{"id":3338,"date":"2009-01-17T10:03:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-17T15:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/butler-vs-illinois-chicago-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-01-17T10:03:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-17T15:03:00","slug":"butler-vs-illinois-chicago-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/butler-vs-illinois-chicago-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Butler vs. Illinois-Chicago Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Butler Bulldogs and the Illinois-Chicago Flames will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at UIC Pavilion. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Butler<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> built up a 15 point lead and went on to defeat Loyola-Chicago 78-55 on Thursday. <st1:City><st1:place>Butler<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> covered the 6-point spread, and the 133 points went UNDER the posted total of 122. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Matt<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Howard<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> dropped 18 points with 11 rebounds in a double-double performance for <st1:City><st1:place>Butler<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. Shelvin <st2:GivenName>Mack<\/st2:GivenName> had 20 points in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Butler<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 7 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Butler<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 15-1 SU, 9-5 ATS <br \/>Illinois-Chicago: 9-7 SU, 6-8 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Butler most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Wisc-Green Bay are 5-5<br \/>After playing Loyola of Chicago are 5-5<br \/>After a win are 9-1<\/p>\n<p>Illinois-Chicago most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Detroit are 5-5<br \/>After playing Valparaiso are 1-4<br \/>After a win are 6-4<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Butler is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Butler is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>Butler is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games on the road<br \/>Butler is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing Illinois-Chicago<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Illinois-Chicago&#8217;s last 6 games when playing Butler<br \/>Illinois-Chicago is 20-5 SU in its last 25 games at home<br \/>Illinois-Chicago is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing at home against Butler<br \/>Illinois-Chicago is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Butler<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Butler<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Wisc-Green Bay, Thursday, January 22<br \/>Illinois-Chicago at <st1:City><st1:place>Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Thursday, January 22<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Butler Bulldogs and the Illinois-Chicago Flames will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at UIC Pavilion. Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. Butler built up a 15 point lead and went on to defeat Loyola-Chicago 78-55 on Thursday. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/butler-vs-illinois-chicago-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Butler vs. Illinois-Chicago Lines Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3338\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}