Butler vs Creighton 1/26/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Creighton Bluejays (12-5) vs. Butler Bulldogs (9-10)
January 26, 2022 6:30 pm EDT
The Line: Butler Bulldogs +4.5 / Creighton Bluejays -4.5; Over/Under: -125.5
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The Creighton Bluejays and the Butler Bulldogs meet in college basketball action from Hinkle Fieldhouse on Wednesday night.
The Creighton Bluejays will look to build on back-to-back wins after a 60-47 win over DePaul last time out. Ryan Hawkins leads the Bluejays in scoring and rebounding with 13.2 PPG and 7.5 RPG while Ryan Nembhard has 11.7 PPG and a team-high 4.4 APG to lead Creighton in assists. Ryan Kalkbrenner has 12.2 PPG, 7.2 RPG and 3.1 BPG and Alex O’Connell has 13.1 PPG with 5.3 RPG to make up the group of double-digit scorers for Creighton this season. As a team, Creighton is averaging 70.9 PPG on 46.8% shooting from the field, 31.9% from three and 70.9% from the foul line while allowing 65.5 PPG on 39.5% shooting from the field and 32.2% from three this season.
The Butler Bulldogs will try to snap a four-game losing streak after a 69-62 loss to Providence last time out. Chuck Harris leads the Bulldogs in scoring with 10.8 PPG while Bryce Golden has 9.3 PPG with a team-high 3.9 RPG. Jayden Taylor has 9.2 PPG while Aaron Thompson has a team-high 4 APG as well this season. As a team, Butler is averaging 62.1 PPG on 41.6% shooting from the field, 31.2% from three and 68.9% from the foul line while allowing 65.1 PPG on 43.3% shooting from the field and 32.9% from three this season.
Creighton is 5-1ATS in their last 6 games overall and 3-7 ATS in their last 10 road games against a team with a winning home record while the under is 20-7-1 in their last 28 games following a win. Butler is 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games overall and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 home games while the under is 8-3 in their last 11 home games.
I get the case to be made for either side here, as Creighton’s been the better team, but they’re not a team I’m looking to lay points with, but the issue is that Butler’s the team we have to take points with. Instead I’m going to side with the under, mainly because even with a low total I could see this being the first to 65 wins if we even get that high so give me the under in this one.
