Virginia Commonwealth University and Butler will square off today in an unprecedented match up between mid-majors at the 2011 Men's NCAA Tournament Final-Four in Houston at Reliant Stadium (6:10 pm ET). Why unprecedented? Because one non-traditional team coming this far is about Cinderella; two making it to the Final-Four shows a trend. And if you look back to recent years, you find George Mason and Butler at least making it to the tournament semifinals. Last year the Bulldogs played in the championship game.
Of course one cannot find any conspiracy theory in today's match up since Butler and VCU just happen to be on the same side of the bracket. However, wouldn't it have been great to have these two meet in the championship game? At least we know one of them will be playing on Monday. So now, let’s get down to matters at hand. Who will win today's game?
Most offshore NCAA Odds makers have installed Butler 2 1/2-chalk favorites for this Final Four semifinal game versus VCU with a 134 total. Rams backers are getting +125 odds on the off shore money line while Bulldogs backers are paying -145 for a SU wager.
How are people betting? If you like fading the public, bet VCU your NCAA Basketball Picks favoritein this one. Admittedly, that's exactly what I am going to do. However, betting percentages show 61% of the action falling on the Bulldogs to cover the point-spread while a slight 53% majority are betting Butler to win SU. Totals wagering is showing 59% of players are betting the game total goes OVER the posted 134 points.
I am making VCU my College Basketball Picks choice for this game.
