OffshoreInsiders.com Senior Sports Handicapper Matt Rivers has a March Madness spread pick winner Saturday is on Butler (+7.5) to Pittsburgh.
How can I fully pass up this number with the national runner-ups? Butler did lose Gordon Hayward and has not been nearly as consistent this season but the Bulldogs are a well-coached team that is playing their best ball of the entire season right now. Brad Stevens has proven a lot to a lot of people and has a defensive system that is as good as any. Matt Howard is a beast down low and Shelvin Mack, Ronald Nored and Shawn Vanzant learned a lot from last season’s run and are quality players themselves who can “D” it up.
There were times this season when it looked as if Butler had lost it and had no chance to do much of anything. But when crunch time came this team stepped things up and are playing their best ball right now. They have won 9 in a row after that dismal three game losing streak capped by the rock bottom loss at Youngstown State and in that last game just downed a pretty good Old Dominion team holding the Monarchs to 58 points.
There is no doubt that Stevens’ squad is up against it today and it may not be very possible for the winning streak to get to 10 but the Bulldogs should clamp down and keep this thing within reason as they always seem to do.
I have all the respect in the world for Jamie Dixon as the guy really is a great coach. He has a team that certainly has the potential to win it all as all one seeds do. Guys like Gibbs and Wannamaker and McGhee are no joke at all. But the Panthers are not exactly an offensive juggernaut and I can see this thing turn into somewhat of a slugfest as all Butler games seem to.
The Bulldogs always seems to find a way to keep the game at their pace and I’m not so sure that Pittsburgh is going to really be able to change that all that much. The Panthers should move on to the Sweet 16 but I can see a tight grind it out 4-5 point final in the end.
Top expert pick on this game: Matt Rivers goes with Butler
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