Seton Hall vs Xavier 2/9/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Xavier Musketeers and the Seton Hall Pirates meet in college basketball action from the Prudential Center on Wednesday night.

The Xavier Musketeers will look to bounce back from a 69-65 loss at home against Depaul last time out. Jack Nunge leads the Musketeers in scoring with 12.3 PPG along with 7.2 RPG while Paul Scruggs has 12 PPG with 4.6 RPG and a team-high 4.3 APG to lead the Musketeers in the assist department. Colby Jones has 10.6 PPG with a team-high 7.9 RPG to lead the Musketeers on the glass and Nate Johnson has 10.1 PPG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers. Zach Freemantle has 9.9 PPG with 5.2 RPG as well for the Musketeers this season. As a team, Xavier is averaging 73.2 PPG on 44.4% shooting from the field, 33.4% from three and 71.1% from the foul line while allowing 64.6 PPG on 40.9% shooting from the field and 31.2% from three this season.

The Seton Hall Pirates will look to rebound from back-to-back losses after a 74-55 win over Creighton last time out. Jared Rhoden leads the Pirates in scoring with 15.3 PPG along with 7 RPG while Bryce Aiken has 14.5 PPG to make up the pair of double-digit scorers up to this point in the year. Myles Cale has 9.9 PPG with 4.1 RPG while Alexis Yetna has 9.1 PPG with a team-high 7.6 RPG to lead the Pirates. Kadary Richmond has 8.7 PPG with a team-high 4 APG to lead the Pirates in the assist department this season. As a team, Seton Hall is averaging 75.9 PPG on 42.7% shooting from the field, 33.3% from three and 76.6% from the foul line while allowing 67.1 PPG on 40% shooting from the field and 31.1% from three this season.

Xavier is 1-7 ATS in their last 8 games overall and 1-6 ATS in their last 7 games against a team with a winning record while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 games against a team with a winning percentage above .600. Seton Hall is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games following a win and 1-5 ATS in their last 6 home games against a team with a road winning percentage above .600 while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 games against a team with an overall winning percentage above .600.

I get the case to be made for either side in this one. However, Seton Hall has been better at covering the spread in their last couple of games, while Xavier’s gone just 2-8 ATS and are looking like a far cry from the high-ranked team we saw earlier in the year. I think this is a bad road spot for Xavier and I like Seton Hall to bag themselves a win and cover here.