2015-2016 Schedule Released

[ChicagoX]

PDF Version: 2015-16 Men's Basketball Schedule (http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/goxavier.com/documents/2015/9/8/2015_16_XAVIER_MBB_PDF_Schedule.pdf)

Date Opponent Location Time/Result Details
11/7/2015 Northwood Cincinnati, Ohio 2 P.M.
11/13/2015 Miami University (OH) Cincinnati, Ohio 7 P.M.
11/17/2015 University of Missouri Cincinnati, Ohio 6:30 P.M.
2015 Gavitt Tipoff-
11/20/2015 University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI TBA
11/23/2015 Northern Kentucky University Cincinnati, Ohio 8:30 P.M.
AdvoCare Invitational-
11/26/2015 University of Alabama Orlando, Fla. 12 P.M.
11/27/2015 Wichita State/USC Orlando, Fla. TBA
11/29/2015 TBA Orlando, Fla. TBA Details
12/5/2015 Western Kentucky University Cincinnati, Ohio 8:30 P.M.
12/8/2015 Wright State University Cincinnati, Ohio 7 P.M.
12/12/2015 University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio 5:30 P.M.
12/19/2015 Auburn University Cincinnati, Ohio 12 P.M.
Skip Prosser Classic-
12/22/2015 Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, N.C. TBA
12/31/2015 Villanova University Villanova, PA 12 P.M.
1/2/2016 Butler University Cincinnati, Ohio 1 P.M.
1/6/2016 St. John's University Queens, NY 9 P.M.
1/12/2016 DePaul University Cincinnati, Ohio 6:30 P.M.
1/16/2016 Marquette University Milwaukee, WI 2 P.M.
1/19/2016 Georgetown University Cincinnati, Ohio 8:30 P.M.
1/23/2016 Seton Hall University Cincinnati, Ohio 2 P.M
1/26/2016 Providence College Providence, R.I. 8:30 P.M.
1/30/2016 DePaul University Chicago, Ill. 2 P.M.
2/3/2016 St. John's University Cincinnati, Ohio 6:30 P.M.
2/6/2016 Marquette University Cincinnati, Ohio 12 P.M.
2/9/2016 Creighton University Omaha, Neb. 8 P.M.
2/13/2016 Butler University Indianapolis, Ind. 2:30 P.M.
2/17/2016 Providence College Cincinnati, Ohio 7 P.M.
2/20/2016 Georgetown University Washington, D.C. 12 P.M.
2/24/2016 Villanova University Cincinnati, Ohio 7:00 P.M.
2/28/2016 Seton Hall University South Orange, N.J. 12:30 P.M.
3/5/2016 Creighton University Cincinnati, Ohio 2:30 P.M.

BIG EAST Tournament
3/9/2016 Big East New York, N.Y. TBA

[GoMuskies]

Not loving our chances of going wire to wire to win the Big East title.

[sgarcia]

Not playing at MSG this year either when we play at St. John's.

[MD Muskie]

The Georgetown game in DC is a Saturday. That is a great news!

[ChicagoX]

The DePaul and Marquette away games are also on Saturdays, which is great news for all of the Chicago and Milwaukee area alums.

[muskiefan82]

Wow. If I could go back in time to my 1982 self and show this schedule to me back then, I would be ecstatic. X worked so hard to get a name team on the schedule back then. I remember one year when X played both Providence and Pitt and it was awesome. Now, the schedule has Missouri, Wake Forest, Michigan, USC/Wichita St., Auburn, and Alabama and it's just acceptable. Man, I love where X is now and where X is going.

[xukeith]

Just got DISH network. Not sure if I have that CBS channel.

[kyxu]

XU-UC is on the national Fox channel. Not mad about that!

[Juice]

Rick Broering ‏@musketeerreport 56s56 seconds ago
TV Breakdown for XU BBall games:
FS1 17
ESPN/ESPN2 3
Fox National 3
CBSSN 2
FSN-Local 2
Fox College 1
(at Michigan and at Wake are TBD)

[X-band '01]

Not playing at MSG this year either when we play at St. John's.

That must have been St. John's desire to play on campus; neither the Knicks nor the Rangers play at MSG on Jan. 6.

Creighton, DePaul and Butler also play at Carnesecca Arena.

[XUMIOH12]

4 games on Fox National isn't too bad.

[X-band '01]

Composite Big East Schedule (http://www.bigeast.com/documents/2015/9/8//2015_16_MBB_Schedule.pdf?id=1667)

Another note of interest is that Villanova plays Providence, St. John's, and Georgetown at the Wells Fargo Arena. They can play up to 3 games at Wells Fargo this year since La Salle is hosting the East regional finals at the Wells Fargo Arena this March. This point becomes moot if Nova schedules any non-con games at Wells Fargo, however.

[kyxu]

Yikes. We also host Butler about 48 hours after playing at Nova in Philly.

[bobbiemcgee]

Wow! A BB related thread! So happy!

[DC Muskie]

Georgetown 9 home games, 6 of them are on Saturday. I think we have one.

[xufan2434]

Back to back Saturday Fox National games @ Butler and @ GTOWN.. With home games against Providence and Nova.. Hell of a stretch. Hopefully the boys have found their stride come February.

And yes, @ Nova, and home with Butler to start off the Big East season isn't ideal. X has 4 Saturday conference games btw..

[crolfes12]

Could have been worse, but not a big fan of Shootout @ 5:30. Was hoping for more of a 7-9 start

[X-band '01]

Back to back Saturday Fox National games @ Butler and @ GTOWN.. With home games against Providence and Nova.. Hell of a stretch. Hopefully the boys have found their stride come February.

And yes, @ Nova, and home with Butler to start off the Big East season isn't ideal. X has 4 Saturday conference games btw..

The schedule had been kind to Xavier early in Big East play the last 2 seasons; sooner or later they were bound for a tougher beginning. We also forget that Xavier shot itself in the balls last year at DePaul early on as well.

[PM Thor]

Woot! Only miss 2 home games due to work, the lowest number for me in 15 years!!! I am ecstatic!

[Emp]

Georgetown 9 home games, 6 of them are on Saturday. I think we have one.

They need the Saturday home games more than us on the attendance front.

[XU 87]

We have 4 Saturday home games.

[DC Muskie]

They need the Saturday home games more than us on the attendance front.

Yeah I don't necessarily disagree, but I also think we will always have weird home dates because we are one programs with flexible scheduling.

[Masterofreality]

This is a bad schedule for my traveling game set ups. GTown, DePuke, Butler and Marquette on the road on Saturdays and Seton Hall on a Sunday. Villanova on New Years Eve away.

I'll figure something out.

[xubrew]

Rollie Massimino is Northwood's coach. That should make it a little more fun than you're average exhibition game.

[GoMuskies]

Rollie Massimino is Northwood's coach. That should make it a little more fun than you're average exhibition game.

Are we sure we're playing the Northwood that Rollie coaches? There are two of them (which led to some confusion last year during exhibition season).

[X-band '01]

I think Xavier plays Northwood-Michigan. That's not Rollie's team.

[STL_XUfan]

6:30pm tip times? How am I supposed to adequately pregame these games?

[94GRAD]

6:30pm tip times? How am I supposed to adequately pregame these games?

We open at 11am Mon-Fri, that should give you plenty of time. :drinks:

[xu82]

6:30pm tip times? How am I supposed to adequately pregame these games?

It begins with lunch...

[bjf123]

6:30pm tip times? How am I supposed to adequately pregame these games?

And some of the people here bitch when the seats aren't full before a 7:00PM tipoff. There will be a LOT more empty seats with games starting at 6:30.


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[bobbiemcgee]

It begins with lunch...

LA Muskie will still be having lunch.

[LA Muskie]

Actually my "Lunner" starts right around 3:30. So this is perfect.

[Muskie]

I'm thinking I will either make it to Depaul or Marquette this year.

[X-band '01]

Here's one thing that hit me this morning when I realized the game will be on Fox:

Guess the last Crosstown Shootout that took place on Fox19.

[GoMuskies]

I bet it involved Lenny Brown.

[fellahmuskie]

Also hoping to make the DePaul game. Would be my first Xavier road game.

[Masterofreality]

I'm thinking I will either make it to Depaul or Marquette this year.

Yeah, I'm thinking DePuke roadie too.

[X-Fan]

Here's one thing that hit me this morning when I realized the game will be on Fox:

Guess the last Crosstown Shootout that took place on Fox19.

#1 in the country, #2 in their own City!!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkc_3HlMb5g

I STILL get goosebumps watching this clip!!!!

[MuskieCinci]

The Georgetown game in DC is a Saturday. That is a great news!

And with 30 more minutes of pregaming compared to two years ago!

[X-band '01]

#1 in the country, #2 in their own City!!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkc_3HlMb5g

I STILL get goosebumps watching this clip!!!!

It's also funny listening to Joe Sunderman trying in vain to get his two cents in with Andy Mac.

[X-Fan]

I'm hearing the Michigan game will be a 9pm tip.

[Nocalmuskie]

I'm hearing the Michigan game will be a 9pm tip.

Any idea on what TV network?

[X-band '01]

Big Ten network (per Michigan's website).

[XUMIOH12]

9pm start would be great for giving some time to make it up to that game!

[XMuskieFTW]

Everyone should come up for this game. I want to take over Crisler.

[X-Fan]

9pm start would be great for giving some time to make it up to that game!


Everyone should come up for this game. I want to take over Crisler.

I will be there! Short drive for me from Toledo!

[xufan02]

I will be there hammered drunk.

[XMuskieFTW]

I will be there hammered drunk.

Haha that's my plan. The stadium only being 25 minutes away coupled with what will be a half day at work will equal good times.

[XUMIOH12]

I will see you guys there, Hopefully I will be on that same level haha

[D-West & PO-Z]

I'm hearing the Michigan game will be a 9pm tip.

Any idea how accurate this is? If true I'm pretty sure I'm going.

[Tu 4 MVP]

Any idea how accurate this is? If true I'm pretty sure I'm going.

The game is listed as a 9pm tip on Michigan Basketballs website, so I think its pretty accurate.

http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/mich-m-baskbl-sched.html

[D-West & PO-Z]

The game is listed as a 9pm tip on Michigan Basketballs website, so I think its pretty accurate.

http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/mich-m-baskbl-sched.html

Awesome, other places I looked had TBA.

[maketewahXalum]

http://www.secsports.com/article/13926979/media-picks-kentucky-win-sec

Ouch. So we are playing the worst two SEC teams (Alabama - 13th, Missouri - 14th) and the 10th ranked SEC team (Auburn). 3 of the bottom 5. I don't know how long ago these games were scheduled, but I can't imagine Mario was anticipating the teams being this bad.

[xubrew]

Alabama was scheduled by ESPN, not Mario.

Auburn sucks, but they suck a lot less than they did when we first scheduled them. I remember posting that I'd rather play Georgia State home and home than Auburn, and I was serious. I must admit that I do think the media is missing on this one and that they will be much better than tenth, but they probably still aren't a tournament caliber team.

If Missouri's basketball team was a sled dog, it would have been shot last year. They are TERRIBLE.

[STL_XUfan]

If Missouri's basketball team was a sled dog, it would have been shot last year. They are TERRIBLE.

This is what happens when you let the boosters hire the coach rather than actual basketball people. I am afraid it will only get worst after seeing the mass exodus of all of their young talent.

[Xville]

This is what happens when you let the boosters hire the coach rather than actual basketball people. I am afraid it will only get worst after seeing the mass exodus of all of their young talent.

What mass exodus? They lost two guys off of an 8 win team...that's pretty impressive that they only lost two and jt3 is addition by subtraction in my opinion. That still have a lot of youbg talent with wright, grant and others returning.

Kim Anderson is doing things the right way something that mizzou hasn't done since Stewart in terms of getting relationships back with the local high school coaches. Sorry but I don't think you know what you are talking about in this case. Haith destroys programs..he has done it everywhere he has gone. I'm going to give Anderson more than one year to judge him and I expect the team to be .500 this year. That's not great but it's an improvement. It will take time for missouri to be nationally relevant again but I firmly believe Anderson is the right man for the job.

[STL_XUfan]

What mass exodus? They lost two guys off of an 8 win team...that's pretty impressive that they only lost two and jt3 is addition by subtraction in my opinion. That still have a lot of youbg talent with wright, grant and others returning.

Kim Anderson is doing things the right way something that mizzou hasn't done since Stewart in terms of getting relationships back with the local high school coaches. Sorry but I don't think you know what you are talking about in this case. Haith destroys programs..he has done it everywhere he has gone. I'm going to give Anderson more than one year to judge him and I expect the team to be .500 this year. That's not great but it's an improvement. It will take time for missouri to be nationally relevant again but I firmly believe Anderson is the right man for the job.

I think that is a little harsh on JT3 as he was the lead scorer as a sophomore, which was kind of big role to ask him to fill. I would have liked to see what he could do with a few more years of development. The transfer I am most upset about is Techie Gill-Ceaser. That kid looked like he was going to be a stud in the next fews years.

I still think Kim is in way over his head, but I hope I am wrong and you are right. I would prefer to take a hit to my pride than watch more seasons like last year.