The No. 3 seed Xavier University Musketeers (28-6) will play the No. 6 seed Purdue University Boilermakers (25-8), in the NCAA Tournament second-round Saturday at the Verizon Center in Washington D.C.. The game has an approximate start time of 4:40 p.m. ET
Oddsmakers at SBGglobal.com currently have the Musketeers listed as 3½-point favorites versus the Boilermakers, while the game's total is sitting at 132.
Purdue built up a big first-half lead Thursday and then cruised to a 90-79 win over the Baylor Bears in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
The Boilermakers managed to cover the 3-point spread in that contest, while the combined score went OVER the posted total (145.5).
The Musketeers came back from a halftime deficit on Thursday to knock off the Georgia Bulldogs 73-61 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
The Musketeers managed to cover the 9-point spread in that contest, while the combined score went OVER the posted total (129.5).
Xavier, 14-2 in the 2008 Atlantic 10 Conference regular season race, won sole possession of its second straight Atlantic 10 Regular Season Championship.
Purdue is making its 22nd appearance and second-straight in the NCAA Tournament. It is 28-21 in the event. In 2007, Purdue earned the No. 9 seed in the Midwest Regional. The Boilermakers defeated 8-seed Arizona in the first round before losing to eventual national champion Florida in the second round.
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