Xavier Musketeers vs Connecticut Huskies Prediction, Odds and Picks for Tuesday, 02/03/26

We head to the Big East on Tuesday, a league that clearly belongs to UConn while everyone else is just happy to be there. The Huskies will host the Xavier Musketeers, a team they beat in Cincinnati by a score of 90-67 in late December. UConn has pushed their winning streak to 17 games now, although notably, they are winning games but are regularly not covering. The Musketeers just snapped a 3-game losing streak by beating DePaul, but this is UConn we are talking about. I don’t see Xavier staying close in this one.

The thing about UConn is that they play a deliberate style of offense that is ruthlessly efficient. They rank outside the top 300 in pace of play, but they are 30th in offensive efficiency. Their defense is even better, and it grinds on teams, especially when they just had to guard for 30 seconds on the other end. It is not a style that leads to a lot of blowouts, but we shouldn’t discount the 23-point win already in this matchup. UConn does not allow threes and the Huskies rebound aggressively. Therefore, if you take away outside shots and second chance points, I am not sure how Xavier stays in this one. The Musketeers like to play fast, but it is hard to speed up the Huskies. This is just a bad matchup for the Xavier, and I am taking UConn to roll at home.

Xavier vs UConn Prediction: UConn -17.5 (-110) available at the time of publishing. Playable at that number.

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