Marquette vs Xavier Musketeers Prediction & Picks - NCAA Men

Prediction published on 3/11/25, 4:57 PM  by Matt Lowrimore | Modified on 3/11/25 at 5:36 PM in NCAA Men Picks

The Big East quarterfinals are set to begin on Thursday afternoon and the second game of the day will see the 5th-seeded Marquette Golden Eagles take on the 4th-seeded Xavier Musketeers. Let's take a look at the important match statistics and predictions for this game between the Golden Eagles and the Musketeers.

Marquette enters this game with a record of 22-9, finishing the regular season 13-7 in the Big East. This will be the first Big East tournament game for the Golden Eagles as they earned themselves a first-round bye. As it stands, Marquette is comfortably in the NCAA tournament field but can likely improve their seeding if they can win a game or two this weekend. Marquette ended the regular season with a loss to St. John's, losing to them by a score of 86-84 in overtime.

As for Xavier, they enter this game with a record of 21-10, also finishing the regular season with a 13-7 record in the Big East. Similar to Marquette, Xavier earned themselves a first-round bye so this will also be their first game of the tournament. The Musketeers' bid for the NCAA tournament has yet to be locked up as they are part of Joe Lunardi's “Last Four In”. They ended their regular season with a win over Providence, beating them 76-68.