NEW YORK CITY —Welcome to Cincinnati.com's coverage of Xavier men's basketball's (20-12, 9-9 Big East regular season) Thursday Big East Tournament quarterfinal-round game against nationally ranked (No. 18) and second-seeded Butler University at Madison Square Garden. Refresh this website for live, in-game updates analysis from The Enquirer's Xavier beat writer, Pat Brennan. Follow Pat on Twitter for additional updates and analysis at @PBrennanENQ.
THE GAME
Tipoff: 7 p.m., Madison Square Garden, (capacity 19,786)
TV/Radio: FS1/ 700 WLW-AM
PROJECTED STARTERS
Butler: Kamar Baldwin (6-0 freshman guard), Avery Woodson (6-2 guard (graduate transfer), Kethan Savage (6-3 redshirt senior guard), Tyler Wideman (6-8 junior forward), Andrew Chrabascz (6-7 senior forward).