The Butler Bulldogs (13-17, 6-13 Big East) are underdogs (+8.5) as they attempt to end a four-game losing streak when they host the No. 11 Villanova Wildcats (22-7, 15-4 Big East) at 12:00 PM ET on Saturday, March 5, 2022 at Hinkle Fieldhouse. The point total is set at 128 in the matchup. In this article, we investigate the Villanova vs. Butler odds and lines ahead of this contest.
Rankings courtesy of the Ferris Mowers Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY Sports.
Villanova is 13-13-2 against the spread this season compared to Butler’s 14-15-0 ATS record. The Wildcats have a 15-13-0 record hitting the over, while games involving the Bulldogs have a record of 14-15-0 when it comes to hitting the over. The two teams score an average of 137 points per game, nine more points than this matchup’s total. Villanova is 3-5-2 against the spread and 8-2 overall in its past 10 games, while Butler has gone 7-3-0 against the spread and 3-7 overall.
Here is everything you need to prepare for Saturday’s Big East college basketball matchup.
Villanova at Butler odds, spread and lines
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- Spread: Villanova -8.5
- Total: 128
- Moneyline: Villanova -466, Butler +346
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Villanova at Butler odds, spread, & more
Prediction
Villanova 72, Butler 62
Moneyline
- The Wildcats have been favored on the moneyline 23 total times this season. They’ve gone 20-3 in those games.
- Villanova is 13-1 (winning 92.9% of its games) when it has played as a moneyline favorite of -466 or shorter.
- The Wildcats have an 82.3% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
- The Bulldogs have been underdogs in 19 games this season and won four (21.1%) of those contests.
- Butler has entered eight games this season as the underdog by +346 or more and is 2-6 in those contests.
- The Bulldogs have a 22.4% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
Against the spread
- The 73.7 points per game the Wildcats average are 7.6 more points than the Bulldogs give up (66.1).
- Villanova is 12-10-2 against the spread and 21-4 overall when scoring more than 66.1 points.
- Butler is 12-8 against the spread and 12-10 overall when allowing fewer than 73.7 points.
- The Bulldogs’ 63.3 points per game are just 0.5 fewer points than the 63.8 the Wildcats give up to opponents.
- Butler is 8-5 against the spread and 10-4 overall when it scores more than 63.8 points.
- Villanova has an ATS record of 10-4 and a 12-2 record overall when its opponents score fewer than 63.3 points.
- The Wildcats have totaled a total of 286 more points than their opponents this year (an average of 9.9 per game), while the Bulldogs have been out-scored by opponents on average this year (by 86 total points, 2.8 per game).
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Over/Under
- The Wildcats have an average implied point total of 74.0 this season, which is 6.0 points higher than their implied total in Saturday’s game (68).
- This season, Villanova has scored more than 68 points 22 times.
- The average implied point total on the season for the Bulldogs (71.0) is 11.0 more points than the team’s implied total in this matchup (60).
- This year, Butler has put up more than 60 points in 17 games.
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How to watch Villanova vs. Butler
- Game Day: Saturday, March 5, 2022
- Game Time: 12:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: FOX
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