:format(webp)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/71809477/usa_today_19666768.0.jpg "Pick on the total for Marquette-Villanova on December 31")
The Marquette Golden Eagles go to Philadelphia for New Year's Eve to face a Villanova Wildcats squad that has won five of their last six games.
Marquette Golden Eagles vs. Villanova Wildcats (-2.5, 145.5)
The Wildcats began the season 2-5 in their first seven games prior to their current 5-1 run with all of those games coming without 6-foot-7 wing Cam Whitmore, who's averaging 11.3 points and 5.4 rebounds per game.