It’s the National Championship game Butler vs. Connecticut. Here is the official sports handicappers preview. Connecticut (-3.5) is the favorite with a posted total of 128.5.
Butler is 28-9 straight up and 20-13 against the spread, going over 20-14. UConn is 31-9 outright, 22-12 according to the Vegas sportsbooks lines. They’ve gone under 19-14 this season. Suffice to say, both teams enter with nice spread streaks, Butler covering seven straight, Connecticut 9-of-10. The Huskies have gone under 5-of-6.
Butler scores 72.1 points per game to teams that normally allow 67.2 on 44.1 percent shooting to 43.2. Butler permits 64.4 points per game to teams normally getting 69.1 on 42.6 percent shooting to 43.9.
Connecticut scores 72.8 points per game to squads usually permitting 65.8 on 43.6 percent shooting to 41.7. They allow 65.4 points per game against units that normally get 70.8 permitting 39.9 percent from the field to 44.4.
Spread betting trends (all records are against the spread): The Bulldogs are 7-0 in NCAA Tournament games as an underdog, 7-0 off straight up win, 22-4 vs. a team with a winning % above .600, 41-16 nonconference games, 27-11 on neutral courts.
The Huskies 10-1 in nonconference games, 20-6 on neutral courts, 20-8 vs. a team with a winning % above .600, but 6-15 as a favorite of 0.5-6.5.
Over/under trends: Connecticut under 22-10 as favorites but over 17-8 as neutral court favorites.
Top expert pick on this game: It’s from the winningest sports service of all-time GodsTips. We swept the semis with Butler, Connecticut, and Connecticut under. Counting the Women’s Final 4 and NBA, we are 6-1 the last seven basketball and 8-4 overall. It’s literally one of the strongest championship game sides in college football and basketball we’ve ever seen and we hit better than 60 percent of them, so that is saying a ton. It's at OffshoreInsiders.com
OffshoreInsiders.com Senior Sports Handicapper and baseball betting expert Matt Rivers has a pick on the Pittsburgh Pirates (+138) against St. Louis.
Hey, why not? Don’t mess with the scrappy little Bucos as they truly should have just swept the series at Wrigley from the Cubs as the visitors completely dominated that thing and aren’t as dreadful as some may think.
Don’t get me wrong, Pittsburgh is still a bad major league team that shouldn’t win many more than 70 games but they do have some potential with Jones, McCutchen and a few others and Charlie Morton is a former Brave who every now and then shows a quality upside. McCutchen did sit out yesterday’s game with neck spasms but I hope and do think he should be all right today.
In the last spring start Morton shut down the Phillies at Citizens Bank and despite his terrible numbers a season ago isn’t all that bad. Is he better than Kyle Lohse? To be honest with you he quite possibly is and the way things are going with the Cardinals I have no qualms at all about taking back a price like this against them.
Tony LaRussa’s team is in trouble, they really are. Losing Adam Wainwright was disastrous, then the way they fell in the opening game to the Padres thanks in part to that two out tying home run in the 9th inning was horrendous and then the injury a few hours later to Matt Holliday was brutal and maybe more of a sign to come with this team. The Redbirds did finally win that game yesterday to get in the win column but there isn’t much besides Albert in the St. Louis lineup and I sure as heck do not trust Lohse and especially not when laying this price.
The St. Louis right-hander is interesting. When he is on he can be on for a few months and look like a borderline All-Star. But when the guy is off which we saw last season through the injuries he is extremely hittable and not good at all.
Pittsburgh without a doubt can win this game and to get such a pretty penny back from what may be a bad Cardinal team cannot be fully passed up.
Top expert pick on this game: Pittsburgh from Matt Rivers
Butler is 28-9 straight up and 20-13 against the spread, going over 20-14. UConn is 31-9 outright, 22-12 according to the Vegas sportsbooks lines. They’ve gone under 19-14 this season. Suffice to say, both teams enter with nice spread streaks, Butler covering seven straight, Connecticut 9-of-10. The Huskies have gone under 5-of-6.
Butler scores 72.1 points per game to teams that normally allow 67.2 on 44.1 percent shooting to 43.2. Butler permits 64.4 points per game to teams normally getting 69.1 on 42.6 percent shooting to 43.9.
Connecticut scores 72.8 points per game to squads usually permitting 65.8 on 43.6 percent shooting to 41.7. They allow 65.4 points per game against units that normally get 70.8 permitting 39.9 percent from the field to 44.4.
Spread betting trends (all records are against the spread): The Bulldogs are 7-0 in NCAA Tournament games as an underdog, 7-0 off straight up win, 22-4 vs. a team with a winning % above .600, 41-16 nonconference games, 27-11 on neutral courts.
The Huskies 10-1 in nonconference games, 20-6 on neutral courts, 20-8 vs. a team with a winning % above .600, but 6-15 as a favorite of 0.5-6.5.
Over/under trends: Connecticut under 22-10 as favorites but over 17-8 as neutral court favorites.
Top expert pick on this game: It’s from the winningest sports service of all-time GodsTips. We swept the semis with Butler, Connecticut, and Connecticut under. Counting the Women’s Final 4 and NBA, we are 6-1 the last seven basketball and 8-4 overall. It’s literally one of the strongest championship game sides in college football and basketball we’ve ever seen and we hit better than 60 percent of them, so that is saying a ton. It's at OffshoreInsiders.com
OffshoreInsiders.com Senior Sports Handicapper and baseball betting expert Matt Rivers has a pick on the Pittsburgh Pirates (+138) against St. Louis.
Hey, why not? Don’t mess with the scrappy little Bucos as they truly should have just swept the series at Wrigley from the Cubs as the visitors completely dominated that thing and aren’t as dreadful as some may think.
Don’t get me wrong, Pittsburgh is still a bad major league team that shouldn’t win many more than 70 games but they do have some potential with Jones, McCutchen and a few others and Charlie Morton is a former Brave who every now and then shows a quality upside. McCutchen did sit out yesterday’s game with neck spasms but I hope and do think he should be all right today.
In the last spring start Morton shut down the Phillies at Citizens Bank and despite his terrible numbers a season ago isn’t all that bad. Is he better than Kyle Lohse? To be honest with you he quite possibly is and the way things are going with the Cardinals I have no qualms at all about taking back a price like this against them.
Tony LaRussa’s team is in trouble, they really are. Losing Adam Wainwright was disastrous, then the way they fell in the opening game to the Padres thanks in part to that two out tying home run in the 9th inning was horrendous and then the injury a few hours later to Matt Holliday was brutal and maybe more of a sign to come with this team. The Redbirds did finally win that game yesterday to get in the win column but there isn’t much besides Albert in the St. Louis lineup and I sure as heck do not trust Lohse and especially not when laying this price.
The St. Louis right-hander is interesting. When he is on he can be on for a few months and look like a borderline All-Star. But when the guy is off which we saw last season through the injuries he is extremely hittable and not good at all.
Pittsburgh without a doubt can win this game and to get such a pretty penny back from what may be a bad Cardinal team cannot be fully passed up.
Top expert pick on this game: Pittsburgh from Matt Rivers
