NEW ORLEANS — The next nine days will be busy for Xavier University of Louisiana Athletics.
        XULA will play at its Convocation Center for the first time this semester — the facility had been offline to competition and practices since late August because of water damage and the ensuing replacement of the playing surface — induct its first hall-of-fame class, compete for conference championships in cross country, play its first regular-season basketball games, play the NAIA's eighth-ranked women's volleyball team — SAGU is 24-0 entering a Friday home match with Oklahoma City — and visit Notre Dame in a men's basketball exhibition.
        Here's the schedule for the period:
        •  Friday, Oct. 28:  Women's volleyball at Paul Quinn, 6 p.m.
        •  Saturday, Oct. 29:
        — Women's volleyball at Paul Quinn, 10 a.m.
        — Women's volleyball at SAGU, 3 p.m.
        — Women's basketball exhibition at LeMoyne-Owen, 4 p.m.
        — Men's basketball exhibition at LeMoyne-Owen, 6 p.m.
        •  Monday, Oct. 31:  Men's basketball regular-season opener vs. Crowley's Ridge at Convocation Center, 7 p.m.
        •  Wednesday, Nov. 2:  Men's basketball exhibition at Notre Dame, 7 p.m. EDT
        •  Thursday, Nov. 3:  XULA Athletic Hall of Fame banquet at University Center, third-floor ballroom, 6 p.m.
        •  Friday, Nov. 4:
        — Cross country in Red River Athletic Conference Championships at San Antonio, Texas . . . men's 8,000-meter race at 8 a.m., women's 5,000-meter race at 8:45 a.m.
        — Women's volleyball doubleheader vs. Louisiana Christian at Convocation Center, 4 and 6 p.m.
        — Women's tennis at LSUS Invitational, Shreveport, La.
        •  Saturday, Nov. 5:
        — Women's basketball homecoming game and regular-season opener vs. LeMoyne-Owen at Convocation Center, 11 a.m.
        — Men's basketball homecoming game vs. LeMoyne-Owen at Convocation Center, 2 p.m.
        — Women's tennis at LSUS Invitational, Shreveport, La.