butler/youngstown under 124
* believe it or not, this number is a little inflated (124 seems low, but it should be closer to 119-120 in my opinion) because both regular season meetings were fairly high scoring games -- and one of them went into overtime.
* but tourney time is a whole new game. and this is when butler just slows their games to a crawl and the games stay in the half-court
* this years butler team isnt as good as past editions but the loophole in the horizon tourney that guarantees them that they will play at home for as long as they remain alive gives them as good a chance as anyone to go the ncaa tourney
* heres a stat for you - and it speaks volumes about the tempo they set and the defense played once the league tourney rolls around:
in the last four years, butler has only had ONE horizon league tournament game crack tonights posted total of 124 (and even that one had just 130 pts)
butlers 9 games in the horizon league tournament the last four years have AVERAGED just 112 points.
* these two teams met less than a week ago. any defensive breakdowns will be addressed and i dont expect a whole lot of clean looks
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other horizon opinions (but not playing either game, just throwing in my opinion. add 50 cents to either opinion and you can probably snag a cup of coffee):
cleveland state + points
* not a play on csu- because theyre miserable, more of an opinion against detroit. its hard to bury a team three times in the same season. detroit won by 22 in the first meeting and 22 in the second meeting. have seen the ugly dog come up with a decent effort in this kind of spot many times and lose by low double-digits. the favorite just toys with em and the game stays just sloppy enough to give the dog a chance to cover
loyola-chicago + points
* wright state has really overachieved this season. loyola is normally a player in the horizon tourney. just not sure the raiders should be laying that many points in a league tourney game. raiders couldnt stop mcmillan this season in either meeting. this one could stay tight.
* believe it or not, this number is a little inflated (124 seems low, but it should be closer to 119-120 in my opinion) because both regular season meetings were fairly high scoring games -- and one of them went into overtime.
* but tourney time is a whole new game. and this is when butler just slows their games to a crawl and the games stay in the half-court
* this years butler team isnt as good as past editions but the loophole in the horizon tourney that guarantees them that they will play at home for as long as they remain alive gives them as good a chance as anyone to go the ncaa tourney
* heres a stat for you - and it speaks volumes about the tempo they set and the defense played once the league tourney rolls around:
in the last four years, butler has only had ONE horizon league tournament game crack tonights posted total of 124 (and even that one had just 130 pts)
butlers 9 games in the horizon league tournament the last four years have AVERAGED just 112 points.
* these two teams met less than a week ago. any defensive breakdowns will be addressed and i dont expect a whole lot of clean looks
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other horizon opinions (but not playing either game, just throwing in my opinion. add 50 cents to either opinion and you can probably snag a cup of coffee):
cleveland state + points
* not a play on csu- because theyre miserable, more of an opinion against detroit. its hard to bury a team three times in the same season. detroit won by 22 in the first meeting and 22 in the second meeting. have seen the ugly dog come up with a decent effort in this kind of spot many times and lose by low double-digits. the favorite just toys with em and the game stays just sloppy enough to give the dog a chance to cover
loyola-chicago + points
* wright state has really overachieved this season. loyola is normally a player in the horizon tourney. just not sure the raiders should be laying that many points in a league tourney game. raiders couldnt stop mcmillan this season in either meeting. this one could stay tight.
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