Where: Dunkin’ Donuts Center, Providence, RI
Time: Noon ET
TV: FOX (Justin Kutcher, Donny Marshall)
Line: Xavier (-1.5)
Last Year: Xavier won at home 82-56, and lost at Providence 75-63.
Xavier is 2-0 in the Big East fresh off a home victory against a Butler team that previously took down the No. 1 ranked Villanova Wildcats in emphatic fashion. Providence is 1-2 in the Big East and has lost two straight games. It is coming off a thrilling overtime loss in a game when Markus Howard dropped 52 points.