{"id":32870,"date":"2014-02-03T14:39:44","date_gmt":"2014-02-03T19:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=32870"},"modified":"2014-02-03T14:39:44","modified_gmt":"2014-02-03T19:39:44","slug":"college-basketball-picks-xavier-musketeers-vs-villanova-wildcats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-basketball-picks-xavier-musketeers-vs-villanova-wildcats-32870\/","title":{"rendered":"College Basketball Picks: Xavier Musketeers vs. Villanova Wildcats"},"content":{"rendered":"

Xavier Musketeers vs. Villanova Wildcats
\nMonday, 2\/3\/14, 7:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Villanova -10
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Villanova -9.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 148
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 146.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Villanova Wildcats are 41-10 SU when scoring 70 or more points the L2-plus seasons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Xavier has dropped back-to-back games, including a 68-60 setback to the Seton Hall Pirates as eight-point home favorites last Saturday, while going UNDER the betting total of 144.\u00a0 The Musketeers are averaging 77.5 points per game during Big East Conference play\u2014shooting 48.4 percent from the field and 74.5 percent from the charity stripe.\u00a0 Offensively, the team has three probable starters averaging in double figures, with sophomore guard Semaj Christon scoring 17.1 points a contest.\u00a0 Xavier is 22-9 ATS as a underdog the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Musketeers have dropped two of three games against teams that are currently ranked, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your college basketball betting picks.\u00a0 Xavier has out-rebounded 11 straight opponents and lead the Big East with a rebound margin of +6.7.\u00a0 The program has dropped 16 of the last 20 meetings in this series, but did pick up a 71-66 victory in the last occurrence on Nov. 19, 2006.<\/p>\n

Villanova has won three consecutive games, including a 90-74 victory over the Temple Owls as 10.5-point road favorites last Saturday, while going OVER the betting total of 153.5.\u00a0 The Wildcats should be able to match the Musketeers on the glass, as they\u2019ve got five players averaging between 4.1 and 5.9 rebounds, which is important to consider when looking over the college basketball odds page.\u00a0 The program has compiled a dominating 41-10 SU record when scoring 70 or more points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Wildcats are allowing conference opponents to score 71.4 points per game against them, but they\u2019ve got one of the more dynamic offenses in the country.\u00a0 Villanova entered its last affair with four of five probable starters averaging in double figures, with guard James Bell leading the way at 15.1 points a contest.\u00a0 He\u2019s coming off a 19-point performance and has averaged 20.2 points on 49.2 percent shooting over his last five affairs.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Wildcats due to their 16-5 ATS mark in their last 21 home games.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the college basketball handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n

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Xavier Musketeers vs. Villanova Wildcats Monday, 2\/3\/14, 7:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Villanova -10 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Villanova -9.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 148 Current Total:\u00a0 146.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Xavier has dropped back-to-back games, including a 68-60 setback to the Seton Hall Pirates as eight-point home favorites last Saturday, while going UNDER the betting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":19819,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[2497,6450,7246,752,1369],"class_list":["post-32870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-big-east-conference","tag-james-bell","tag-semaj-christon","tag-villanova-wildcats","tag-xavier-musketeers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32870"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32871,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32870\/revisions\/32871"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}