Its finally here, the game all college basketball fans look forward to...the National Championship! And what kind of match-up did the fans get? Butler vs Duke...this sounds like a snooze to me. There is no way Butler can contend with Duke's Scheyer, Singular and Smith...not a chance. WRONG. I don't know if you have noticed but Butler is not your average mid-major school. They actually have a NBA prospect and have not had an easy road to the National Championship game. Butler has defeated Kansas State and Syracuse just to name a few. Also they avoided the ever common first round upset of the 5 vs 12 seeds.
Tonight's match-up is an interesting one to say the least. You have a team who depends on defense to win games and one who depends on its offense to win. Butler will need an even better defense than it played during the national semi-final against Michigan State if they want a chance to beat Duke. If they are able to shoot better than 45 percent, they should keep this game close with a chance to win it at the end.
Duke...the team that is now expected to win for the first time probably since the second round. Going into the tournament they were thought of as the worst of the number one seeds but turn out to be the best and most consistent. If they play the same type of game they did against West Virginia then this game will not be close after tip-off but i would not bet on it. The key will be if Zoubek can continue to be a dominant rebounder and gets his six or eight points a game then they should be in great shape.
Duke is a seven point favorite according to the odd-makers. Ill take that seven points and predict that Duke will cut down the nets for the fourth time.
Duke 77 Butler 70
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