LOS ANGELES – Wednesday night's men's basketball game between No. 1 Villanova and No. 5 Xavier was a big win for Xavier – on the court and in the digital space – in addition to being a record-setting night for FS1. XU knocked off visiting Villanova 90-83 before a record crowd at Cintas Center (10,727) and record viewership on the FS1 national broadcast.
In the first top-five college basketball matchup on FS1 – and the first for the BIG EAST in its current alignment – the network came away with a record 538,000 viewers, as well as a 5.