For the first time in Xavier University basketball history, the Musketeers will enter the NCAA Tournament as a No. 1-seeded team.
The 2017-18 Musketeers finished the regular season and Big East Tournament with a 28-5 overall record and were champions of the Big East in the regular season.
Xavier is the fourth No. 1 seed out of four teams and was sent to the 2018 NCAA Tournament's West Region. The Musketeers will begin their NCAA Tournament in Nashville against the winner of NC Central versus Texas Southern, a First Four game to determine the West Region's No.