Xavier Musketeers vs Texas Longhorns 3/24/23 – On Friday night, the Xavier Musketeers and Texas Longhorns will clash in NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 college basketball action. Xavier is 27-9 overall this season after defeating Pittsburgh in tournament action on Sunday. Texas stands at 28-8 overall after beating Penn State in their Second Round tournament matchup. The Texas Longhorns will win this game as per the latest college basketball betting splits.
Xavier Musketeers vs Texas Longhorns
Date & Time: Friday, March 24, 2023 at 9:45 PM ET
Location: T-Mobile Center
TV: CBS
Xavier Musketeers vs Texas Longhorns Betting Odds
Xavier
Moneyline: +168
Spread: +4 (-105)
Total: 148.5 over (-115)
Texas
Moneyline: -193
Spread: -4 (-115)
Total: 148.5 under (-105)
Xavier Musketeers vs Texas Longhorns Analysis
The Xavier Musketeers finished with a 23-8 record during the regular season, going on to defeat DePaul 89-84 and Creighton 82-60 in the Big East Tournament before falling to Marquette 65-51. They then defeated Kennesaw State 72-67 in the First Round of the national tourney. On Sunday against Pittsburgh, Xavier led 48-34 at halftime before scoring 36 more points in the second half for an easy 84-73 victory. Jack Nunge was a major factor in this game. He shot 66.7% from the floor and had 3 assists while playing 24 minutes, plus he collected 3 boards as well. At the end of it all, Nunge scored 18 points on 8 out of 12 shooting attempts.
Texas Longhorns finished the regular season at 23-8 overall, winning the Big 12 Tournament against Oklahoma State, TCU and Kansas along the way. In their First Round national tourney win over Colgate, Texas took a 31-23 lead into halftime against Penn State but were outscored 43-40 in the second half to hold onto their lead of 71-66. Dylan Disu was a key factor for the Longhorns throughout this game, scoring 28 points in 31 minutes of action and contributing an assist. He converted 14 of 20 shots for a field goal rate of 70.0%, plus collected 10 rebounds.
Xavier Musketeers vs Texas Longhorns Against the Spread
Under is 7-2 in Musketeers last 9 games following an ATS win. Musketeers are 25-8-2 ATS in their last 35 NCAA Tournament games. Musketeers are 2-6 ATS in their last 8 games following an ATS win. Musketeers are 15-5-1 ATS in their last 21 games vs. a team with a winning % above .600. Musketeers are 8-3-1 ATS in their last 12 Friday games.
Under is 7-0 in Longhorns last 7 overall. Under is 5-0 in Longhorns last 5 games following a straight up win. Under is 6-0 in Longhorns last 6 games vs. a team with a winning % above .600. Under is 5-0 in Longhorns last 5 neutral site games. Longhorns are 6-0-1 ATS in their last 7 games overall.
Xavier Musketeers vs Texas Longhorns Free Pick
In their last matchup against Penn State, Texas did a commendable job. Unfortunately, they struggled from 3-point range, making just one of 13 attempts. Still, there’s not much to complain about when it comes to the Longhorns right now. On Xavier’s side of things, they’re looking good too, though college basketball betting picks don’t believe they can keep up with Texas just yet.
Free Pick: Texas Longhorns -4 (-115)
