{"id":36383,"date":"2011-03-25T14:07:09","date_gmt":"2011-03-25T21:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=36383"},"modified":"2023-02-07T07:30:41","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T15:30:41","slug":"march-madness-tournament-previews-lines-butler-vs-florida-free-prediction-25311","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/ncaa-basketball\/march-madness-tournament-previews-lines-butler-vs-florida-free-prediction-25311\/","title":{"rendered":"March Madness Betting \u2013 Bulldogs vs. Gators Free Elite 8 Pick"},"content":{"rendered":"

2011 NCAA Tournament Predictions \u2013 Butler Bulldogs vs Florida Gators Preview<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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March Madness Betting \u2013 Butler vs Florida Preview & Pick
\n#8 Butler vs. #2 Florida
\nELITE 8 – NCAA TOURNAMENT BRACKET \u2013 SOUTHEAST REGION
\nDate\/Time: Saturday, March 26, 4:30 p.m. ET
\nVenue: New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, LA
\nBroadcast: CBS
\nButler Bulldogs vs. Florida Gators Betting Lines from Sportsbook.com
\nMoney Line: Butler +135, Florida -155
\nSpread: Florida -3
\nOver\/Under: 132<\/strong>
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Butler Bulldogs (26-9)<\/strong><\/p>\n

As the No. 8 seed suggests, Butler didn\u2019t quite live up to its 2010 national finalist hype this season. However, as the Bulldogs have shown in the NCAA Tournament, they may have simply been saving their best play for March Madness.<\/p>\n

The Bulldogs slipped past popular sleeper Old Dominion before beating Pittsburgh in a wild finish that will live on thanks to the ridiculous blunder by Nasir Robinson. Then, they knocked off the defensive powerhouse Wisconsin.<\/p>\n

While Shelvin Mack couldn\u2019t find his stroke, Matt Howard got the job done with 20 points and three three-pointers. Butler also survived a whopping 29 three-point attempts from Wisconsin, which only nailed seven of them.<\/p>\n

Including the regular season, the Bulldogs have now won 12 straight games. This month, they\u2019re also 5-0 against the spread. Between Howard and Mack, it seems that one guy always picks up the slack if the other is off his game.<\/p>\n

Florida Gators (29-7)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Perhaps because Kentucky tossed them aside so unceremoniously in the SEC tournament, Florida stumbled into the NCAA Tournament without much fanfare. However, like Butler, it seems the Gators saved their best play for crunch time. \"Online<\/p>\n

Florida crushed USCB and got past UCLA without too much trouble. Then came the overtime win over BYU. Florida really took over in the extra frame, outscoring BYU 15-6. The win was a real team effort for the Gators; Erving Walker, Kenny Boynton, Chandler Parsons and Alex Tyus all scored at least 16 points.<\/p>\n

Trends<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Under is 7-1 in BUT last 8 NCAA Tournament games.
\nUnder is 7-2 in BUT last 9 overall.
\nBUT are 17-5 ATS in their last 22 Sat. games.
\nOver is 10-1 in FLA last 11 NCAA Tournament games.
\nFLA are 8-1-1 ATS in their last 10 games overall.
\nOver is 18-6 in FLA last 24 overall.<\/p>\n

The pick:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Both teams keep defying the odds, so it\u2019s tough to pick a winner here. However, I like Florida\u2019s superior depth to prevail. Butler relies too much on just Howard and Mack and we\u2019re still waiting for both of them to play well in the same game in this tournament. Butler will need both of them against Florida to have a shot. Meanwhile, Florida is a tough matchup because it has so many different guys who can wreak havoc offensively. You can\u2019t really key on one player.<\/p>\n

Look for Florida to ride its matchup advantages to a victory.<\/p>\n

Butler vs Florida prediction: Florida 70, Butler 65<\/strong><\/p>\n

Money Line: Florida -155
\nSpread: Florida -3
\nOver\/Under: OVER 132<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Butler Bulldogs vs. Florida Gators matchup in the 2011 NCAA Tournament. It’s Southeast Region Elite 8 betting action. Odds for this tournament matchup favor the Gators by -3. The total for this game is currently 132. Here is a preview and free Ncaa basketball betting pick\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":195,"featured_media":26291,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1415],"tags":[28750,46787,11675,23852,47524,47525,47526,47527,6250,4450,4212,4633,12280,11735,20535,478,47017,21162,4694,4821,4691,1862,46634,46673],"class_list":["post-36383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncaa-basketball","tag-28750","tag-2011-ncaa-tournament","tag-brackets","tag-bulldogs-vs-gators-free-pick","tag-butler-bulldogs-vs-florida-gators","tag-butler-vs-florida","tag-butler-vs-florida-odds","tag-butler-vs-florida-preview","tag-cbb-odds","tag-college-basketball-gambling","tag-college-basketball-handicapping","tag-college-basketball-picks","tag-elite-8","tag-elite-8-picks","tag-free-cbb-picks","tag-free-prediction","tag-march-madness-tournament-odds","tag-ncaa-basketball-predictions","tag-ncaa-hoops-predictions","tag-ncaab-lines","tag-ncaab-predictions","tag-online-sportsbooks","tag-southeast-region","tag-southeast-region-picks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36383"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107266,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36383\/revisions\/107266"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}