Xavier Musketeers men's basketball
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| University | Xavier University | ||||||
| Head coach | Richard Pitino | ||||||
| Conference | Big East | ||||||
| Location | Cincinnati, Ohio | ||||||
| Arena | Cintas Center (capacity: 10,212) | ||||||
| Colors | Navy blue, white, and gray | ||||||
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| NCAA tournament Elite Eight | |||||||
| 2004, 2008, 2017 | |||||||
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| Conference tournament champions | |||||||
| MCC: 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991 A-10: 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006 | |||||||
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| NIT champions | |||||||
| 1958, 2022 | |||||||
The Xavier Musketeers men's basketball team represents Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. The school's team currently competes in the Big East Conference. Xavier has appeared in the NCAA tournament 30 times, 16 times in the 18 tournaments between 2001 and 2018. On March 11, 2018, Xavier earned its first ever No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Xavier is also a two-time winner of the NIT, with their most recent championship coming in 2022.
Xavier won four Atlantic 10 tournament championships (1998, 2002, 2004 and 2006). Xavier has won or shared 17 regular season conference championships, while winning 9 conference tournament championships. In addition, they have won one Big East Conference regular season title in 2018. They made the 2023 Big East Championship but lost to the Marquette Golden Eagles.
Xavier has been listed among the top-20 most valuable college basketball teams.