Murray St Racers versus Butler Bulldogs CBS TV NCAA Tournament College Basketball Sports Betting Odds Pick Preview

Published on March 19, 2010 by admin · No Comments

It will be mid major versus mid major when the Murray St Racers from the Ohio Valley conference will do battle with the Butler Bulldogs from the Horizon League in a second round NCAA Tournament game on Saturday afternoon. Tip off time at the HP Pavilion in San Jose California is set for 3:20PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by CBS.

The LVSC college basketball odds makers have set the opening line in this college basketball game and the Butler Bulldogs opened up as a 4 ½ point betting favorite with the over under coming in at 126.

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The early money from the bettors has not moved this point spread, as the Butler Bulldogs are currently a 4 ½ point betting favorite. The total has seen the early movement come on the over, as the over under is currently hung at 128 ½ for the bettors to wager into.

Those looking to bet the Butler Bulldogs on the money line will be delivered –200 odds with the underdog Murray St Racers bringing back +170 to pull off the upset win without the need for taking the points.

This will be the first meeting between Murray St and Butler on Saturday.

It was Murray St with the 66-65 buzzer beating upset victory over the Vanderbilt Commodores as a 3-point underdog. The Racers were very fortunate to earn the victory as the team hit on only 41% from the field and 52% from the charity stripe. Murray St will need to be better against Butler. Murray St was better on the glass than the Commodores by winning the battle by a 6 board advantage on the offensive end. Isaac Miles led the scoring with 17 points. It was forward Danero Thomas who hit the game winner and the senior contributed with 11 points and 6 rebounds.

The Butler Bulldogs overcame a 33-27 halftime deficit and defeated the UTEP Miners in an opening round NCAA Tournament game 77-59. The Bulldogs outscored UTEP by a 50-26 margin to earn the victory as a 2-½ point favorite. Butler enjoyed a 46% shooting game and allowed UTEP a miserable 4 of 18 from the three-point line. Butler will need a better game from the charity stripe as the team missed 10 free throws in 28 attempts. Guard Shelvin Mack led the Bulldogs charge with 25 points in victory. Butler will need to bring one of their best defensive efforts on Saturday, as Murray St is third in all of college basketball with a 50% field goal percentage on the season.

Trend: Murray St Racers are 6-1 to the under in their past 7 games

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