#1 Pittsburgh (-7.5) vs #8 Butler....who do you like?

[NightCap424]

Butler continues to impress when tournament time starts....Old Dominion didn't play a great game but Butler was scrappy and made the clutch shots when they needed to.

What do you think here? Pitt wasn't very impressive for about 30 of 40 minutes on Thursday against UNC Ashville.

Discuss.....

[upinya83]

i think pitt blows these people out

[Keith]

Originally Posted by upinya83

i think pitt blows these people out

[Cali Roots]

Originally Posted by upinya83

i think pitt blows these people out

i agree as well!

[NightCap424]

bump for discussion

[Nesser25]

Pittsburgh is by far the most vulnerable #1 seed in this tournament. I wouldn't be surprised if the Bulldogs continue to surprise in this tournament and pull off the upset tonight. There were a lot of whispers about ODU knocking off Pitt in the second round, why not Butler? This team continues to prove everyone wrong "The Butler Way". This is going to be a physical game, and if Mack and Howard get open space, Pitt will be playing from behind out of the gate. The key is for Butler/Howard is to stay out of foul trouble while keeping this close and forcing turnovers. If this is close (pending foul situation), Butler needs to increase their physical play at the end and put Pitt at the charity stripe late in this game where they shoot a laughable 67%. If this happens, the victory will be going to Butler. I think we may see a one seed go down this round, if Pitt allows Butler to get hot from the perimeter, and have them playing from behind, I think that Butler's high level of basketball IQ and quality coaching from Brad Stevens will prevail in the end. This should be a good game, a game in which I think Butler will have an advantage in, and a game I think they will cover and have a chance to win.

Pittsburgh is being given entirely too much credit in this match-up, which is expected. It's not often Butler goes into a tournament game in March without everyone writing them off. Should be a fun one to watch.

[Nesser25]

Originally Posted by Nesser25

Pittsburgh is by far the most vulnerable #1 seed in this tournament. I wouldn't be surprised if the Bulldogs continue to surprise in this tournament and pull off the upset tonight. There were a lot of whispers about ODU knocking off Pitt in the second round, why not Butler? This team continues to prove everyone wrong "The Butler Way". This is going to be a physical game, and if Mack and Howard get open space, Pitt will be playing from behind out of the gate. The key is for Butler/Howard is to stay out of foul trouble while keeping this close and forcing turnovers. If this is close (pending foul situation), Butler needs to increase their physical play at the end and put Pitt at the charity stripe late in this game where they shoot a laughable 67%. If this happens, the victory will be going to Butler. I think we may see a one seed go down this round, if Pitt allows Butler to get hot from the perimeter, and have them playing from behind, I think that Butler's high level of basketball IQ and quality coaching from Brad Stevens will prevail in the end. This should be a good game, a game in which I think Butler will have an advantage in, and a game I think they will cover and have a chance to win.

Pittsburgh is being given entirely too much credit in this match-up, which is expected. It's not often Butler goes into a tournament game in March without everyone writing them off. Should be a fun one to watch.

"The Butler Way" prevails