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It's been 31 years since two Catholic schools played in a top-five college basketball game. That changes Wednesday. Continue to Article

February 23, 2016 10:26:pm EST

The fifth-ranked Musketeers (24-3, 12-3) have a chance to knock off the top-ranked team in the country, something they've done numerous times. ''They're (high) stakes,'' senior forward James Farr said. The game marks the first time in the reconfigured Big East that a pair of Top 5 teams has played each other. Continue to Article

February 23, 2016 6:57:pm EST

A win over No. 1 Villanova on Wednesday night would amount to a huge breakthrough for a Xavier team that's put together the best season in school history so far. The fifth-ranked Musketeers (24-3, 12-3) have a chance to knock off the top-ranked team in the country, something they've done numerous times. ''They're (high) stakes,'' senior forward James Farr said. Continue to Article

February 23, 2016 6:37:pm EST

No Xavier team has won 20 games so quickly or been ranked so high. Xavier has never reached a Final Four. The Musketeers have come close a couple of times, losing to Duke in a regional final in 2004 and to UCLA in 2008. Continue to Article

February 08, 2016 5:34:pm EST

Villanova is No. 1 in The Associated Press college basketball poll for the first time. The Wildcats (20-3) made the jump from third following then-No. 1 Oklahoma's loss to Kansas State and then-No. 2 North Carolina's losses to Louisville and Notre Dame. Villanova received 32 first-place votes Monday from the 65-member national media panel. Continue to Article

February 08, 2016 1:41:pm EST

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