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[QUOTE="RuffRuff, post: 5211738, member: 1268"]
Both Butler and Nova aren't good on the defensive end of the ball, Butler feels almost unconditioned as they've had games where they play tough and then fizzle in the last 10 minutes. It's easy to get enamored with shot making and forget about how awful some of these guys can be defensively. I'd expect the same here - neck and neck through first 30 and then Xavier pulls away. I'd be surprised if they lost.

I'll go on record to say that I think Xavier is about an equal team to Marquette in the current, more a testament to where I think Marquette is as a team. I might pick Xavier to win that game if they faced off at MSG. Marquette is an overvalued team based on their typical early season burst, and Kam Jones playing out of his mind. They've since tired a bit and Kam has cooled off. He's shooting 31% from 3 this year compared to his 40% last year, 27% in BE play.

Xavier much better at the 5 with Freemantle. I think Joplin stinks as one of the more inefficient starters in the BE.
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