Vanderbilt Commodores (5-1) vs. Xavier Musketeers (4-0)

Where: Memorial Gymnasium (14,316), Nashville, Tenn.

When: Monday, 6 p.m. Central

TV: ESPN2

Radio: Nashville: 97.1 FM

Rankings: Xavier is 11th in the AP poll and Vanderbilt is 20th

Warren Nolan RPI: Vanderbilt is 9th, Xavier is 67th

The line: Vanderbilt by 3.5; over-under of 142

Sagarin prediction: Vanderbilt by 3

Pomeroy prediction: Vanderbilt 74, Xavier 70 (VU with a 62 percent chance of winning)

Series record:

VANDERBILT COMMODORES STARTERS							XAVIER MUSKETEERS STARTERS
Player	Ht.	Wt.	Cl.	PPG	RPG	Pos.	Player	Ht.	Wt.	Cl.	PPG	RPG
Brad Tinsley	6-3	210	Sr.	11.8	2.3	PG	Tu Holloway	6-0	190	Sr.	15.0	5.7a
John Jenkins	6-4	215	Jr.	20.2	2.6	SG	Mark Lyons	6-1	188	Jr.	17.8	4.3
Jeffery Taylor	6-7	225	Sr.	15.0	6.5	SF	Dezmine Wells	6-5	215	Fr.	10.5	4.8
Lance Goulbourne	6-8	225	Sr.	9.8	7.5	PF	Andre Walker	6-8	225	Sr.	4.8	4.0
Steve Tchiengang	6-9	245	Sr.	6.2	6.4	C	Kenny Frease	7-0	275	Sr.	10.3	6.3

About Xavier

Xavier has been to six-straight NCAA Tournaments in which it has won at least one game in four of those years, including Sweet 16s in 2009 and 2010 years and an Elite Eight in 2008. It has won the Atlantic 10 for five years running, and is picked to do so again this season.

But this year, the Musketeers and coach Chris Mack are aiming for something bigger: a Final Four, something in which Xavier has never participated even though it has been to the NCAA Tournament 22 times.

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