Colby Dant took the side nobody else at the table wanted. Pittsburgh visits Butler on Friday, November 13 at 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET in Indianapolis, IN, and Butler was a 1.5-point favorite when the guys taped on November 12. Colby played Pittsburgh +1.5 while Sean and Ryan laid the 1.5 with Butler. The full segment is on the College Basketball Picks: Friday 11/13 & Saturday 11/14 episode.
Pittsburgh vs Butler Odds
Butler was a 1.5-point favorite over Pittsburgh when the guys taped on November 12, so Pittsburgh gets 1.5 points.
Our Picks
- Ryan Kramer (@KramerCentric): Butler -1.5
- Sean Green (@SeanTGreen): Butler -1.5
- Colby Dant (@TheColbyD): Pittsburgh +1.5
Ryan was ready to take Butler before the conversation really got going. Colby wasn’t. Colby’s view was that Butler simply hasn’t passed the eye test. Colby watched Boise State beat Butler by around 20 and saw Butler need a long time to wake up against Fairleigh Dickinson. Pittsburgh, by Colby’s account, is unbeaten and coming off a win over Penn State.
Sean saw the same Boise State loss differently. Butler took its wake-up call on the road and now gets Pittsburgh, a team that might be feeling good about itself. Sean also went to the free throw line: by his numbers, Butler shoots 77% to Pittsburgh’s 70%, and Sean expects Butler to make enough of them late to close it out.
Ryan checked whether this really is Pittsburgh’s first true road game. The guys pointed out that the Penn State win came on a neutral floor, so they counted this one as the first, though Colby suspected Penn State had the crowd that day. Ryan still wanted no part of backing Pittsburgh’s coach. Colby didn’t budge and ended on Pittsburgh being the more experienced team. The analytics sites didn’t settle it either, as the guys noted they disagreed on this one.
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