Now that we are down to just sixteen teams, STF will profile each Regional lineup to see how we got here, what the Sweet 16 really means to each participating school, and who has the best chance to advance to San Antonio. The first of two today, here's the West. West Virginia vs. Xavier, Thursday 7:10 pm #7 West Virginia Mountaineers Last Weekend : Defeated #10 Arizona 75-65 , ...

We'll be going through each of the Sweet 16 games between now and the first tip on Thursday. Second chance to get your picks correct ... Xavier and West Virginia will get us started again with the first game Thursday night in Phoenix. Bob Huggins is more than familiar with the Musketeers, however, the setting and stakes will be much, much different. Huggins was 8-8 vs his former ...

A very interesting occurance has come to Cincinnati fans: the Xavier Musketeers will meet the West Virginia Mountaineers in the Sweet 16. Normally, that doesn't mean much ... but WVU is now coached by Bob Huggins , the former coach at the U of Cincinnati. You listen to people around town and the buzz is more about Huggins that the Muskies. Huggins is a god in the Nati. He took a Bearcat ...

As we are now down to just 16 teams, STF will profile each team in the Sweet 16 to see what the Sweet 16 really means to each program and what its chances are to advance to San Antonio Team : Xavier Musketeers Region: West Last Weekend: Defeated #14 Georgia 73-61, defeated #6 Purdue 75-68 Next Game: vs West Virginia, Thursday 7:10 p.m. (Phoenix) Xavier Got Here Because Of: The play ...

The team that has to become one of the scariest teams in the tournament. The Musketeers who played the best game in the tournament last year when they took on the ohio state in a thriller is now bringing the same flavor to this year’s tournament. The leadership of 5ft7 point guard Drew Lavendar the [...]

I'm not saying that Indiana is going to hire Xavier Head Coach Sean Miller. I'm just saying that the price they will have to pay if they want him, keeps going up. With the Musketeers advancing into the Sweet 16 and knocking off in-state and conference rival Purdue only helps. Xavier had redone Miller's contract after last season. The Xavier AD had already stated that he would look to up his ...

The Purdue Boilermakers and the Xavier Musketeers will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Verizon Center. NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Musketeers listed as 3-point favorites versus the Boilermakers, while the game's total is sitting at 131. Purdue built up a big first-half lead Thursday and then cruised to a 90-79 win over the Baylor Bears in the ...

It's been a great day, packed with college hoops from noon to nearly midnight. The best part? Three more days of that are on the way. Here's my take on the games that are in the books: --- First things first, if you joined our bracket group, check out the live standings here: [ ESPN Tournament Challenge ] ---- Info from most of these upcoming recaps can be found at the [ ESPN Scoreboard ] and ...

The Georgia Bulldogs knew they would have to continue their good play to have a chance to upset the #3 Xavier Musketeers. They did, but for only three quarters of the time. Georgia led pretty much throughout the game and even led by as much as 7 points with just under 10 minutes left. Xavier then finished out by scoring 31 of the game’s 43 final points and defeated Georgia 73-61.  ...

A quick review of the morning action on Day One of the NCAA Tournament: (3) Xavier 73 - (14) Georgia 61 Josh Duncan, one of the most efficient players in college basketball, finished with 20 points as the Musketeers rebounded from a slow start to beat Georgia. Coming off their miraculous SEC Tournament win, Georgia looked to have the magic early before running out of gas down the stretch. ...

Storming The Floor wraps up the first three games, the ones we were stupidly live blogging even though you couldn't see any of it. #3 Xavier 73, #14 Georgia 61 . This was the only exciting game of the first session. Georgia brought the energy early, as Sundiata Gaines and Terrance Woodbury led the Bulldogs to an eleven point lead early in the second half. But the Musketeers clamped down ...

Xavier coach Sean Miller made a curious change to his starting lineup for today's tournament lid-lifter. Josh Duncan, the Atlantic 10 sixth man of the year, started and Jason Love went to the bench. That's not a totally unusual alignment for the Musketeers but Love had started the final 21 games of the year. Duncan, on the other hand, made sure Xavier didn't suffer any offensive slowdown when ...

Mike Beasley (photo. KSU) Welcome to Dime’s NCAA Tournament live blog. For those of you out there who are stuck at work and can’t watch the games, keep coming back on the regular for as-it-happens updates… First game: #3-seed Xavier versus #14-seed Georgia. The Musketeers gets out to a 5-0 lead behind a putback dunk and [...]

11:20: Georgia and Xavier start us off. Can the Dawgs even think of duplicating their SEC Tournament run? I’ll be updating each game below… and here we go. 1. Kansas versus 16. Portland State (Midwest Bracket) 3. Xavier versus 14. Georgia (West Bracket) 11:23 - The Musketeers come out hot. 5-0 Duncan w/a 3. 5. Michigan State versus 12. Temple (South Bracket) Post from: ...

The Georgia Bulldogs, upset winners of the SEC tournament, face a tough opponent in the Xavier Musketeers as the West Region tips off Thursday at Verizon Center. NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Musketeers listed as 8½-point favorites versus the Bulldogs, while the game's total is sitting at 129. The Bulldogs upset Arkansas 66-57 as an 8.5-point underdog in the SEC Tournament ...

I think everyone knows by now, Georgia is in the big dance. Even with a barely-over .500 record the Bulldogs are in the tournament. The Dawgs will face #3 seed Xavier on Thursday in Washington, DC at 12:20 pm et. But who are the Xavier Musketeers? Xavier is in the Atlantic-10 conference and is 27-6 on the season. This is their 19th appearance in the NCAA Tournament and is 12-18 ...

Xavier Musketeers (27-6) vs. Georgia Bulldogs (17-16) When: Thursday, 12:25 p.m. Where: Washington, D.C. XAVIER MUSKETEERS 1. Coaches Corner . Xavier has done an excellent job over the past 20+ years finding capable coaches that continue to advance the program to higher levels. From Pete Gillen to the late great Skip Prosser to Thad Matta to Sean Miller, each coach has brought his ...

Conference: Atlantic 10 Record: 27-6 (14-2 A-10) RPI: 9 How They Got In: At-Large Seed/Bracket: 3/West Mascot: Musketeers. Their official mascot is D'Artagnan, named for the real-life commander of Louis XIV's army and fictional hero of Alexandre Dumas's book The Three Musketeers. The secondary mascot is a blue blob known as The Blue Blob. He was honored with a bobblebody night at the Xavier ...