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Marquette vs Xavier Pick – Basketball Predictions & Odds 2/15/23

Xavier Musketeers (19-6) vs. Marquette Golden Eagles (20-6)
February 15, 2023 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: Marquette Golden Eagles -6 / Xavier Musketeers +6 ; Over/Under: 164
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The Xavier Musketeers and the Marquette Golden Eagles meet Wednesday in college basketball action from Fiserv Forum. Xavier is currently 19-6 overall. The Musketeers lost to Butler in their Friday matchup. As for Marquette, they’re 20-6 following a win over Georgetown on Saturday. Check back all season long for free college basketball picks at Sports Chat Place.

Xavier Musketeers 

The Musketeers started out the year on a nice clip at 15-3 over their first 18 games. Since then Xavier is 4-3 with wins over Georgetown, UConn, Providence and St. John’s alongside losses to DePaul, Creighton and Butler. 

In the Butler game on Friday, the Musketeers were down 35-21 going into the second half. Xavier made a run at it with a 46-34 stretch but still lost 69-67. Colby Jones posted 17 points with eight rebounds to lead the way in the defeat. 

Marquette Golden Eagles 

Over on the Marquette side, they went 14-4 over their first 18 games this year. The Eagles are 6-2 in their last eight games with wins over Providence, Seton Hall, DePaul, Villanova, Butler and Georgetown in that time. 

Back on Saturday versus Georgetown, the Eagles powered out a 45-33 halftime edge. Marquette kept it up in the second half with a 44-42 run and won the game 89-75. Oso Ighodaro, Tyler Kolek and Kameron Jones each scored a team-high 14 points. 

ANDREW’S FREE PICK 

I’ll probably stay with Marquette in this one. The Eagles didn’t have a ton of trouble with Georgetown in their last game, posting 52.2 percent shooting with 48.4 (15-of-31) from 3-point range. It was a nice bounce-back from a tough loss to UConn. Marquette has some revenge motivation for this rematch as well; the last time these teams met up back on January 15 at Cintas Center, the Musketeers powered out an 80-76 win. I like the Golden Eagles to control this one and bag a cover in the end. Should be a fun matchup regardless. 

Andrew's Free Pick: Marquette Golden Eagles -6

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Andrew has been writing about college, professional and fantasy sports betting since 2013. Andrew's goal is to break down the complicated numbers and trends into a language that's easily accessible to novice sports bettors and seasoned professionals alike.

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