{"id":21485,"date":"2012-02-03T22:07:38","date_gmt":"2012-02-04T03:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=21485"},"modified":"2012-02-03T22:07:38","modified_gmt":"2012-02-04T03:07:38","slug":"ncaa-basketball-preview-detroit-titans-vs-butler-bulldogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/ncaa-basketball-preview-detroit-titans-vs-butler-bulldogs-21485\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Basketball Preview: Detroit Titans vs. Butler Bulldogs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Detroit Titans at Butler Bulldogs
\nSaturday, 2\/4\/12, 12:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Butler -4
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Butler -4
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 133.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 133.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Butler Bulldogs have won 10 of the last 11 meetings with the Detroit Titans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Detroit had its three-game win streak snapped in a 78-73 defeat to the Valparaiso Crusaders on Thursday, as the team has dropped three consecutive games versus the spread.\u00a0 The Titans have also gone \u201cover\u201d the total in two straight contests, which directly followed a pair of games going \u201cbelow\u201d the number.\u00a0 Offensively, the team is led by the play of guard Ray McCallum, who is averaging 15.5 points per game.\u00a0 Detroit is 0-2 ATS as an underdog of 3.5 to 6 points this season.<\/p>\n

The Titans captured a 76-65 win in the first meeting as two-point home favorites this season, snapping a 10-game losing streak in the series.\u00a0 Detroit had five players score in double figures in that particular effort, with the team tying a season high with nine three-pointers made.\u00a0 Center Eli Holman has been really coming along during the second-half of the 2011-12 campaign, scoring in double figures in four of five games heading into the loss against the Crusaders.<\/p>\n

Butler will close out a two-game homestand and comes off a 64-53 win over the Wright State Raiders as 10.5-point favorites Thursday night.\u00a0 The Bulldogs have a great shot of winning this Horizon League affair, winning 12 straight February home games inside Hinkle Fieldhouse, while posting a dominating 160-23 mark in front of the home fans since the start of the 1999-200 campaign.\u00a0 Current head coach Brad Stevens is 64-9 all-time inside the historic venue.\u00a0 Butler is 3-8 ATS versus conference opponents this year.<\/p>\n

The Bulldogs have only one starter averaging in double figures, with sophomore forward Andrew Smith scoring 10.3 points per game.\u00a0 Butler owns a 43-28 all-time record in this series, winning 17 of the past 21 meetings, including 10 of the last 11.\u00a0 Point guard Ronald Nored has been doing a solid job leading the offense, ranking second in the league in averaging 4.6 assists per game, while standing third with a plus-1.7 turnover ratio.\u00a0 He also happens to be leading the team in averaging 11.1 points during Horizon League action.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Titans due to their 5-2 ATS mark in the last seven meetings, while the Bulldogs are 1-10-1 ATS following a straight-up win.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the college basketball handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Detroit Titans at Butler Bulldogs Saturday, 2\/4\/12, 12:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2 Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Butler -4 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Butler -4 Opening Total:\u00a0 133.5 Current Total:\u00a0 133.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Detroit had its three-game win streak snapped in a 78-73 defeat to the Valparaiso Crusaders on Thursday, as the team has dropped three […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":19744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[5790,1394,695,6016,6425,5789,4085,6020,5919],"class_list":["post-21485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-andrew-smith","tag-brad-stevens","tag-butler-bulldogs","tag-detroit-titans","tag-eli-holman","tag-hinkle-fieldhouse","tag-horizon-league","tag-ray-mccallum","tag-ronald-nored"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21485"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21486,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21485\/revisions\/21486"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}