Xavier at Saint Louis

The Xavier Musketeers paid a heavy price with a win at Cincinnati to move them to 8-0. It was an ugly game marred with a brawl that resulted in Xavier players serving suspensions. The Musketeers never seemed to recover from that, and have since gone a disappointing 10-10. It has been a huge year in St. Louis where the Billikens are 22-6 and headed to the big dance. The mark has been built on a conservative offense, taking good shots and a stifling defense that has seen opponents held in the 30s on three occasions, the 40s on five occasions. Overall, opponents have been held to 60 or less 15 times this season. The patient offense and tough defense has seen them play to an 8-2 UNDER mark at home in their last 10 vs. a team with a losing road record. St. Louis is also 14-6 to the UNDER as a favorite of 7-12.5 in their last 20. Play this one UNDER the total.