Butler vs Villanova College Basketball Picks, Odds, Predictions 2/28/21

The Villanova Wildcats and the Butler Bulldogs meat in college basketball action from Hinkle Fieldhouse on Sunday afternoon.

The Villanova Wildcats will look to build on their 81-58 win over St. John’s last time out Jeremiah Robinson-Earl leads the Wildcats in scoring and rebounding with 15.4 PPG with 7.4 RPG while Collin Gillespie has 14.4 PPG and 4.4 APG as well on the year. Justin Moore’s got 12.9 PPG and Jermaine Samuels has 11.5 PPG with 6.3 RPG. Caleb Daniels also has 10.6 PPG to make up the scoring in double digits for Villanova so far this season. As a team, Villanova is averaging 78.1 PPG on 45% shooting from the field and 37.7% from three while allowing 67.7 PPG on 45.2% shooting from the field and 35.5% from three this season.

The Butler Bulldogs will look to add on to their 61-52 win over Seton Hall last time out. Chuck Harris has 11.6 PPG and Jair Bolden’s got 11.1 PPG while Bryce Nze has 10.7 PPG with a team-high 8 RPG while Aaron Thompson’s got 10.4 PPG and 4.7 APG as well on the year to cap off the scoring in double figures for Butler so far this season. As a team, Butler is averaging 62.7 PPG on 40.7% shooting from the field and 32.5% from three while allowing 67 PPG on 45.9% from the field and 34.5% from three this season.

Villanova is 13-4-1 ATS in their last 18 road games and 2-5 ATS in their last 7 Sunday games while the over is 7-2 in their last 9 games overall. Butler is 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games overall and 0-4 in their last 4 Sunday games while the under is 4-1-1 in their last 6 home games. The home team is 3-0-1 ATS in the last 4 meetings between these two teams.

I think a case could be made for either side here, but in reality it’s hard to back a Butler team, even at home, that’s had more scoring issues than not this season. I just think that the price on the Wildcats and laying the points is better than whatever the Bulldogs have going. I’ll lay the points with the Villanova Wildcats in this spot.