Butler Bulldogs vs. St. John's Red Storm Prediction, Pick and Preview, February 18 (2/18): NCAAB
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- Feb 18, 2022, 9:30:56 PM
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Odds
| Time | 11:00 p.m. EST |
| BUT money line | +350 |
| BUT spread | +8.5 |
| SJU money line | -450 |
| SJU spread | -8.5 |
| Over / under | 140.5 |
2021-2022 season stats
| Butler | St. John's | |
| Record | 13-13 | 14-11 |
| Road / home record | 3-5 | 10-6 |
| Streak | W2 | W1 |
| Points per game | 63.7 | 78.1 |
| Points allowed per game | 70.3 | 68.6 |
| Rebounds per game | 32.9 | 38.2 |
| Rebounds allowed per game | ||
| Over / under record | 14-11 | 12-13 |
Preview
The Butler Bulldogs will travel to New York and take on the St. John’s Red Storm from the Carnessca Arena for some Big East basketball on Friday afternoon.
Butler Bulldogs
The Bulldogs are 2-3 this month, but they've won their last two games over Marquette and DePaul. Veteran big Bryce Golden led the team with 22 points in the home win over the Golden Eagles, while Simas Lukosius played a season-high 36 minutes and scored a game-high 19 points.
Butler is 13-13 this season, with a 6-9 record in Big East play.
LaVell Jordan’s team is scoring 63.7 points per game on 42.2% shooting, while allowing 66.1 points per game. The pending statuses of Bryce Nze (8.3ppg, 6.1rpg) and Bo Hodges (8.8ppg, 6.4rpg) are game altering so keep an eye out.
St. John's Red Storm
The Red Storm are 3-3 this February, with all three of those wins coming as visitors. St. John's picked up a strong upset win over Xavier in Cincinnati on Wednesday, as star scorer Julian Champagnie turned in one of his best performance of the season, scoring a game-high 27 points.
St. John’s is 14-11 this season, with a 6-8 record in Big East play.
Mike Anderson’s team averages 78.4 points per game, on 44.7% shooting, while giving up 73.8 points per game. Julian Champagnie (18.7ppg, 6.6rpg) and Posh Alexander (14.6ppg, 4.4rpg, and 5.1apg) lead the charge for SJU.
BETTING TRENDS
Butler is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games.
BUT is 0-6 SU in their last 6 road games.
St. John's is 5-0 ATS in their last 5 games.
SJU is 2-4 SU in their last 6 home games.
Prediction
Butler has been covering at will as of late, even with injuries to two of their biggest pieces. They remain one of the more rugged teams in the nation, and I'm going to ride their momentum as underdogs here.
Spot Butler the points Friday afternoon.
PICK: Butler +8.5 (-110)
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