Welcome to another Saturday college basketball slate as we are past the frigid week in most of America and the songs of Spring sound in the distance. We’re over halfway through the season, and with the NFL dying down,

Marquette has the defense to neutralize Xavier's 87th-ranked offense. Marquette is 56th in the nation, allowing just 67.4 points per game. The one area where Marquette will have to be careful is with Xavier's three-point shooting, but the Golden Eagles have been above-average this season with a 31.7% three-point efficiency allowed.

When these teams clashed in Connecticut last month, they pushed the Huskies into OT despite missing their leading scorer in Zach Freemantle (16.6 ppg, 7.6 rpg). With home-court advantage swapped for this rematch and Freemantle back in the lineup, the Musketeers are the side here.

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UConn faces Xavier. Our college basketball odds series has our UConn Xavier prediction, odds and pick for Saturday.

The college basketball season continues on Wednesday with a matchup between DePaul and Butler. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a DePaul-UConn prediction and pick. The No.