The Xavier Musketeers (16-6, 6-5 Big East) meet the Seton Hall Pirates (14-7, 5-6) in a Wednesday night battle at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J, at 7 p.m. ET. Below, we look at the Xavier vs. Seton Hall odds and lines, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and bets.
Xavier has lost three of its last five, dropping them from the top-25. The Musketeers fell to DePaul, 69-65, Saturday. The close score was nothing new for XU, which has seen five of its last eight games decided by 4 points or less.
The Pirates are just 5-6 over their last 11 games, but they head into Wednesday’s tilt off back-to-back victories. Seton Hall, which sports the nation’s 18th best 2-point field-goal defense (44.6%), held Georgetown and Creighton to just 63 and 55 points, respectively, over the two wins.
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Xavier at Seton Hall odds, spread and lines
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- Money line: Xavier +155 (bet $100 to win $155) | Seton Hall -190 (bet $190 to win $100)
- Against the spread (ATS): Xavier +3.5 (-107) | Seton Hall -3.5 (-115)
- Over/Under (O/U): 142.5 (O: -107 | U: -115)
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Xavier at Seton Hall odds, lines, picks and predictions
Prediction
Xavier 71, Seton Hall 70
Money line
Xavier and Seton Hall both play at above-average tempos. XU has performed well against teams with similar pacing. The Musketeers have also found success against teams yielding a couple too many offensive rebounds. SHU has trended that way in recent weeks; it has coughed up 10-plus offensive rebounds in four of its last five games.
The Musketeers are the better shooting team, and recent results on both sides have this price in a nice place. Tab this one as a near-pick ’em, and that makes for VALUE ON XAVIER (+155).
Against the spread
The Pirates are 1-5 ATS in their last six home games against teams playing .600 ball. The road team is 5-0 ATS in the last five series meetings. The
Underdog is 13-3 ATS in the last 16.
TAKE XAVIER +3.5 (-107).
Over/Under
PASS: signals are waving this one up, down and sideways.
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