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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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Both XU teams will open with Fisk in GCAC tournaments
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February 26, 2012
NEW ORLEANS — It will be a double-dose of
Xavier University of Louisiana vs. Fisk in Thursday's opening round of the
Gulf Coast Athletic Conference basketball tournaments at Jacksonville, Fla.
XU's women, 22-8 and seeded first in their bracket,
will play eighth-seeded Fisk (4-24) at 10 a.m. EST. XU's men — 22-7 and
seeded second after losing a Sunday coin flip with Tougaloo for the top seed
— will play seventh-seeded Fisk (6-22) at 4 p.m. EST.
Both games will be played at Edward Waters College's
Adams-Jenkins Sports and Music Complex. That facility will play host to six
of Thursday's eight games and all Friday and Saturday games.
The Gold Nuggets secured their seed and earned the
regular-season championship by a game over Talladega by winning 59-53 at
Dillard on Saturday. The Gold Rush also won at Dillard, shooting 53.1 percent
from the floor in a wire-to-wire 67-43 decision, and grabbed a share of the
GCAC men's regular-season title with Tougaloo, a 71-65 loser at SUNO.
It's the first time since 2003-04 that both XU teams
won GCAC titles in the same regular season.
The XU men split their two regular-season meetings
with Tougaloo. The coin flip was necessary because the
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Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Tournaments
at Jacksonville, Fla. — all times Eastern
WOMEN
Thursday, March 1
Quarterfinals (First Round)
Xavier (22-8, #1 seed) vs. Fisk (4-24, #8 seed), 10 a.m.
• Dillard (13-11, #4 seed) vs. Tougaloo (14-13, #5 seed), 10 a.m.
Talladega (20-7, #2 seed) vs. Philander Smith (5-24, #7 seed), 2 p.m.
SUNO (13-10, #3 seed) vs. Edward Waters (9-22, #6 seed) 6 p.m.
Friday, March 2
Semifinals
Xavier-Fisk winner vs. Dillard-Tougaloo winner, 2 p.m.
Talladega-Philander Smith winner vs. SUNO-Edward Waters winner, 6 p.m.
Saturday, March 3
Championship
Semifinal winners meet at noon
MEN
Thursday, March 1
Quarterfinals (First Round)
Tougaloo (21-7, #1 seed) vs. Dillard (1-28, #8 seed), noon
• Philander Smith (14-14, #4 seed) vs. Talladega (11-18, #5 seed), noon
Xavier (22-7, #2 seed) vs. Fisk (6-22, #7 seed), 4 p.m.
SUNO (14-13, #3 seed) vs. Edward Waters (11-17, #6 seed) 8 p.m.
Friday, March 2
Semifinals
Tougaloo-Dillard winner vs. Philander Smith-Talladega winner, 4 p.m.
Xavier-Fisk winner vs. SUNO-Edward Waters winner, 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 3
Championship
Semifinal winners meet at 2 p.m.
• Game to be played at Florida State College (south campus) Sports Center;
all other games to be played at Edward Waters College's
Adams-Jenkins Sports and Music Complex
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Rush and Bulldogs
had identical records against each of the other already determined seeds.
The tie for fourth place between Philander Smith and Talladega was not
determined until after the coin flip for No. 1. After Tougaloo won the flip
— Bulldogs coach Lafayette Stribling successfully called heads —
Philander Smith earned the No. 4 seed by virtue of a 1-1 record against
Tougaloo. Talladega was 0-2 against the Bulldogs.
Both XU teams were 2-0 against Fisk in the regular
season. The Gold Nuggets won 71-28 at home on Jan. 14 and 81-50 at Fisk
this past Monday. The Gold Rush won 65-58 at home and 74-50 at Fisk on the
same dates.
If the XU women win Thursday, they'll play
fourth-seeded Dillard or fifth-seeded Tougaloo in the semifinals at 2 p.m. EST
Friday. If the XU men advance, they'll face third-seeded SUNO or sixth-seeded
Edward Waters at 8 p.m. Friday.
The championship games will be Saturday, with the
women playing at noon EST and the men to follow at 2 p.m.
The Gold Nuggets defeated Tougaloo 71-44 in 2011 to win
their second consecutive GCAC Tournament. Tougaloo beat Xavier 93-80 in
overtime for the men's championship.
Both tournament champions will receive automatic bids
to the NAIA Division I National Championships, which will begin March 14.
The men's tournament will return to Kansas City, Mo., for the 11th consecutive
year and celebrate its 75th anniversary. The women's tournament will begin a
three-year run in Frankfort, Ky., after being played in Jackson, Tenn.,
the past 22 years.
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