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Message: [QUOTE="HooperScooper, post: 4511670, member: 10"] [B][I]No. 13 [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/XAVIER/xavier-musketeers/']Xavier[/URL] at No. 19 [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/UCONN/connecticut-huskies/']UConn[/URL] (Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. on FS1) --[/I][/B][I] Back on New Year's Eve, then-No. 22 Xavier handed then-No. 2 UConn [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/no-2-uconn-falls-to-no-22-xavier-for-huskies-first-loss-of-season-leaving-just-two-undefeated-teams/']its first loss of the season[/URL]. Since then, the Musketeers are 4-1 with a lone, confounding loss to [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/DEPAUL/depaul-blue-demons/']DePaul[/URL] while the Huskies are just 2-4. In the first meeting, Xavier destroyed UConn's defense with 77 half-court points. For reference, only one other team has scored even 65 half-court points against the Huskies this season. The catalyst was the pick-and-roll; UConn allowed a season-high 12 points to rollers. This is exactly what Xavier wants to do -- and is built to do. Of the 111 D-I teams that have run at least 75 pick-and-roll possessions through the roller, Xavier ranks second in points per possession and effective field goal percentage, only behind [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/CREIGH/creighton-bluejays/']Creighton[/URL]. [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/players/2892504/jack-nunge/']Jack Nunge[/URL] (first three clips) and [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/players/3141838/zach-freemantle/']Zach Freemantle[/URL] (last clip) are matchup nightmares who can rim run or pop out to the 3-point line, and with the Musketeers' excellent floor spacing -- five players are shooting over 39% from deep -- they have room to roam.[/I] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/college-basketball-schedule-games-to-watch-2023-weekly-slate-include-two-chances-for-kansas-to-get-right/[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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