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NCAA Basketball tournament action sees the #6 Butler Bulldogs doing battle with the #11 Texas Longhorns in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Cappers Picks provides free NCAA basketball picks all season long.
NCAA tournament action kicks off with the 6th seeded Bulldogs from the Big East taking on the Longhorns out of the Big 12.
NCAA Basketball Odds
#6 Butler Bulldogs (22-10) vs. #11 Texas Longhorns (20-13)
Thursday, March 19th
2:45 PM ET
CONSOL Energy Arena (Pittsburgh, PA)
CBS
NCAA Basketball Betting Lines: Texas -1.5
NCAA Basketball O/U: 123.5
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Even though the Bulldogs sit as a higher seed than the Longhorns, they still come in listed as an underdog from Vegas. This is nothing new to Butler as they are used to entering March as an overlooked team. As far as the Longhorns are concerned, the 11th seed in the Midwest region looks to avenge blowing their big lead in the Big 12 tournament and rebound from their loss to Iowa State.
The #6 seeded Bulldogs come in off an overtime loss to the Xavier Musketeers in the Big East tournament. The Bulldogs fell 67-61 in a game that saw them shoot less than 40 percent from the field.
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Butler fell behind with less than 4 minutes to play in the overtime session and was unable to rebound as they watched the Musketeer pull away.
Leading Butler was Senior G Alex Barlow who had 22 points and 4 rebounds in the losing effort. It was the 2nd straight year Butler fell short in their first game of the Big East tournament.
Also contributing for Butler was Junior G Kellen Dunham. The 6-6 Junior dropped in 17 points and grabbed 2 rebounds in the loss. Dunham was averaging 16.7 points a game to go along with 2.6 rebounds.
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If Butler hopes to hold off the Longhorns, Barlow and Dunham will need to contribute similar performances.
Butler went 2-3 S.U. and 2-3 ATS in 5 neutral sight meetings this season.
The Longhorns look to avenge their buzzer beating defeat to the hands of the Iowa State Cyclones when they take the floor on Thursday afternoon. The Longhorns led by as many as 16 in the first half, only to see the Cyclones comeback and hit a shot at the buzzer to eliminate the Longhorns from Big 12 tournament play.
Texas brings in a 20-13 record, but just an 8-10 conference record. Texas finished conference play winning 3 straight in the regular season, but was unable to advance further than the quarter-finals in tournament play.
The Longhorns are led by Sophomore G Isaiah Taylor, who is scoring 13.0 points a game. The guard is also averaging 3.3 rebounds a game to go along with 4.6 assists a game.
Also leading the Longhorns is Freshman F Myles Turner. The 6-11 forward averaged 10.4 points a game and grabbed 6.4 rebounds a game.
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In neutral sight games this season, Texas is 3-1 S.U.
The Bulldogs come in listed as a lower seed, but a straight up underdog Thursday afternoon. While Texas played a more difficult schedule, Butler is a much more fundamentally sound team.
The 6 seed handles business Thursday afternoon en route to a small margin win.
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The Phillips 66 BIG 12 tournament quarterfinal gives us the number 18 West Virginia Mountaineers against the number 16 Baylor Bears in Kansas City, Missouri. Cappers Picks provides free NCAA basketball handicapping tips all season long.
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Saturday afternoon NCAA basketball betting action sees the #13 Iowa State Cyclones taking on the Kansas State Wildcats in Manhattan, Kansas. Cappers Picks provides free NCAA basketball handicapping tips all season long.
Fresh off an upset of arch rival Kansas, the Wildcats welcome in another ranked opponent as they hope to build their tournament resume.
NCAA Basketball Odds
#13 Iowa State Cyclones (20-7) vs. Kansas State Wildcats (14-15)
Saturday, Feb. 28
4:00 PM ET
Fred Bramlage Coliseum (Manhattan, Kansas)
ESPN2
NCAA Basketball Betting Lines: Iowa State -3.5
NCAA Basketball O/U: OFF
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The #13 ranked Cyclones visit Manhattan hoping to rebound from their home loss to the Baylor Bears. The slip up against Baylor leaves Iowa State a full game back of Kansas for the top spot in the Big 12.
The Cyclones had a chance to better their tournament resume and add a signature win when they welcomed in the #19 Baylor Bears Wednesday night.
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That plan however went south quickly as Baylor came in and dominated the Cyclones en route to a 9 point road victory. Now, with just 3 games left in the regular season, Iowa State cannot afford a slip up. They’re first task will be invading the arena at the center of the NCAA’s attention following a court storming.
Iowa State had a chance to jump into a first place tie with Kansas for 1st place in the Big 12. They’ll now need to win out and get some help if they hope to claim the overall number 1 seed for the Big 12 tournament. Regardless, winning out will give Iowa State a 23 win season with tournament play still to come.
The Cyclones are led by Junior F Georges Niang. Niang is scoring 14.6 points a game to go along with 5.4 rebounds a game. Niang scored 14 points and grabbed 6 rebounds in the loss against Baylor.
Georges Niang had the same stats in the Jan. 20th meeting with Kansas State when he put up 14 points and 6 rebounds. The Cyclones went on to win the game 77-71.
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Iowa State brings in a 4-4 road record thus far.
The Wildcats are the center of attention following their upset home win against Kansas. However, it isn’t because they knocked off a top 10 opponent. Following a court rush, students bumped into numerous Kansas players and caused much more drama to overshadow the team’s big win.
With all that aside, the Wildcats sub .500 record will not be enough to get them into the NCAA tournament. With just 2 games remaining in the regular season, a win against Iowa State is an absolute must if Kansas State wants to impress the committee. A deep run into the Big 12 tournament is also a must.
The Wildcats are led by Sophomore G Marcus Foster. Foster is scoring 13.1 points a game so far in the 2014-2015 season. He’ll hope to have a similar game to the one the last time these two teams met as he went for 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 assists.
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Kansas State has made it tough on road opponents this season. The Wildcats bring in an 11-4 S.U. home record. They’re averaging 65.1 points a game and allowing just 58.5.
It’s obvious that Kansas State is in a must win situation. That being said, they’re simply not an NCAA tournament caliber team.
Iowa State bounces back with a road win Saturday afternoon.
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