Xavier head coach Richard Pitino.
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The Santa Clara Broncos travel to Cincinnati to face the Xavier Musketeers on Monday night at the Cintas Center. It’s the second game of a college basketball doubleheader on FS1 to open the week.
Both Santa Clara and Xavier opened their respective seasons with back-to-back wins against lesser competition, so this will be the first test of each team.
Xavier enters the matchup as 2.5-point favorites with the Over/Under at 155.5 total points.
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What our Post expert thinks about Santa Clara vs. Xavier
The Musketeers are in their first season under head coach Richard Pitino, son of the legendary coach. Xavier’s defense was expected to be its strength going into the season. Bart Torvik’s rankings had Xavier projected to be 59th on defense but 106th in the country on offense. Conversely, Santa Clara landed at 90th on offense and 92nd on defense in those preseason rankings.
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