Xavier basketball is a nearly 100-year-old institution that exudes history, echoes with the recollections of past champions and recalls fondly the litany of great coaches and players it's seen through the years.
Now, there's a new Xavier champion to celebrate as of Wednesday, and the new echo to ring out across the university’s campus: The 2017-18 Xavier Musketeers are the Big East Conference regular season champions.
The No. 3-ranked Musketeers (25-4, 14-3 Big East) clinched a share of the Big East regular season title as a consequence of their 84-74 victory over the Providence College Friars (18-12, 9-8) at Cintas Center before a crowd of 10,715.