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Published: March 9, 2010
It will be the finals of the Horizon League conference tournament when the Wright St Raiders face the Butler Bulldogs on Tuesday night. They tip off this college basketball tournament final for a bid into the NCAA Tournament at the Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis Indiana at 9PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN.
The LVSC college basketball odds makers have set the point spread in this contest and it was the Butler Bulldogs coming in as a 9 point betting favorite with the over under coming in at 122.
The early money in his Horizon League final came on the side of the underdog Wright St Raiders, as the Butler Bulldogs are 7 point betting favorites. The total has seen the early money on the side of the under, as the game is lined at 121 ½ for the bettors to play into.
Money line bettors will lay –330 odds on the favored Butler Bulldogs with the underdog Wright St Raiders bringing back +270 to win this game straight up without the need for taking the points.
These Horizon league foes will be battling for the second time this regular season. On January 8th it was the Butler Bulldogs with the 77-65 victory as a 1 ½ point road underdog. Butler enjoyed a hot shooting night with 51% shooting from the field in victory. The teams then met back on February 6th in Butler and it was the Bulldogs with the 74-62 home victory over the Wright St Raiders as a 7 ½ point home favorite. Butler shot out of their heads with a 67.5% shooting percentage in victory.
Butler is lock for an at large bid into the NCAA Tournament with a 27-4 regular season record and a perfect 18-0 in Horizon League play. Their last loss came way back on December 22nd with a 67-57 loss at UAB. The Bulldogs qualified for the Horizon League final with a 68-57 victory over Wisconsin Milwaukee on Saturday as a 14-½ point favorite. The team shot 47.7% in victory and limited Wisconsin-Milwaukee to just 37% in victory. Butler has been solid on defense allowing 39% or less shooting to their past 5 opponents. Forward Matt Howard is coming off a solid 18 point effort against Wisconsin Milwaukee on 5 of 7 shooting.
Wright St is a longshot for an at large bid into the NCAA Tournament as they sit at 20-11 overall and 12-6 in Horizon League play. The team has won 5 of their past 7 games. They are coming off a 69-50 victory on Saturday over Detroit in the semifinal round of the Horizon League tournament on Saturday. The Raiders enjoyed over 49% shooting while limiting their opponent to just 39% shooting in victory. Wright St struggled on the defensive end entering the semifinal round of the Horizon tournament as they allowed 49% shooting to Cleveland St and 49.1% shooting to Youngstown St to close the regular season. Forward Ronnie Thomas led the Raiders with 18 points on 7 of 11 shooting in the teams’ victory in the semis.
Trend: Butler Bulldogs are 4-1 ATS in their past 5 games with the Wright St Raiders
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