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Xavier hosts Jacksonville to open 2019-20 season

Big East Coast Bias | November 5, 2019

Related Topics: Jacksonville, Xavier Musketeers men's basketball, Xavier Musketeers, Xavier University, Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne, Miami Dolphins, Garfield Heights, Jacksonville Dolphins, Tony Jasick

Time: 7 p.m. ET

Channel: FS2

Line: Xavier -23.5, 146.5 O/U

Series History: Xavier is 1-0 all-time against Jacksonville, defeating the Dolphins 103-94 in 1962.

Baby Dolphins

2018-19 Record: 12-20 (5-11 in A-SUN)

KenPom: 247th of 353

Coach: Tony Jasick, 6th season at JU (70-92). Jasick was hired from Purdue-Fort Wayne (57-42 record from 2011-2014) where he faced Xavier in his second game as a head coach, losing 86-62 at Cintas Center.

Jacksonville struggled to a 7th-place finish in the nine-team Atlantic Sun Conference but an intriguing blend of young talent lend optimism to a young Dolphins squad.

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