{"id":9706,"date":"2009-03-25T22:21:39","date_gmt":"2009-03-26T03:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=9706"},"modified":"2023-02-07T06:44:26","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T14:44:26","slug":"musketeers-panthers-free-pick-betting-lines-250309","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/ncaa-basketball\/musketeers-panthers-free-pick-betting-lines-250309\/","title":{"rendered":"Xavier vs. Pittsburgh Free Pick (Mar. 26)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Xavier (27-7)\u00a0\u00a0vs. \u00a0Pitt (30-4)<\/h2>\n

2009 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16<\/a> Action<\/strong>
\nThursday March 26, 7:27 PM ET
\nBoston, MA TD Banknorth Garden – East Region<\/p>\n

Xavier is 6-3-1 ATS in the last 10 games and 6-2 ATS in the last 8 as underdogs.\u00a0 They are 4-0 ATS vs. the last 4 non-conference opponents.\u00a0 The under has hit in the last 7 neutral site games and the last 4 games overall.It has also hit 4 out of the last 5 as an underdog.\u00a0 Xavier prides themselves on tough defense and valuing every offensive possession.\u00a0 They also have more of an inside presence than the first 2 teams that Pitt played had.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh is 1-4-1 in the last 6 neutral site games.\u00a0\u00a0They are a dismal 1-5 ATS in the last 6 NCAA Tournament games.\u00a0 The under is 5-1 in the last 6 neutral and 5-2 vs. non-conference opponents.\u00a0 Sam Young scored 32 against Oklahoma State to barely pull out a win, but they didn’t cover the spread.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u00a0DeJuan Blair also added a quiet double-double.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh will win the game but they won’t cover the spread.\u00a0 Xavier is too good defensively to let this game get out of hand.<\/p>\n

Last Game Out:<\/h3>\n

Last game for Xavier (27-7): Win 60-49 vs. Wisconsin
\nLast game for Pittsburgh (30-4): Win 84-76 vs. Oklahoma State<\/p>\n

Betting Lines:<\/h3>\n

Pittsburgh -7
\nOver\/Under 138.5<\/p>\n

No Recent Matchups<\/h3>\n

My Sweet 16 FREE PICK for Xavier vs. Connecticut<\/h3>\n

Pick<\/strong> – Xavier
\n Pick<\/strong> – UNDER<\/p>\n

BET ON THIS SWEET 16 MATCHUP AT BETUS.COM – ONLINE SPORTSBOOK WITH THE BEST NCAA TOURNAMENT BETTING ODDS IN THE WORLD!!!!<\/a><\/h3>\n

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Chris Hahn is a regular contributor to the Cappers Picks Blog. He\u2019s a Wichita State Shockers season tix holder! But don\u2019t hold that against him ok? He flat out loves his college HOOPS! Got a comment? In the mood to run a little smack? Chris wants to hear from you, so comment below!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here is a free pick, preview and predictions article for the 2009 Sweet sixteen round matchup between the Xavier Musketeers and the Pittsburgh Panthers in the March Madness Tourney…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1415],"tags":[41,5029,164,11741,11822,471,479,8960,10217,9588,12134,12135,12136,10434,2292,2732,12131,12025,9593,12137,12138,12139],"class_list":["post-9706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ncaa-basketball","tag-41","tag-bet-college-basketball","tag-betting-lines","tag-east-region","tag-free-ncaa-tournament-picks","tag-free-picks","tag-free-predictions","tag-march-madness","tag-march-madness-betting","tag-march-madness-odds","tag-musketeers-panthers-odds","tag-musketeers-panthers-picks","tag-musketeers-vs-panthers","tag-ncaa-tournament","tag-pitt","tag-pittsburgh-panthers","tag-sweet-16-betting","tag-sweet-sixteen","tag-xavier","tag-xavier-musketeers","tag-xavier-pitt-lines","tag-xavier-vs-pitt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9706"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103720,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9706\/revisions\/103720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}