The Texas Southern Tigers and the Xavier Musketeers will square off in the first round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. The Tigers enter into this affair as a No. 16 seed to face No. 1 seed, Xavier. The fixture will take place on Friday, March 16th, 2018 with a scheduled tip-off time of 7:20 PM ET. The game will be covered on TBS for national audiences and come live from Nashville, Tennessee. The Tigers and Musketeers have no recent meetings. Both outfits are back yet again, and Texas Southern come in as respective conference champions.
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For Texas Southern, the Tigers were here just last year when they won the Southwestern Athletic Conference. Texas Southern played its way into the tournament by a win against North Carolina Central on Tuesday. The storyline involving this affair is Texas Southern’s uncanny march to the NCAA Tournament. At one point this season the Tigers were 0-13. Since then, the Tigers have gone 16-3 SU to gain entry in what was classed as a storied run.
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Straight Up and Against the Point Spread Records
Texas Southern Tigers, 16-19 SU, 7-1 ATS
Xavier Musketeers, 28-5 SU, 21-12 ATS
Texas Southern at Xavier Key Betting Trends
- Xavier is 17-1 SU at home this season.
- Texas Southern is 6-17 on the road this season.
- Texas Southern has won their last eight consecutive outings.
- Xavier is 1-4 ATS in their last five markets.
Public Money
From the early going, we have seen a lean by the consensus on the Eagles. As a result, we have seen the line diminish by 2.5 points in response to this trend. 92% of the cash action is on Texas Southern while 60% of the ticket action is coming in on Xavier at this time. 70% of the consensus like Xavier in forum capacities. In Over/Under markets, the figure has dropped by three points to reflect the action on the Under. On the Money Line, Xavier is a -5000 favorite while Texas Southern is a +2000 underdog.
