Horizon League Championship: Wright State vs. Butler

The Butler Bulldogs will try to help some of the bubble teams when they face Wright State on Tuesday in the Horizon League Championship (9 p.m. ET, ESPN).

The No. 12 Bulldogs are going to make the NCAA Tournament regardless of whether they win on Tuesday or not. If Wright State can pull off the upset though, it would take away an at-large bid from one of the bubble teams.

The Raiders have their work cut out for them as Butler has won 19 straight games including both matchups against Wright State this season.

Butler is listed as a 7.5-point favorite at SBG Global and the total is set at 122.

Wright State took out Detroit 69-50 on Saturday to reach the title game of the Horizon League while Butler beat Milwaukee 68-59 to reach the Championship.

The Horizon League would love to send two teams to the NCAA Tournament but that will only happen if Wright State wins on Tuesday. The Raiders have 20 wins but they will be playing in the NIT unless they upset the Bulldogs.

Butler was not that sharp on Saturday but they still got past Milwaukee.

“We weren’t as crisp as we want to be, but they had a lot to do with that,” Butler coach Brad Stevens said. “I don’t know if there’s any real rhyme or reason to that, but our guys stayed the course.”

Butler is 1-4 in title games since 2003 and last year they were beaten by Cleveland State. This year’s Butler team does not want a repeat of what happened in the title game a year ago and that makes Wright State’s job even tougher since the Bulldogs will not be overlooking them on Tuesday.

Here are some key college basketball betting stats for Tuesday’s game:

Wright State has done well in neutral site games this season – the Raiders are 7-0 ATS in their last seven games. They also do well on Tuesdays as they are 7-1 ATS in their last eight Tuesday games. The Raiders are 1-4 ATS in the last five meetings against Butler.

Butler has gotten so much respect that it has not been covering the spread. The Bulldogs are 2-5 ATS in their last seven games overall. They are 1-7 ATS in their last eight neutral site games and they are 0-4 ATS in their last four Tuesday games.

The under is 4-0 in the Bulldogs’ last four overall but the over is 4-0 in the last four meetings between these two teams.

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