Butler vs. DePaul Picks, Odds and Prediction – March 2

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Saturday's game between the Butler Bulldogs (16-13, 7-11 Big East) and the DePaul Blue Demons (3-25, 0-17 Big East) at Wintrust Arena should be a one-sided matchup, as our computer prediction projects a final score of 81-68 and heavily favors Butler to come out on top. Game time is at 12:00 PM ET on March 2. Based on our computer prediction, DePaul is projected to cover the point spread (13.5) versus Butler. The two teams are expected to go under the 149.5 total.

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Butler vs. DePaul Odds

Butler vs DePaul Betting Information
Favorite Spread Total Over Total Odds Under Total Odds Favorite Moneyline Underdog Moneyline
Butler -13.5 149.5 -110 -110 -1000 +640

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Butler vs. DePaul Prediction

  • Prediction: Butler 81, DePaul 68

Butler Betting Info

  • Against the spread, in conference games, the Bulldogs are 5-13-0 this year.
  • This year, eight of the Bulldogs' 18 Big East games have gone over the point total.
  • This season, the Bulldogs have been moneyline favorites 13 times and won 11, or 84.6%, of those games.
  • Butler has been at least a -1000 moneyline favorite five times this season and won all of those games.
  • The Bulldogs' 28 games this season have gone over this contest's total of 149.5 points 13 times.
  • The average point total in Butler's matchups this year is 151.7, 2.2 more points than this game's over/under.

Butler's Top Players

Bulldogs Leaders
Name GP PTS REB ASST STL BLK 3PM
Pierre Brooks 29 14.8 4.1 1.1 0.5 0.2 2.4
Jahmyl Telfort 29 13.7 4.9 3.0 1.0 0.4 1.0
DJ Davis 29 13.4 3.1 2.4 1.1 0.0 2.0
Posh Alexander 28 11.3 4.6 4.8 2.2 0.0 0.9
Jalen Thomas 29 7.3 6.1 0.8 0.4 1.1 0.2

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DePaul Betting Info

  • The Blue Demons have six wins against the spread in 17 Big East games this season.
  • There have been 11 Blue Demons Big East games (out of 17) that went over the total this year.
  • The Blue Demons have been underdogs in 21 games this season, however, they have failed to come away with a win in any of those games.
  • DePaul has yet to win this season when listed as an underdog of +640 or worse on the moneyline this season.
  • The Blue Demons have combined with their opponent to score more than 149.5 points in 13 of 28 games this season.
  • The average total for DePaul's games this season is 146.4 points, 3.1 fewer points than this game's over/under.

DePaul's Top Players

Blue Demons Leaders
Name GP PTS REB ASST STL BLK 3PM
Chico Carter Jr. 21 10.9 2.8 3.5 0.7 0.3 1.3
Elijah Fisher 28 10.3 3.8 1.5 0.9 0.3 0.4
Da'Sean Nelson 28 10.0 3.8 1.9 0.5 0.3 0.4
Jaden Henley 28 8.5 2.6 1.5 0.9 0.2 0.4
Jalen Terry 19 8.3 3.6 2.5 1.1 0.2 1.7

Butler vs. DePaul Scoring Insights

  • The Bulldogs average just 4.2 fewer points than the Blue Demons give up (81.6).
  • When Butler scores more than 81.6, it is 8-1 against the spread and 9-1 overall.
  • When DePaul concedes fewer than 77.4 points, it is 7-4 versus the spread and 3-8 overall.
  • The Blue Demons average 64.7 points, 9.6 fewer than the Bulldogs allow.
  • DePaul has a 2-2 ATS record and 1-3 overall record when posting over 74.3 points.
  • Butler's record is 5-3 versus the spread and 8-0 overall when giving up less than 64.7 points.
  • The Bulldogs have outscored opponents by 92 points this season (3.1 per game), but the Blue Demons have been outscored by 474 points (16.9 per game).

Butler vs. DePaul Rankings

Butler Rank Butler AVG DePaul AVG DePaul Rank
75th 77.4 Points Scored 64.7 350th
253rd 74.3 Points Allowed 81.6 357th
171st 35.5 Rebounds 29.8 358th
291st 7.4 Off. Rebounds 5.6 359th
96th 8.3 3pt Made 6.0 308th
81st 14.7 Assists 12.2 267th
103rd 10.5 Turnovers 12.9 315th

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