{"id":33049,"date":"2014-02-14T19:48:20","date_gmt":"2014-02-15T00:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=33049"},"modified":"2014-02-14T19:48:20","modified_gmt":"2014-02-15T00:48:20","slug":"college-basketball-picks-xavier-musketeers-vs-marquette-golden-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-basketball-picks-xavier-musketeers-vs-marquette-golden-eagles-33049\/","title":{"rendered":"College Basketball Picks: Xavier Musketeers vs. Marquette Golden Eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Xavier Musketeers vs. Marquette Golden Eagles
\nSaturday, 2\/15\/14, 4:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Marquette -3.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Marquette -3.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Marquette Golden Eagles are 3-9-1 ATS in their last 13 games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Xavier has won back-to-back games, including a 64-50 victory over the Butler Bulldogs as two-point road underdogs last time out, while going UNDER the betting total for a fourth consecutive contest.\u00a0 The Musketeers have three probable starters averaging in double figures, with sophomore guard Semaj Christon leading the way at 16.8 points a contest, which is important to consider when making your college basketball betting picks.\u00a0 Xavier is 1-4 ATS in its last five Big East Conference games.<\/p>\n

The Musketeers are first in the Big East in out-rebounding opponents by an average of 5.8 boards per game, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the college basketball odds page.\u00a0 Xavier is 3-3 SU on the road this season, while it sits 37th in the latest NCAA RPI Rankings.\u00a0 Last season the program had only seven players averaging 9.0 minutes or more per game, but this year it has nine players to call upon.<\/p>\n

Marquette has also won two games in a row, including a 77-66 victory over the Seton Hall Pirates as 1.5-point road underdogs last time out, while going OVER the betting total in each of those affairs.\u00a0 The Golden Eagles still possess the league\u2019s top-ranked scoring defense, while its 40.6 defensive field goal percentage is second behind the Georgetown Hoyas.\u00a0 Offensively, the team has just one probable starter averaging in double figures, with forward Jamil Wilson scoring 12.1 points a contest.\u00a0 Marquette is 3-9-1 ATS in its last 13 games overall.<\/p>\n

The Golden Eagles own a 46-16 SU overall advantage in this series\u2014at one point claiming 26-straight victories from 1969 to 1983.\u00a0 Marquette has claimed two victories in a row on just four occasions during the 2013-14 campaign, which makes the end of the schedule very important in hopes of landing a spot in the 2014 NCAA Tournament.\u00a0 Head coach Buzz Williams has featured four different starting lineups in the last five games.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Golden Eagles due to the Musketeers being 1-4 ATS in their last five games versus teams with a winning record.<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Xavier Musketeers vs. Marquette Golden Eagles Saturday, 2\/15\/14, 4:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Marquette -3.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Marquette -3.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 N\/A Current Total:\u00a0 N\/A Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Xavier has won back-to-back games, including a 64-50 victory over the Butler Bulldogs as two-point road underdogs last time out, while going UNDER the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":25938,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[2497,8135,3943,7246,1369],"class_list":["post-33049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-big-east-conference","tag-jamil-wilson","tag-marquette-golden-eagles","tag-semaj-christon","tag-xavier-musketeers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33049","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=33049"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33050,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33049\/revisions\/33050"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}