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March Madness 2019: Live updates | Xavier leads Villanova in Big East semifinal

Xavier beat Creighton 63-61 Thursday in thrilling fashion to earn a spot in Friday night's Big East Conference Tournament semifinals against Villanova

NEW YORK – The one-game-at-a-time mentality and the desperation that accompanies it has served the Xavier Musketeers well over the last month.

They'll need that same desperation Friday night (6:30 p.m., FS1) at Madison Square Garden against Villanova, the Big East Conference Tournament's No. 1 overall seed.

The stakes couldn't be any higher for Xavier (18-14), a team currently hanging onto the NCAA Tournament bubble by its fingernails.