Xavier announced further progressions in their 2008-09 men's basketball schedule today, along with some scheduling announcements from the Atlantic 10 conference.
Xavier, Duke and CBS announced the finalization of the long awaited nationally televised game at the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, NJ. The game will take place at 2 p.m. on Dec. 20, and will be the first nationally televised regular season game in XU history.
For those looking to go to the game, tickets will be $55 to $75, and will be available starting Oct. 20 on Ticketmaster. I assume Xavier will have some sort of student seating at the game, but no word on that as of yet.
Also the A10 revealed the match ups for the 08-09 season on Tuesday. The Atlantic 10 made a shift in scheduling ideology last season, with a focus on improving their RPI ranking as a conference and namely that of its highest profile schools. As a result of this each team in the conference plays each of the other 13 schools one time, and three of the schools a second time. The three opponents that the school competes with in a home-and-home is determined by a coaches vote in the conference. The 14 coaches vote on who they expect to be the top teams in the conference, with the top four teams ultimately competing in home-and-home series against each other, the middle four teams doing the same, and the bottom six being matched up accordingly.
Xavier was placed in a grouping with Fordham, Dayton and Charlotte, meaning that the Musketeers will face those teams both at Cintas Center and on the road.
In addition to those three home games, Xavier will also take on George Washington, La Salle, Massachusetts, Saint Louis and Temple at home. The road slate for Xavier in 08-09 is: Duquesne, Saint Joseph's, Richmond, Rhode Island and Saint Bonaventure.
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