Top 25 teams aren’t usually the underdog at their own arena, but such is life for Xavier right now. While there is no betting line yet set, there is no metric that sees the Musketeers as a favorite or even a push right now. That is no slight to Xavier, who is on quite a run right now, and everything to do with the UConn Huskies.
Joel is working on the preview and the breakdown of the matchups right now, but suffice to say that UConn is tough. How tough? Right now the Huskies are second in the KenPom, fourth in Torvik, and second in NET.