The No. 10 Seton Hall Pirates will look for their 11th consecutive victory on Saturday when they face the Xavier Musketeers in a key Big East Conference matchup. The Pirates (16-4), who lead the conference at 8-0, are closing in on their sixth straight winning season, while the Musketeers (13-8), who are tied for seventh in the Big East with Georgetown at 2-6, are eyeing their 24th consecutive winning season.
Tip-off from the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., is set for 11 a.m. ET in the first game on the Saturday college basketball schedule. Seton Hall leads the all-time series 12-9, including an 83-71 victory on Jan. 8 at Xavier. The Pirates are eight-point favorites in the latest Seton Hall vs. Xavier odds, while the over-under for total points scored is set at 139. Before making any Xavier vs. Seton Hall picks, check out the college basketball predictions from the SportsLine Projection Model.
This model, which simulates every game 10,000 times, has crushed its top-rated college basketball picks against the spread the past three years, returning $2,770 to $100 players. It also entered Week 13 of the 2019-20 season on a 22-13 run on all top-rated college basketball picks. Anybody who followed it during that span has seen some huge returns.
Now, the model has set its sights on Xavier vs. Seton Hall. You can visit SportsLine now to see the picks. Here are the college basketball lines and trends for Seton Hall vs. Xavier:
- Xavier vs. Seton Hall spread: Seton Hall -8
- Xavier vs. Seton Hall over-under: 139 points
- Xavier vs. Seton Hall money line: Xavier +294, Seton Hall -391
- XAV: 44th in the country in rebounding at 39.2 per game
- SH: Finished January 7-0, the school's first undefeated January since 1952-53
Why Seton Hall can cover
The Pirates are only the 12th team in the 41-year history of the Big East to start conference play 8-0 or better. Dating back to last season, Seton Hall has won 10 consecutive league games and is off to its best 20-game start since going 18-2 in 1988-89. That year the Pirates played in the national championship game.
Offensively, senior guard Myles Powell continues to set the pace, leading Seton Hall in scoring at 22.1 points per game, to go along with 4.9 rebounds and 2.2 assists. He has eclipsed his average in five of the past six games, including back-to-back 29-point performances against Butler and St. John's. He scored 24 points in the first meeting with Xavier this year.
Why Xavier can cover
Even so, the Pirates aren't a lock to cover the Xavier vs. Seton Hall spread. That's because the Musketeers have won two straight in the series against Seton Hall in games played at Newark, including a 70-69 win last February. If Xavier gets the lead at the half, the Musketeers have been able to close the deal this season, going 13-0. They are also 11-1 when holding an opponent under 70 points and 11-2 when out-rebounding the opposition.
Junior forward Naji Marshall has set the pace for the Musketeers, averaging 16.7 points, 5.8 rebounds and 3.6 assists. His best game was against city-rival Cincinnati on Dec. 7, when he poured in 31 points. In five career games against Seton Hall, Marshall is averaging 15 points, and has scored 43 over the past two games.
How to make Xavier vs. Seton Hall picks
SportsLine's model is leaning under on the total. In fact, it says Seton Hall guard-forward Jared Rhoden will score nearly one point under his average, while Xavier junior guard Paul Scruggs will score four fewer points than his average. It has also generated an against-the-spread pick that cashes in over 50 percent of simulations. You can only get the pick at SportsLine.
So who wins Xavier vs. Seton Hall? And which side of the spread can you bank on in over 50 percent of simulations? Visit SportsLine now to see which side of the Seton Hall vs. Xavier spread to jump on, all from the advanced model that is up more than $2,700 on its college basketball picks the last three years, and find out.
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