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ALMA MATER
In the Mississippi Valley,
In the Crescent Bend
Stands our loved and noble Xavier,
Far her praises send.
Refrain:
Wave her colors bear them onward
Gold and white so true
Hail to thee, all hail, dear Xavier
Hail, all hail, X.U.!
Xavier, ever be our guide
And lead us on the way,
Through life's journey, onward, upward
To the eternal day. (Refrain)
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Buffalo Funds-NAIA Division I National Championship
At Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Mo.
Thursday, March 20: Xavier (24-9) vs. California Baptist (23-8), 9:45 p.m.
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10 schools qualified men's and women's basketball teams for NAIA Division I nationals
in 2007 and 2008:
Azusa Pacific, Cumberlands, Lambuth, Lee, Lewis-Clark State,
McKendree, Oklahoma Baptist, Oklahoma City, Southern Nazarene and XAVIER.
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Gold Rush vs. California Baptist at NAIA nationals
March 12, 2008
NEW ORLEANS — After two outstanding showings against top-four seeds in its most recent opening
rounds of the Buffalo Funds-NAIA Division I Men's Basketball National Championship,
Xavier University of Louisiana drew a lower-seeded team when the pairings
were announced Wednesday.
The Gold Rush (24-9) will play 10th-seeded California Baptist (23-8) at
9:45 p.m. next Thursday (March 20) at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City,
Mo. It will be the last of 16 first-round games played over two days.
Xavier will appear in the national tourney for a fourth consecutive time,
which extends a school record. The streak does not include 2006, when Xavier
suspended athletics in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
The Rush lost 81-79 to fourth-seeded Robert Morris (Chicago), an eventual
semifinalist, in the 2005 first round and upset third-seeded Georgetown (Ky.)
82-79 in 2007 — Xavier's first victory at nationals since 1973.
Xavier, the preseason pick to win the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference, finished
third in the regular season and lost 80-76 Monday at fourth-ranked LSU-Shreveport
in the GCAC Tournament final. But by joining LSUS in the final, the Rush clinched
the GCAC's second automatic bid to the tournament. LSUS earned the first berth by
winning the regular-season title, and a third GCAC team — No. 16 Mobile —
received an at-large bid.
LSUS (30-2), seeded fourth in Kansas City, will play Science and Arts (17-15)
at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday. Mobile (22-9) will play 16th-seeded Trevecca Nazarene
(24-8) at 6:15 p.m. Wednesday.
California Baptist, No. 13 in the final coaches poll, won 15 of its first 16
games this season before tying for third in the Golden State Athletic Conference
and finishing second in its conference tournament. The Lancers will make their
fourth consecutive appearance in the national tournament, and they're one of
four GSAC teams to qualify this season.
The matchup will be the first between Xavier and California Baptist. The game
will be Xavier's first against a California opponent since December 2004, when
the Rush lost 72-67 to Christian Heritage (now San Diego Christian) and 80-60 to
Concordia on consecutive nights at Irvine, Calif.
The championship game will tip off at 8:30 p.m. on March 25. Oklahoma City
beat Concordia (Calif.) 79-71 in the 2007 final, and both schools qualified
for this year's tourney.
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