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Villanova Wildcats vs. Xavier Musketeers
The fans at Cintas Center will be treated to a game between the Villanova Wildcats and the Xavier Musketeers when they take their seats on Saturday.
Oddsmakers opened the Wildcats as -1-point favorites versus the Musketeers, while the game's total opened at 136.
Xavier won its last outing, a 77-74 result against Red Storm on February 17. They covered in that game as a -1.5-point favorite.
Villanova was a 91-71 winner in their most recent outing on the road against Blue Demons. They covered the -4.5-point spread as favorites.
Villanova:
Team record: 20-6 SU,12-12-2 ATS
Current Streak: won 3 straight games.
Villanova is 2-3-1 ATS in its last 6 games
Villanova is 16-4 SU in its last 20 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Villanova's last 8 games
Xavier:
Team record: 17-9 SU,10-14-2 ATS
Xavier is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Xavier is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Xavier's last 5 games
Next up:
Villanova home to St. John's Wednesday, February 26
Xavier home to DePaul Tuesday, February 25