Xavier Musketeers Men's Basketball Preview

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The X's and O's

• Xavier, 10-5 overall and 2-0 in the Atlantic 10 Conference, is coming off a sweep of a two-game road trip to open the Atlantic 10 Conference season after winning 68-62 at La Salle on Jan. 7 and 76-69 at George Washington on Jan. 10.

• Xavier sophomore Jordan Crawford has earned Atlantic 10 Conference Player of the Week honors for the second time this season. Crawford averaged 26 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 2.5 steals in two games for the week ending Jan. 9 (at Wake Forest and at La Salle). Crawford leads the Atlantic 10 Conference in scoring at 19.3 ppg., including a career-high 30-point game at Wake.
 
• Xavier’s lone senior, Jason Love, leads the team in rebounding at 9.5 rpg. (fourth in the Atlantic 10) and blocked shots at 2.1 bpg. (fourth in the A-10). Love is coming off of his fifth double-double of the season, a 19-point, 13-rebound game at George Washington on Jan. 10.
 
• Xavier sophomore Terrell Holloway is second in the Atlantic 10 Conference in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.59-to-1.00. He leads the A-10 and is 18th in the nation in free-throw percentage at 90.9 percent (60-of-66). He also leads XU in assists at 3.8 apg. (seventh in the Atlantic 10).

• Xavier junior Jamel McLean recorded a double-double with a career-high 21 points and 10 rebounds at Wake Forest. McLean is second on the team and 12th in the Atlantic 10 in rebounding at 6.8 rpg.

• Xavier, undefeated at home in Atlantic 10 Conference play each of the last three seasons, has won 24 straight Atlantic 10 Conference games at Cintas Center, which is tied for the second-longest streak in A-10 history.

• Xavier’s 14-year Atlantic 10 history, which began in the 1995-96 season, includes seven regular season and four tournament titles. XU won the last three A-10 Regular Season Championships (2009, 2008 and Co-Champs in 2007).

• Xavier made its fourth straight NCAA Tournament appearance in 2009 and its eighth in the last nine years, including the NCAA Sweet 16 this past season (2009) and the Elite Eight in 2004 and 2008.