Butler invades Milwaukee – Bulldogs at Panthers
The #22 ranked Butler Bulldogs are easily the top team in the Horizon League. They’ve gone 22 and 3 straight-up and 14-8-1 against the spread. Their record ATS on the road is 9 and 3. That’s very good.
Wisconsin-Milwaukee used to be the top team in the Horizon League, but they’ve suddenly fallen on hard times this season.Their straight-up record is 14 and 11. Their record against the spread is only 12 and 10 but they do have a fantastic at home record ATS of 7 and 3.
Here is the BetUS online sportsbook betting line for this game.
Butler Bulldogs -5 ½ -110 -240
Wisconsin-Milwaukee +5 ½ -110 +200
Here are a few online wagering trends for this game.
The Butler Bulldogs are 7 and 2 against the spread in their last 9 games on the road.
The Butler Bulldogs are 4 and 0 against the spread in the last 4 meetings between these two teams.
The Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers are 7 and 2 against the spread in their last 9 games at home.
The Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers are 2 and 5 against the spread in their last 7 games as an underdog of ½ to 6 ½ points.
The Panthers are getting the benefit of the doubt in this game, but it makes sense because after starting the season tremendously against the spread, the Butler Bulldogs have come back down to earth.
They’ve won 4 out of their last 6 games straight-up, but they haven’t been covering against the sportsbook line lately.
In fact, Butler has been pretty awful. They didn’t cover versus Valparaiso, Detroit, Wisconsin-Green Bay and Loyola Chicago in four out of their last six games.
Yes, they are a better team than Wisconsin-Milwaukee but Wisconsin-Milwaukee is the type of team that plays lights out at home and terrible on the road. The Panthers are at home for this game.
I’m going to have to take the Panthers in this one.
Butler vs. Wisc. Milwaukee Prediction:
I’ll be making an online bet on Wisconsin-Milwaukee to cover the spread at +5 ½ points.
