Cintas Center

Cintas Center is the home arena of Xavier Musketeers basketball in Cincinnati, Ohio. It opened for the 2000-01 season and was built through private donations as the centerpiece of Xavier's Century Campaign. The arena also hosts volleyball and campus events, and it has earned a reputation as one of the loudest, most cramped-feel gyms in the Big East despite its mid-major-turned-power-conference pedigree. On game nights, students pack the lower bowl right on top of the court, giving Cintas an outsized home-court edge.

Since opening in 2000, Cintas Center has been ranked among the toughest home courts in college basketball, once cited as a top-3 'toughest place to play' by EA Sports' NCAA Basketball video game. It replaced the aging Schmidt Fieldhouse and gave Xavier a modern arena that helped fuel the program's rise into a consistent NCAA tournament contender in the Atlantic 10 and, later, the Big East. Xavier completed a renovation of the building in the mid-2020s, modestly trimming capacity while upgrading premium seating and concourses. The arena remains the anchor of Xavier's Musketeer basketball tradition and hosts commencement ceremonies and concerts alongside sports.