Xavier University NCAA News

Jordan Crawford scored a career-high 26 points in Xavier's up-tempo offense, and Jason Love had his second straight double-double Saturday, leading the Musketeers to a 105-65 victory over Sacred Heart.

Courtney Simmons hit a basket in the lane to break a tie in overtime and completed a three-point play as Eastern Connecticut defeated Bowdoin 71-67 Saturday to win the Eastern Tip-Off Tournament in Willimantic.

Pop, pop, pop. Xavier guard Katie Rutan rattled off three 3-pointers to fuel 13-0 first-half run against No.

Although the Old Spice Classic is just around the corner for Xavier's men's basketball team, the Musketeers say they won't overlook Sacred Heart in the teams' 7:30 p.m. inaugural meeting Saturday at Cintas Center.

By the time Jordan Crawford checked out for the last time, Xavier's student section was chanting his name.

Men's basketball coach Louis Orr is no stranger to the Cincinnati area. The Cincinnati native played and coached high school basketball at Withrow High School and coached first-year Xavier coach Chris Mack for the 1990-91 and 1991-92 seasons.

Crawford has 24, Xavier beats Bowling Green 101-57 Eds: APNewsNow. Xavier 101, Bowling Green 57.

The older Dante Jackson gets, the more he realizes how much Xavier's basketball team is a work-in-progress at the regular season's start.

Jordan Crawford scored 14 points while Jason Love and Mark Lyons added 12 apiece leading Xavier past Youngstown State 83-57 in the Muskateers season opener at Cintas Center.

One man's opinion on the top area sports stories from last week: The Skinny: Granted it was just NAIA Campbellsville and Division II Clarion , but the highly anticipated debut of new head coach John Calipari's team at Kentucky didn't disappoint as the Wildcats outscored the two opponents 191-90, first holding Campbellsville to 21.1 percent ...

Xavier University head basketball coach Chris Mack announced today that he has received four signed national letters of intent from young men who will be a part of the Xavier team beginning with the 2010-11 season, an impressive list of signees which earned Xavier a top 20 recruiting class ranking by rivals.com and many other experts.

Xavier's basketball season was already going to be a big one for Jamel McLean, who has stepped into an expanded role following the departure of NBA-bound Derrick Brown.

Coach Chris Mack was clear about one mission following Xavier's first exhibition game earlier this week: The team needed to defend without fouling.

Well with basketball season upon, the sports writers at the Examiner will vote in our own Top 25 for the beloved readers of the Examiner.

OUTLOOK: One of the most difficult tasks in college basketball is winning the regular season title in the Atlantic 10 Conference.

When fans rise to their feet and Xavier's starting lineup is announced at Cintas Center, there's one player who commands attention.

Each weekend, UC's Mick Cronin and XU's Chris Mack will give readers insight into their basketball teams through The Enquirer's Bill Koch and Shannon Russell.

The University of Dayton men's basketball team may be favored to win the Atlantic 10, but the league's coaches expect a competitive race and believe the list of potential champions is long.

There's nothing like a little preseason basketball to get Cintas Center rocking.

We had a great week of practice. It's even more satisfying when you watch the DVD of practice each night and you can clearly see the progress.