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Live updates | Big East Tournament semifinal between No. 4 Xavier and No. 1 Villanova

Xavier beat Creighton 63-61 Thursday in thrilling fashion to earn a spot in Friday night's Big East Conference Tournament semifinals against Villanova Adam Baum, abaum@enquirer.com

NEW YORK – The one-game-at-a-time mentality and the desperation that accompanies it has served the Xavier Musketeers well over the last month.

They'll need that same desperation Friday night (6:30 p.m., FS1) at Madison Square Garden against Villanova, the Big East Conference Tournament's No. 1 overall seed.