College Hoops Quick Picks: La Salle @ Xavier

Quick Picks features spread picks for the Top 25 teams according to the AP Poll. They are currently also featured at CFBPlace.com—and soon to be featured at CBBPlace.com

La Salle @ No. 15 Xavier
12:00 PM EST

Current Line: Xavier -15.0

	Record	Conf	ATS	RPI	SOS	PF	PA
La Salle	9-6	1-1	4-4	134	137	72.2	69.3
Xavier	14-2	3-0	7-5	6	9	72.6	62.5

	FG%	D. FG%	3P%	D. 3P%	FT%	RPG	SPG	APG
La Salle	46.1	42.2	35.0	35.2	68.3	43.0	5.5	13.0
Xavier	45.1	36.7	37.7	32.8	67.9	43.9	5.2	12.9

Xavier is perfect in conference play and the only blemishes on their resume is back-to-back losses to Duke and Butler. They've taken down teams like Memphis and Cincinnati, and in their three conference games they have defeated Saint Louis by 26, Fordham by 26, and Rhode Island by two.

With a spread favoring Xavier by 15, the question now becomes who is La Salle similar to: Saint Louis and Fordham or URI.

At 1-1, La Salle has lost to Temple by seven and defeated Charlotte by seven. With an overall winning record of 9-6, they've lost to Connecticut by eight and Villanova by 11. They have the ability to step up and present a challenge to tough teams, which should keep their game against Xavier within the spread.

Pick: La Salle +15.0

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