T.M. Selection: Butler/Xavier OVER.

I am on the over in the Butler vs Xavier game on Friday. Butler is not a very high scoring team in their games lately but they are still averaging 60+ points each game over the year. Their defense has been a lot worse than their offense has been though. Butler has been giving 70+ points in 2 of their previous 3 games and both of those teams that they gave up 70+ points to are ranked teams. Xavier is also a ranked team but their offense has looked much better in their games this year. Xavier has been averaging 75+ points each game over the year and they have put up a lot of points in their games lately. They just played in a game that they lost to Villanova and only put up 58 points but they had won 4 games in a row before that putting up 80+ points in all of those games and they had won 6 in a row putting up 70+ points in every game. I think Xavier is going to score a lot of points here, they will be looking to bounce back from that Villanova loss and Butler hasn't looked great this year so I expect Xavier to come out strong and put up a lot of points from the start. Butler doesn't have a terrible defense but I think Xavier's offense is too good for them to stop and I think they will be overwhelmed by Xavier. Butler will have to respond in this game with their own offense just to keep up and I think that will lead to this game going over. I like the over in this game.

T.M. Prediction: 82-66 Xavier.