McCafferty was replaced as head coach in 1963. On March 14, 1961, Xavier fell to Morehead State at the Kentucky State Fairgrounds in Louisville, Kentucky. In 1961, McCafferty led Xavier to their first appearance in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. That was the first postseason championship won by any Ohio Division I school. According to most college basketball historians, the NIT was the elite post season tournament until the NCAA overtook it in the early 1960s. Bonaventure and Dayton, Xavier captured the NIT. McCafferty led the Musketeers back to a third straight NIT in 1958. Īfter a loss to Bradley in the 1957 NIT, Wulk was replaced as head coach by Jim McCafferty. The 1956 appearance marked Xavier's first NIT win, an 84–80 victory over Saint Louis. Wulk guided the Musketeers to National Invitational Tournament appearances in 19. In 1951, Hirt was replaced as head coach by Ned Wulk. 1948 was the only year Xavier appeared in the NAIA tournament. Xavier finished in 4th place, losing to Hamline University in the national third-place game, 58–59. Under Hirt, the Musketeers first postseason appearance was in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) during the 1948 NAIA National Basketball tournament, the national tournament for small colleges.
In his one season as head coach, Burns compiled a record of 3–16.
In 1945, the program resumed under the leadership of head coach Ed Burns. įollowing the 1942–43 season, play was suspended for the following two seasons because of World War II. Crowe's 96 wins as a head coach rank fourth all-time among Xavier head coaches. During Crowe's 10 years as Xavier head coach, Xavier compiled a record of 96–78. The Musketeer's success continued under second head coach Clem Crowe. Coached by Joe Meyer, the Musketeers compiled a 94–52 record during Meyer's's 13-year run as head coach from 1920 to 1933. The first Xavier basketball game on record was Februat the Fenwick Club in Cincinnati.
See also: List of Xavier Musketeers men's basketball seasons Xavier has been listed among the top-20 most valuable college basketball teams. They made the 2023 Big East Championship but lost to the Marquette Golden Eagles. In addition, they have won one Big East Conference regular season title in 2018. Xavier has won or shared 17 regular season conference championships, while winning 9 conference tournament championships. Xavier won four Atlantic 10 tournament championships (1998, 2002, 20). Xavier is also a two-time winner of the NIT, with their most recent championship coming in 2022. On March 11, 2018, Xavier earned its first ever No. Xavier has appeared in the NCAA tournament 29 times, 16 times in the 18 tournaments between 20. The school's team currently competes in the Big East Conference, and are coached by Sean Miller. The Xavier Musketeers men's basketball team represents Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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