Sweet Sixteen Picks: Butler vs. Syracuse: March 25th 2010

2010 Sweet Sixteen: Butler vs. Syracuse
Free Pick: Syracuse -6
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The Orangemen will be without their big man down low, but the way Wesley Johnson has played I don’t think it matters. Butler was lucky to get by the past round and for the tournament they really haven’t played that great in my opinion shooting just 41% from the field. To beat Syracuse you have to shoot over 50%. That has been true all 5 times Syracuse lost. Butler faced a Big East team in Georgetown and played them well earlier in the season losing on neutral court by 7. Butler however shot just 31.1% and was -14 rebounds. Those are two factors that will come into play again here today as Syracuse a very good rebounding team should have a major advantage on the boards over Butler especially if Butler’s Matt Howard gets into foul trouble. Hayward will have to get going early to open things up and Syracuse has one of the better perimeter defenses. I just feel this is Syracuses game. The reason that’s it’s not a POD is that the line opened up at 7.5 and continues to drop and I’ll sit at 6 and be happy.