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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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Gold Rush will play Dillard for second time in six days
February 25, 2013
NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana's men's
basketball team will get a quick rematch with Dillard in the opening round of the
Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Tournament.
The Gold Rush — a 70-46 winner against the Bleu Devils on Saturday in both teams' regular-season finale —
will play Dillard at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Barton Coliseum in Little Rock, Ark. It will be the first postseason meeting between the longtime city rivals since 2000.
Xavier (24-6) shared the GCAC regular-season championship with
Philander Smith, but the Gold Rush won a tiebreaker to earn the tournament's No. 1 seed for
the first time since 1987, when the event was known as the NAIA District 30 playoffs. Dillard (3-20) is seeded eighth.
The Gold Rush have won eight straight against Dillard
during the past four seasons and won by an average of 23.8 points during the last
two seasons. Xavier defeated the Bleu Devils 54-34 at Dillard's Dent Hall on Jan. 26
and set a series record for fewest points allowed in a game. Xavier leads the series 78-47
and won 15 of the past 16 meetings.
The last time Xavier and Dillard met in the postseason,
Dillard won 57-46 in the GCAC Tournament opening round in 2000 at Mobile, Ala.
The last time Xavier defeated the Bleu Devils in the postseason was in 1993.
The Xavier-Dillard winner will play fourth-seeded
Talladega or fifth-seeded SUNO in the semifinals at 2:30 p.m. Friday. The
championship game will start at 4:30 p.m. Saturday. Xavier was 2-0 each against
Talladega and SUNO during the regular season, but those four meetings were decided
by an average of four points.
Xavier seeks its second appearance in three years in the
championship game and its first GCAC Tournament title since 1996. SUNO defeated
Tougaloo 79-58 in the championship game a year ago at Jacksonville, Fla.
The tournament winner will receive the GCAC's automatic
bid to the Buffalo Funds-NCAA Division I National Championship, which will begin
March 13 at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo. Xavier qualified for the
national tournament six times in the past eight seasons, including 2011 and 2012
as an at-large selection. Xavier is ranked 16th nationally with a new top 25 to
be announced by late Tuesday afternoon.
The tournament schedule:
First Round — Thursday, Feb. 28
#4 Talladega vs. #5 SUNO, 2:30 p.m. at Mims Gym
#1 Xavier vs. #8 Dillard, 2:30 p.m. at Barton Coliseum
#3 Edward Waters vs. #6 Tougaloo, 7:30 p.m. at Mims Gym
#2 Philander Smith vs. #7 Fisk, 7:30 p.m. at Barton Coliseum
Semifinals — Friday, March 1
At Barton Coliseum
Talladega-SUNO winner vs. Xavier-Dillard winner, 2:30 p.m.
Edward Waters-Tougaloo winner vs. Philander Smith-Fisk winner, 7:30 p.m.
Championship — Saturday, March 2
At Barton Coliseum
Semifinal winners, 4:30 p.m.
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The Xavier Gold Rush and Gold Nuggets compete in Division I of the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) as a member of the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC).
Xavier fields men's teams in basketball, cross country, tennis and track and field and women's teams in basketball, cross country, tennis, track and field and volleyball.
Department of Intercollegiate Athletics
Xavier University of Louisiana
1 Drexel Drive
Campus Box 92
New Orleans, LA 70125
(504) 520-7329 phone
(504) 520-7934 fax
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