Big East Conference releases remainder of men's basketball schedule for 2023-24 season
The Big East Conference announced the men's regular season basketball league schedule on Friday, completing Xavier's 2023-24 regular season slate.
Xavier, which finished 15-5 and in second place in the Big East last season, opens league play on Dec. 20 at St. John's. The conference home-opener will be against Seton Hall on Dec. 23. Xavier wraps up regular season Big East play on March 9 against Marquette at Cintas Center. Xavier's home conference schedule includes five Wednesday games, three Saturday games and one contest each on Friday and Tuesday.
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The Musketeers will play 12 Big East regular season games against teams that made 2023 postseason play. That includes home-and-away games against national champion UConn, Creighton (Elite 8), Marquette (NCAA second round), Providence (NCAA tournament), Villanova (NIT) and Seton Hall (NIT).
Xavier has additional marquee matchups in its non-conference schedule, including its road-opener against Purdue (No. 1 seed in last year's NCAA Tournament) on Nov. 13 in the Gavitt Tipoff Games, a home game against Houston (2023 Sweet 16) Dec. 1 in the Big East/Big 12 Battle. Xavier will play either NCAA Tournament runner-up San Diego State or St. Mary's (NCAA second round) in November's Continental Tire Main Event in Las Vegas.
The annual Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout against Cincinnati is at Cintas Center on Dec. 9.
There will be no public exhibition games this season, only a pair of closed scrimmages. Television information and times for Xavier's Big East games will be announced later this month.
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The complete 2023-24 schedule is available on https://t.co/XNOuMMn8aW!
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Here's a look at Xavier's Big East schedule
Wednesday, Dec. 20
Xavier at St. John's
Saturday, Dec. 23
Seton Hall at Xavier
Wednesday, Jan. 3
Xavier at Villanova
Wednesday, Jan. 10
UConn at Xavier
Saturday, Jan. 13
Xavier at Providence
Tuesday, Jan. 16
Butler at Xavier
Friday, Jan. 19
Georgetown at Xavier
Tuesday, Jan. 23
Xavier at Creighton
Sunday, Jan. 28
Xavier at UConn
Wednesday, Jan. 31
St. John's at Xavier
Saturday, Feb. 3
Xavier at DePaul
Wednesday, Feb. 7
Villanova at Xavier
Saturday, Feb. 10
Creighton at Xavier
Wednesday, Feb. 14
Xavier at Seton Hall
Wednesday, Feb. 21
Providence at Xavier
Sunday, Feb. 25
Xavier at Marquette
Wednesday, Feb. 28
DePaul at Xavier
Saturday, March 2
Xavier at Georgetown
Wednesday, March 6
Xavier at Butler
Saturday, March 9
Marquette at Xavier
First look at the Musketeers
Xavier University Athletics will debut its annual first look at both the men's and women's basketball teams with Musketeer Tip-off, presented by Heartland Bank. The free event will be held on Friday, Oct. 13 at Cintas Center.
Season tickets are sold out, the school announced Friday. Four-game and six-game mini-packs will go on sale after tip-off times are announced later this month. Fans can join a waitlist for season tickets here.
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Xavier men's basketball: First look at the full 2023-24 schedule
