Butler Bulldogs face Kansas State Wildcats in Elite Eight
By Hank Harris • Mar 26th, 2010 • Category: NCAABThe No. 5 seed Butler Bulldogs battle the No. 2 seed Kansas State Wildcats in an Elite Eight matchup at the Energy Solutions Arena in Salt Lake City on Saturday (4:30 pm ET, CBS).
The winner will represent the West region in the Final Four next weekend.
Kansas State is a 4-point favorite and the over/under is 135 in NCAA Tournament Betting Odds at JustBet.
Butler scored a big upset in the West regional semifinals on Thursday, knocking off the No. 1 seed Syracuse Orange 63-59 to advance to the Elite Eight. Butler won the game as 6.5-point underdogs and the score went under the total of 138.
Gordon Hayward led the Bulldogs with 17 points and five rebounds, while Shelvin Mack netted 14 points in the win.
Kansas State managed to come away with a 101-96 win over the Xavier Musketeers in a thrilling double-overtime tilt in their Sweet 16 matchup on Thursday. Kansas State failed to cover the 5-point spread and the score went over the total of 150.5.
Jacob Pullen poured in 28 points with four rebounds in leading the way, and Denis Clemente added 25 in the win.
Butler is 31-4 straight up and 15-20 against the point spread. Kansas State is 29-7 SU and 22-9 ATS.
Both Butler and Kansas State are 5-0 SU in their past five games.
Hank Harris is a professional writer with more than 25 years experience. He has written on sports betting and gambling for more than a decade of that time. He covers all sports, from the NFL to the NBA to NCAA College.
He is originally from the Boston area and is now based out of Las Vegas.
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