Xavier's men's basketball team defeated Michigan in Ann Arbor in last year's inaugural Gavitt Tipoff Games, an eight-game series between the Big East and Big Ten to launch college hoops season.
The Musketeers planned to host a Gavitt Games opponent next season but were excluded from the slate.
Jon Rothstein of CBSSports.com announced the 2016 pairings tonight on Twitter. They are: Wisconsin at Creighton, Villanova at Purdue, Northwestern at Butler, Maryland at Georgetown, St. John's at Minnesota, Rutgers at DePaul, Providence at Ohio State, and Seton Hall at Iowa.
"We are disappointed not to be a part of the Gavitt Games this season.