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College Basketball Best Bets: X Gon' Give It to Ya

College basketball experts Three Man Weave and SI Gambling Producer Max Meyer are back with their three best bets for Wednesday's slate, including two small underdogs in marquee matchups. We're using the current odds from William Hill (as of 11:05 a.m. EST) for these plays.

Xavier at Marquette
3MW Pick: Xavier +3.5

Xavier and Marquette come into this in similar spots. Both squads have lost three of their last four contests and sit in four-way tie for sixth in the Big East standings at 1-3. It hasn’t been pretty from an against-the-spread perspective either: Xavier holds the conference’s worst ATS record at 4-12-1 and hasn’t covered a game since Dec.