Fordham at Xavier

There comes a time when the value on a team is extended beyond the reasonable, and such is the case here. The last time Fordham was posted as a 20+ dog they almost won outright at Dayton, losing by one. There is no doubt that Xavier is the better team in this one, but how much energy are they going to expend against a bad team like Fordham? Xavier has won two games big in A-10 play, where they jumped out big at the half, and then coasted with bench players. Their starters logged 127 minutes in one, and just 111 in the other, so they aren't going to be interested in blowing this team out. There are way too many points here, so I'm going with Fordham.