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CINCINNATI -- After testing the NBA waters for the second straight offseason, Xavier guard Trevon Bluiett has decided to return for his senior season, giving the Musketeers a likely preseason top-25 team hoping to make another deep NCAA Tournament run. "Trevon is one of the best players in all of college basketball and we're excited to…
SAN JOSE -- Gonzaga guard Nigel Williams-Goss scored 23 points, forward Johnathan Williams had 19 points and the Bulldogs bombed their way into their first Final Four with an 83-59 victory over Xavier in the NCAA West Regional final at the SAP Center on Saturday. Williams-Goss made four 3-pointers and guard Josh Perkins had three as…
Xavier University is a small Jesuit Catholic school in Cincinnati, Ohio. Its student enrollment is under 7,000, less than a sixth of the city's big public school, the University of Cincinnati. It hasn't had a football team since 1973, plays only a handful of intercollegiate sports, and most often is nationally recognized for one thing: men's…
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Xavier guard Trevon Bluiett scored 25 points and fed center Sean O'Mara for the winning layup with 54 seconds remaining as the 11th-seeded Musketeers upset second-seeded Arizona 73-71 in the NCAA West Regional semifinals at SAP Center on Thursday. Xavier scored the final nine points, five by Malcolm Bernard and two by…
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Xavier used a harassing zone defense to stifle Florida State on one end of the floor and rode a balanced scoring attack to put the Seminoles away on the other end. Once a bubble team that was the last to hear its name called on Selection Sunday, No. 11 seed Xavier is headed…
ORLANDO, Fla. -- There was plenty for Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton to be excited about following his team's victory over Florida Gulf Coast on Thursday in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament's West Region. Still, the Seminoles have a few areas of concern. Third-seeded Florida State advanced to the second round despite sloppy stretches…
