Xavier Men's Basketball 100

We celebrate 100 years of Xavier basketball memories (1920-2020). An official account of @XUAthletics | presented by @heartlandbank |

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🏆 | Take a look back at @XavierMBB's 1958 NIT Championship, won on this date at Madison Square Garden!

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🎥 | One of the stars of the 1958 NIT Championship team, Joe Viviano, has fond memories of the title run, which marked the 1st major national title won by any Ohio college basketball program.

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🏆🗓️ | On this date in 1958: @XavierMBB beat No. 11 Dayton 78-74 in the NIT Championship game at @TheGarden. Hank Stein (MVP), Ducky Castelle, Joe Viviano & Tony Olberding earned All-Tournament Team honors.

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Xavier played and won its first BIG EAST Tournament game in 2014 over Marquette at @TheGarden. Justin Martin (19) and @SemajChriston (18 with 5 assists) led @XavierMBB in scoring.

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These are the perfect addition to your Xavier memorabilia collection. Head over to the @XavierBookstore for all things 💯 Years. #LetsGoX

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🪙 | Gold was a part of Xavier’s uniform color scheme for 3 seasons: 1973-74, 1974-75, 1975-76. Following the 1976 season, the color was removed for a shift back to a more traditional blue palette.

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🏆 | @XavierMBB has won or shared 18 regular season conference titles (BIG EAST, Atlantic 10 & MCC). XU put together a run of five straight in the A-10 from 2007-11. Current asst. @DanteJacksonXU and his teammates all contributed to the fun at @CintasCenter in 2010.

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That first week was busy. In addition to hockey and XU, UC played a game vs. Butler on Feb. 23 and on Feb. 28 Cincinnati native Ezzard Charles beat Joey Maxim in the first boxing match at the arena. Its history included NBA basketball, the Beatles and 310 XU games.

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There were many great memories for @XavierMBB at Cincinnati Gardens, which opened its doors on this date in 1949. The first event was a hockey exhibition match. XU played its first game at the Gardens on Feb. 24, falling to No. 1-ranked Kentucky 51-40.

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Visit the @XavierBookstore online or in-store and check out the 100 Years collection.

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While @XavierMBB prepares for a trip to NYC to face St. John's, it seems like a good time to look back at the first @BIGEASTMBB game in Xavier history, a 70-60 win vs. SJU at @CintasCenter in the 2013-14 season. XU used a 13-0 run to start the 2nd half to take control.

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Let's take a look back at another fan favorite from @CintasCenter, the 2011 comeback win over Purdue. The heroics of @SFFiveTu and @RealMarkLyons, who combined for 27 2nd half points, led No. 11 XU to a 66-63 win after trailing by 19 points with under 10 minutes left.

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Here is the box score from the game. The 47 points by @D_West30 still stands as the @CintasCenter record for any @XavierMBB player or opponent.

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We asked fans their favorite performances at @CintasCenter. We have yet to get a list that doesn't include @D_West30's effort in the 2003 win over Dayton: 47 points, 18 rebounds and three assists for the National Player of the Year and future NBA Champion and All-Star.

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It's Black History Month. This is a great time to tell the inspiring story of Ray Tomlin, @XavierMBB's 1st varsity student-athlete who was drafted into the military before graduation but came back to Xavier 50 years later to finish his degree. https://t.co/CCZJZf6Cmx

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It's Black History Month. This is a great time to tell the inspiring story of Ray Tomlin, @XavierMBB's 1st varsity student-athlete who was drafted into the military before graduation but came back to Xavier 50 years later to finish his degree. https://t.co/CCZJZf6Cmx

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📺 | Great flashback highlights from @ESPN SportsCenter on a "Top 25" matchup of Xavier vs. Miami and featuring 2 future NBA standouts in XU's @James_Posey41 and MU's @wallyball. @LennybrownXU04, Gary Lumpkin and @CoachKevinFrey were among other XU stars that night.

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#23 Miami (OH) vs #22 Xavier (1998)

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Xavier rolled over No. 24 Michigan 86-70 in Ann Arbor in the 2015-16 season in XU's first Gavitt Games tilt. @JalenReynolds, @TrevonBluiett and @23Abell each scored 15 points to lead the Musketeers. XU dominated the rebounding 47-29, including 18 offensive boards.

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Xavier resumes its season on the road at Butler on Friday. Let's take a look back at a big @BIGEASTMBB road win, an 82-80 victory at Creighton in the 2016-17 season behind 16 points each from @TrevonBluiett and then-freshman @TyriqueJones_, who hit 8-8 from the field.

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