{"id":1164738,"date":"2026-02-24T01:11:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T06:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/?p=1164738"},"modified":"2026-02-24T01:11:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T06:11:17","slug":"xavier-and-providence-rescheduled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/xavier-and-providence-rescheduled\/","title":{"rendered":"Xavier and Providence rescheduled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\tFeb 21, 2026; Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Xavier Musketeers head coach Richard Pitino reacts after a play against the Butler Bulldogs during the first half at Hinkle Fieldhouse. Mandatory Credit: Robert Goddin-Imagn Images | Robert Goddin-Imagn Images\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">If, like me, you rearranged your week to sit down with your family and watch Xavier take on the waning moments of Kim English\u2019s Big East career, I have bad news for you.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p>\ud83d\udea8SCHEDULE CHANGE\ud83d\udea8<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/XavierMBB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@XavierMBB<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PCFriarsmbb?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PCFriarsmbb<\/a> now Wednesday at 7:30pm ET! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wQf4A6yr8A\">pic.twitter.com\/wQf4A6yr8A<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BIG EAST MBB (@BIGEASTMBB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BIGEASTMBB\/status\/2026079418154700839?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 23, 2026<\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">There\u2019s not much to say beyond that. The last time these two teams met, a January 10 game at Cintas, the Muskies rolled behind a 37-75 shooting performance and just 4 turnovers in 80 possessions. Five Muskies scored 14+ points that afternoon, led by Malik Messina-Moore\u2019s 23. Providence tried to make some noise late, but X closed easily for a 94-87 win. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Both of these teams are functionally dead and buried this year. They\u2019re still embroiled in the cluster of Big East squads battling it out for 6th in the league. Seeding has big implications for the chance to move forward in the Big East Tournament; this game has serious postseason implications.<\/p>\n<p>\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/xavier-providence-rescheduled-011117225.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/xavier-providence-rescheduled-011117225.html<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feb 21, 2026; Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Xavier Musketeers head coach Richard Pitino reacts after a play against the Butler Bulldogs during the first half at&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1164739,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1164738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1164738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1164738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1164738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1164739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1164738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1164738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1164738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}