Wunderdog's NCAA BASKETBALL PICK OF THE WEEK

2004 Week ending March 27th

2 Stars: Xavier (+2.5) vs. Texas

While the Big 12 may be the best conference in the land
this season, the Musketeers and the Atlantic 10 are
certainly making a statement. It took a late run by
Wake yesterday to even threaten St. Joseph's. The
bad news for Texas is that St. Joseph's may not even
be the best team in the Atlantic 10. There is
certainly no one playing better basketball than Xavier
and their star guard Chalmers currently. The
Musketeers slaughtered Mississippi State to get here.
Texas has been unimpressive but effective to this
point, beating an unspectacular Princeton team and
holding on against North Carolina to get here. Xavier
enters having won 14 of their last 15 games, and is
truly on a roll. Consider these trends:
XAVIER is 8-0 ATS in road games versus good ball
handling teams this season and 10-2 ATS versus good
teams. Xavier is 14-4 ATS after a game where they
covered the spread this season and 9-1 ATS after
successfully covering the spread in 3 or more
consecutive games this season. The Longhorns, on the
other hand, are 1-7 ATS after covering 2 of their last
3 against the spread this season. The wrong team may be
getting points here. Xavier has been one of the best
teams in the country for a better part of a month, and
is still getting little respect from anyone. Look
for Xavier to get the W and move on in this contest.

RESULT: Xavier 79, Texas 71 - WIN!

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