(3) Big East Games on Friday

[MU/Panther]

Sacred Heart @ Providence (-17.5), 5:30PM
TV: FS1 - Rich Ackerman, Vin Parise

1 Villanova (-22) vs. Hofstra (Uniondale, NY), 7:30
TV: FS1 - Brian Custer, Tarik Turner

9 Xavier (-6.5) @ Northern Iowa, 8:00
TV: CBSSN -Ben Holden, Steve Wolf

[Nukem2]

Xavier on the road against a UNI team that gave Nova a tussle in one of those Turkey Week events.

[ge1974]

Xavier had two players of significance, Macura and Gates miss their last game due to injuries but they are expected back for tonight's game.

[mufan2003]

Northern Iowa has beaten SMU, NC State and UNLV. 2 of their 3 losses are to UNC and Villanova. An RPI of 30. A nice road test for Xavier.