Xavier's first conference game will be on New Year's Eve

The Big East has confirmed that the conference season will once again begin with a ten-game basketball marathon. The schedule is as follows:

12:00 p.m.- St Johns at SetonHall
2:30 p.m.- Butler at Nova
5:00 p.m.- Marquette at DePaul
7:30 p.m. BIGEAST Championship Rematch Creighton at Providence
10:00 p.m. Georgetown at XU

A home game with Georgetown is a nice little starter to the season. All of these games will be broadcast on FOX Sport One. We will have the full schedule for you as soon as it is announced.