since 1982 — and Hope Jan. 4 Sat. • Fisk DH Away W, 75-46 ASSISTANT COACH: Alfred Williams (Xavier 2008), fifth season International is unseeded. The last No. 12 seed to win the championship Jan. 6 Mon. • Voorhees DH Away W, 70-51 GRADUATE ASSISTANT: Landon Bussie (Xavier 2011), fourth season was the College of Charleston in 1983. Jan. 11 Sat. • SUNO DH HOME W, 60-56 STUDENT ASSISTANTS: Keenan Gay, first season; Series: First meeting. XU has not played a California opponent since a Jan. 13 Mon. SPRING HILL HOME W, 65-59 Nick Haywood, first season 77-69 loss to California Baptist in the opening round of nationals in 2008. Jan. 18 Sat. • EDWARD WATERS HOME W, 62-58 DH Hope International Royals Back For More: XU is in the tournament for the fourth straight year Jan. 20 Mon. • TALLADEGA DH HOME L, 90-93 OT No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown and the eighth time in 10 seasons (15th overall appearance). This is Hope Jan. 25 Sat. • DILLARD (3) DH HOME W, 62-54 International’s second consecutive appearance and second overall. Feb. 1 Sat. • Tougaloo Away W, 74-69 1 Raphael Banal G 6-2 Jr. Manila, Philippines DH 2 Matt Green G 5-9 Jr. Redlands, Calif. Another Late Show: For the second consecutive year and the third Feb. 3 Mon. • Philander Smith Away W, 83-78 DH 10 Garrett Neilan G 6-5 So. Downey, Calif. time in its last five appearances, XU is playing the final first-round game. Feb. 8 Sat. • SUNO Away L, 72-83 DH 11 Tuff Barnes F 6-7 So. Scottsdale, Ariz. XU’s 2008 game against California Baptist tipped off about 45 minutes Feb. 11 Tue. William Carey Away L, 58-81 DH 12 Randal Guillory F 6-5 Jr. West Covina, Calif. behind schedule and concluded a few minutes after midnight. XU and Feb. 17 Mon. • PHILANDER SMITH HOME W, 103-99 OT DH 14 Daniel Soto G 6-0 So. Anaheim, Calif. Faulkner tipped off at 11:04 p.m. last season — nearly 80 minutes after its Feb. 22 Sat. • TOUGALOO (4) HOME W, 83-61 DH 15 James Bailey G 6-3 Jr. Huntington Beach, Calif. scheduled 9:45 start — and concluded at approximately 12:53 a.m. Feb. 25 Tue. BELHAVEN HOME W, 78-64 21 Austin Sanford F 6-5 Jr. Carson, Calif. March 1 Sat. • Dillard Away W, 61-54 Another Milestone: An XU victory would give Dannton Jackson DH 22 Jordan Gipson G 6-4 Sr. Mackey, Australia 250 in 11 seasons as head coach of the Gold Rush. Jackson became the March 7 Fri. FISK (5) HOME W, 87-76 23 Jeremy Kilgore G 5-11 Sr. Corona, Calif. program’s winningest coach on December 17. March 8 Sat. PHILANDER SMITH (5) HOME L, 102-106 OT 24 Carlton Hayes F 6-5 Jr. San Juan Capistrano, Calif. D-Lightful: XU entered nationals ranked fourth in NAIA Division I in March 20 Thu. Hope International (6) Neutral 9:45 p.m. 25 Regan Andersen C 6-6 Sr. Shorewood, Wis. field-goal percentage defense (.393) and eighth in scoring defense (66.8). • GCAC game DH doubleheader with XU women (1) exhibition 41 Ryan Ebel C 6-7 Sr. Tustin, Calif. Next: The XU-Hope International winner will play Southwestern (2) Homecoming (3) Crosstown Classic (4) Senior Day (5) GCAC Tournament HEAD COACH: Bill Czech, 78-81 in fifth season Assemblies of God or St. Catharine (Ky.) the second round at 9:45 p.m. Friday. (6) Buffalo Funds-NAIA Division I National Championship, Kansas City, Mo. ASSISTANT COACHES: Jon Clasen, sixth season; Bill Carter, fifth season; Roy Green, eighth season; Oscar Abreu, third season 2013-14 XU Statistics VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT: Richard Merical, first season # Player GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT R/G PF A TO BLK ST PTS P/G 14 Morris Wright 30 27 889 29.6 131 274 .478 43 102 .422 95 121 .785 17 81 98 3.3 93 92 70 1 51 400 13.3 0 Sydney Coleman 31 31 944 30.5 145 266 .545 0 0 — 119 157 .758 89 124 213 6.9 65 30 66 27 25 409 13.2 First Round — Thursday, March 6 (at Dillard) 12 Xavier Rogers 31 22 859 27.7 126 286 .441 39 118 .331 70 97 .722 28 78 106 3.4 66 74 78 5 27 361 11.6 #8 Fisk 72, #9 Dillard 64 2 Anthony Goode 31 12 664 21.4 106 219 .484 25 68 .368 77 104 .740 10 77 87 2.8 77 51 39 5 23 314 10.1 Gulf Coast Quarterfinals — Friday, March 7 (at Xavier) 11 Lucas Martin-Julien 20 17 575 28.7 38 98 .388 5 19 .263 95 125 .760 8 73 81 4.0 44 51 51 1 24 176 8.8 Athletic #3 Edward Waters 73 #6 Tougaloo 68, 4 RJ Daniels 31 5 515 16.6 82 176 .466 13 34 .382 37 60 .617 38 69 107 3.5 65 23 52 4 15 214 6.9 #2 Talladega 92, #7 Voorhees 73 10 Wesley Pluviose-Philip 31 4 547 17.7 52 106 .491 0 1 .000 34 67 .507 34 107 141 4.5 83 15 48 8 9 138 4.5 Conference #4 Philander Smith 75, #5 SUNO 67 5 Gary Smith 30 6 428 14.3 21 51 .412 4 9 .444 50 62 .806 4 38 42 1.4 69 46 41 1 24 96 3.2 #1 Xavier 87, #8 Fisk 76 25 Jarvis Thibodeaux 24 0 238 9.9 22 46 .478 1 2 .500 18 28 .643 15 38 53 2.2 49 6 21 1 5 63 2.6 Tournament 24 Olivier Siewe 31 27 571 18.4 24 47 .511 0 0 — 28 43 .651 35 67 102 3.3 87 10 30 3 12 76 2.5 Semifinals — Saturday, March 8 (at Xavier) 32 Riley Smith 8 0 26 3.3 2 4 .500 0 0 — 5 6 .833 1 2 3 0.4 4 0 1 0 0 9 1.1 March 6-9 #4 Philander Smith 106, #1 Xavier 102, 2 OT — Christian Sampson 7 4 90 12.8 5 20 .250 0 6 .000 8 10 .800 1 7 8 1.1 8 3 13 0 5 18 2.6 in New Orleans #2 Talladega 76, #3 Edward Waters 62 TEAM 44 47 91 14 Championship — Sunday, March 9 (at Xavier) Xavier 31 6350 754 1593 .473 130 359 .362 636 880 .723 324 808 1132 36.5 712 401 524 56 220 2274 73.4 #2 Talladega 104, #4 Philander Smith 95, OT Opponents 31 6350 637 1622 .393 213 669 .318 583 848 .688 290 618 908 29.3 744 391 480 88 264 2070 66.8 Double-Figure Scoring Games: Coleman 24, Wright 21, Rogers 18, Goode 16, Daniels 10, Martin-Julien 8, Pluviose-Philip 1, G.