The Bulldogs are doing their usual thing of building towards the tournament.\u00a0 They exorcised a demon in the quarterfinals by beating a La Salle team that beat them earlier in the season. <\/p>\n
Butler Bulldogs (25-7) vs #16 Saint Louis Billikens (24-6)<\/strong> ATS Matchup Stats<\/a> | Gambling Insight!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Check out our in-house Handicapper!!! Buy Razor Ray’s CBB Picks Today!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Saint Louis dealt them two of their other losses as coach Brad Stevens hasn\u2019t been able to solve the Billikens…yet \u00a0Butler is the slight dog in this contest which always raises an eyebrow as they really thrive in that role.<\/p>\n Butler beat La Salle because they dominated in a couple of key areas. \u00a0They owned the boards, outrebounding the Explorers by 15 and they didn\u2019t miss a single free throw – shooting 10 for 10. \u00a0Those numbers enabled them to overcome a difficult shooting performance for leading scorer Rotnei Clarke. \u00a0<\/p>\n If they are going to change their fate against SLU he has to able to find the range. \u00a0The Billikens concede nothing defensively so it won\u2019t be easy.<\/p>\n The story of Butler as the underdog has probably been written too many times. \u00a0Not too long ago the Bulldogs were ranked but losses to SLU among others took some of the shine of this team that beat Indiana earlier. \u00a0Saint Louis just seems to have their number but playoffs are where the Bulldogs usually shine. \u00a0<\/p>\n They have an advantage at coach too. [ad-6571516]<\/p>\n The Billikens lost just 3 Atlantic 10 games and beat Butler twice something that I don\u2019t think ever happened to them when they were in the Horizon League. \u00a0Saint Louis is not filled with stars but they are a true team that finds ways to win – they have winning streaks of 9 and 11 this season. \u00a0They may be the favourite in the board but with Butler being the darling of the dance it may not feel that way in the Barclays Center.<\/p>\n SLU was far from perfect in beating Charlotte in their quarterfinals match. \u00a0One player who was close though was junior forward Dwayne Evans who missed just one shot on his way to 25 points. \u00a0SLU is a popular sleeper pick on the national scene but for that to happen point guard Kwamain Mitchell has to be better. \u00a0If he can exert more control over the game at both ends this not particularly talented team is tough to beat.<\/p>\n The Billikens just keep proving over and over again that they are tough to beat. \u00a0They fight you the whole game and are probably sort of like Wisconsin in that their greatest talent is getting you to play their game instead of vice-versa. \u00a0I don\u2019t have a great feel for this team despite their success though.<\/p>\n Spread Pick: \u00a0Butler +3<\/strong> Bulldogs vs Billikens A-10 Tourney Spread\/Handicapping The Bulldogs are doing their usual thing of building towards the tournament.\u00a0 They exorcised a demon in the quarterfinals by beating a La Salle team that beat them earlier in the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":29456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1415],"tags":[53103,58363,58364,57941,7140,58400,1477,4631,471,4210,4694,58401],"class_list":["post-60730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncaa-basketball","tag-53103","tag-atlantic-10","tag-atlantic-10-tournament","tag-bulldogs-vs-billikens","tag-butler-bulldogs","tag-butler-bulldogs-vs-saint-louis-billikens","tag-cbb-picks","tag-college-basketball-odds","tag-free-picks","tag-ncaa-basketball-lines","tag-ncaa-hoops-predictions","tag-saint-louis-billikens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60730","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\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60730"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60740,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60730\/revisions\/60740"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n Saturday March 16<\/strong>
\n Barclay Center – Brooklyn, NY<\/strong>
\n 1:30PM<\/strong>
\nMoneyline: \u00a0No ML currently listed at Bovada<\/a><\/strong>
\n Spread: \u00a0Saint Louis -3<\/strong>
\n O\/U: \u00a0No O\/U currently listed<\/strong><\/p>\nButler<\/h3>\n
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St. Louis<\/h3>\n
\n O\/U Pick:<\/strong>
\n Score Prediction: \u00a0Butler 65 – Saint Louis 64<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"