Xavier returned to the NCAA Tournament in 2014 , its first season in the new Big East Conference . Xavier had an average regular season , going 8 – 10 in Big East play and qualifying as the last team into the Big East Tournament . While traveling to the tournament in Brooklyn , the team faced a flight delay , a flat tire on the bus to the hotel , and flooded hotel rooms . In the tournament itself , the fourth-seeded Musketeers dropped their opener to top-seeded Creighton , then won three straight games to win the championship and the conference 's automatic bid . Googins said to reporters of reaching his second NCAA Tournament : " I 'm going to enjoy it this time . You do n't realize that it does n't happen all of the time . You ca n't take it for granted but I was really uptight the last time . Not that it 's going to be loosey-goosey but we 're going to go down there and it 's another weekend . We 're going to be ready to play but I 'm going to enjoy it . It is a great experience . " At the Nashville Regional , Xavier again went 1 – 2 , losing games against Vanderbilt and Oregon but eliminating third-seeded Clemson
Big East Tournament
2014 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament
Scott Googins