Kennesaw State Owls vs. Xavier Musketeers 3/17/2023 Picks Predictions Previews
The 14th-seeded Kennesaw State Owls (ASUN) travel to North California to enter the Men’s Basketball Championship – Midwest Region first round against the 3rd-seeded Xavier Musketeers (Big East) at Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, on Friday at noontime.
Kennesaw State exited the regular season with a 2608 overall record, 15-3 in conference play, and topped all teams in the ASUN Conference.
The Owls defeated the Liberty Flames in the ASUN Tournament Championship match by just a point lead at 67-66 on March 5 in acquiring their ticket to the Big Dance.
Senior Guard Terrell Burden scored 19 points on 70.0% field-goal shooting and dished 3 assists in leading the offense for Kennesaw State while senior Forward Demond Robinson pulled down 11 rebounds versus Liberty in the victory.
Junior Guard Chris Youngblood led the scoring for the Owls in the regular season with an average of 14.7 PPG while Guard Terrell Burden chipped in a second team-high average of 13.5 PPG and also led in assists with an average of 4.2 per contest.
Brandon Stroud controlled the glass for Kennesaw State with an average of 6.5 rebounds per match. The Kennesaw State Owls recorded an average of 75.3 PPG as a team for the year.
The totals went UNDER in 4 of Kennesaw State’s last 5 matches while the Owls are 4-1 against the spread in their last 5 games played.
The Kennesaw State Owls are 5-0 straight up in their last 5 outings and 0-8 SU in their last 8 contests played versus a rival in the Big East Conference.
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Kennesaw State Owls vs. Xavier Musketeers Predictions 3/17/2023
The 3rd-ranked Xavier Musketeers ended the regular season with a 25-9 overall record, 15-5 in conference play, and placed second in the Big East Conference with just two wins behind Marquette in the first place.
The Musketeers surrendered to the top-seeded Marquette Golden Eagles in the Big East Tournament Championship match to a final score of 51-65 on March 11 but ended up playing in the first round of the Men’s Basketball Championship- Midwest Region against Kennesaw State.
In losing to Marquette, Xavier’s senior Guard Adam Kunkel scored 14 points in shooting just 29.4% from the field but converting 44.4% from beyond the arc.
Senior Forward Jerome Hunter pulled down 8 rebounds for the Musketeers in the losing effort.
The leading scorer for Xavier in the regular season was Souley Boum with an average of 16.5 PPG and also led in assists with an average of 4.4 per outing.
Jack Nunge took control of the board for the Musketeers with an average of 7.8 rebounds per match.
Xavier had five players with double-figure average scoring and scored an average of 81.4 PPG as a team while shooting 49.4% from the field and 39.5% from downtown in the regular season.
The totals went OVER in 4 of the Musketeers’ last 6 outings while Xavier is 5-1 straight up in its last 6 matches played.
The Xavier Musketeers are 6-0 SU in their last 6 games played versus a rival in the Atlantic Sun Conference and 9-1 straight up in their last 10 contests played in March.
No.14 Kennesaw State Owls vs. no.3 Xavier Musketeers. The NCAAB Pick for this contest is Kennesaw State +12.5.
The Owls covered the number in four of the last five while the Musketeers failed to cover the number in three of its last four.
Kennesaw State averages 75.6 PPG on the offense but features a very tight defense that can hold an opponent to only 69.0 PPG. The prediction, Kennesaw State Owls will win 77-75.
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Kennesaw State Owls vs. Xavier Musketeers 3/17/2023 Picks Predictions Previews
NCAAB Starting Time: 12:40 PM ET
Location: Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, NC
Date: Friday, March 17, 2023
TV: truTV, CBS
NCAAB Odds/Point Spread: Kennesaw State Owls +12.5
NCAAB Totals: 152.5