Opportunities like the one Xavier's men's basketball team has at Cintas Center on Thursday night (6:30 p.m., Fox Sports 1) are not regular occurrences.
To host a ranked opponent – No. 19 Ohio State (3-0) – in the third game of the season, the Musketeers (2-0) have the chance to prove themselves against a quality team and the result could put an early pin in Xavier's postseason resume.
On the final night of the Gavitt Tipoff Games – an annual event that pits the Big Ten Conference against the Big East Conference – Xavier welcomes the Buckeyes to Cintas Center for the first time in a game that's been more than 14 years in the making since the two last met in a second-round game in the 2007 NCAA Tournament when Ohio State was a No.