The Xavier Musketeers and the Colorado Buffaloes square off on Wednesday night at Coors Events Center. The Xavier Musketeers are Colorado’s second ranked opponent on its non-conference schedule. A win Wednesday would give it a sweep of those teams, after beating Texas on November 22nd.
Oddsmakers currently have the Xavier Musketeers listed as 2-point favorites versus the Buffaloes. The game’s total is sitting at 144.
Colorado won its last outing, a 76-63 result against the Portland Pilots on December 03. They covered in that game as a -4.5-point favorite. Colorado lost to in-state rival Colorado State last week to snap a 12-game home winning streak but bounced back to beat Portland.
The Xavier Musketeers lost to the Baylor Bears 76-61 on December 3rd. They were +4.5-point underdogs and didn’t cover. The total went over the posted 135. The Musketeers played arguably their best half of basketball when they took a 34-31 lead at intermission against the Bears. In the second-half turnovers were their undoing.
Stats and Matchups
Xavier Musketeers:
Team record: 7-1 SU,5-2 ATS
Xavier is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Xavier is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Xavier’s last 6 games
Colorado Buffaloes:
Team record: 6-2 SU,3-5 ATS
Colorado is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games
Colorado is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Colorado’s last 5 games
Next up:
Xavier home to Utah Saturday, December 10
Colorado at BYU Saturday, December 10
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