X opens -5-1/2....

[Emp]

And it's jumped to -6.5 and - 7 on a few boards.

[ArizonaXUGrad]

Surprising, UC can play. I think this game will be like last year and come down to the last minute.

[xu82]

Surprising, UC can play. I think this game will be like last year and come down to the last minute.

It's good to be tested at some point. I don't want THIS to be that point!

[xavierj]

I would be surprised if this game is closer than 10 points. UC has played poorly at times against some really bad teams and lost to an average Butler team at home. Player 1-8 Xavier is better in every situation. Xavier has has guys on the bench that could be UC's best player.

[MADXSTER]

This is a game where you throw out the records. Throw out the RPI and the SOS because it's a highly emtional game. It doesn't matter where/if a team is ranked. That's what makes this game special. You just don't know until the final buzzer.

[xavierj]

This is a game where you throw out the records. Throw out the RPI and the SOS because it's a highly emtional game. It doesn't matter where/if a team is ranked. That's what makes this game special. You just don't know until the final buzzer.

Yeah but has xavier lost recently when they were predicted to win? Maybe they have but i dont remember. My thought is that UC has had some really overrated teams and Xavier has usually been under valued, which lead to some tighter games and upsets. UC usually is not under valued for whatever reason and usually over inflated.

[Caveat]

Yeah, I'd never touch the crosstown shootout as a gambler.

[vee4xu]

Betting rivalry games is risky business for those of us with an emotional rooting interest. That being said, 5 points sounds about right and would be primarily predicated on home court advantage from my perspective.

[Masterofreality]

In Chris Mack I trust.

In the Jaundiced Leprechaun....not so much.

[GoMuskies]

-5 at my book.

[mid major]

I say we win by 13 and, for good measure, we'll beat them next year at their piss hole.

[Emp]

O/u started at 142, down to 140.5 on some boards. SBR NATION surveys 7-9 betting sites, leads with Pinnacle, and has nice easy links to the odds history.

X is 4-2 at home, UC is 0-3 on the road. In the last 10 Shootouts, the o/u line has been in the 140s only twice.