Marquette vs Butler Predictions & Odds (Feb. 28)

• No. 6 Marquette is an 8.5-point road favorite over Butler on Tuesday night in a Big East game
• Marquette can clinch the conference title outright with a win
• A look at the Marquette vs Butler odds and prediction can be found below

No. 6 Marquette can clinch the outright Big East regular-season title when it visits Butler at 6:30 p.m. ET Tuesday at Hinkle Fieldhouse.

Marquette (23-6, 7-4 road, 15-3 Big East) holds a two-game lead in the conference standings with two games to play over No. 19 Xavier and No. 20 Providence. The Golden Eagles are on a four-game winning streak and won for the ninth time in their last 10 games Saturday when they held off DePaul 90-84 at home.

Butler (14-15, 10-5 home, 6-12 Big East) edged DePaul 59-58 last Wednesday on the road. The Bulldogs have won three of five games since a five-game losing streak.

The game will be shown on FS1.

Marquette vs Butler Odds

Marquette is favored by 8.5 points over Butler and is a -385 pick on the moneyline in the college basketball odds, giving it an implied win probability of 79.38%. The Golden Eagles are listed at +4000 in the NCAA Tournament championship odds.

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Marquette Betting Trends

Marquette has won a share of the Big East regular-season championship for the first time since 2013 and has its highest ranking since the 1977-78 season.

Sophomore guards Tyler Kolek and Kam Jones scored 22 points each on Saturday to lead the Golden Eagles over DePaul.

Kolek also had 14 assists and went 11 from 12 from the free-throw line. He was 9 of 10 on foul shots in the last 2:04 as Marquette held on for the win.

Kolek notched his second double-double of the season and fifth 20-point game. At 7.8 a game, Kolek leads the Big East in assists and his 1.8 steals average is fifth.

My Big East Performance of the Week

Tyler Kolek

Kolek recorded 18 points, 6 assists and 3 steals in Marquette’s road win over Creighton this week. Kolek scored Marquette’s final two baskets including the eventual game-winner pic.twitter.com/GsMzJUMVnJ

— Ryan Cassidy (@ryancassidycbb) February 27, 2023

Jones had a career-high seven three-point field goals in 10 attempts and made three steals on his 21^st birthday. He helped Marquette shoot 42.9% (12 of 28) from beyond the arc.

Jones has seven 20-point games and a team-leading 15.2 scoring average. Sophomore forward Olivier Maxence-Prosper’s scoring average is 12.5.

Sophomore forward Oso Ighodaro has averages of 11.9 points, 5.9 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.5 blocked shots. His 66.1 field goal percentage is second in the conference.

On Saturday, Ighodaro had 12 points and Maxence-Prosper added 11, though Marquette allowed DePaul to shoot 51.7% (31 of 60). Sophomore guard Stevie Mitchell had four steals as the Golden Eagles forced 17 turnovers and held a 37-27 rebounding advantage.

Marquette is eighth in the country in field goal percentage (49.3) and 17^th in scoring (80.8).

Butler Betting Trends

Sophomore wing Simas Lukosius and senior wing Ali Ali each had 15 points last Wednesday when Butler slipped past DePaul.

Ali also had five rebounds and five assists to go with 6-of-9 shooting, Lukosius grabbed seven rebounds.

Butler made just 3 of 17 (17.6%) three-point attempts. However, the Bulldogs held DePaul to 38.6% shooting (22 of 57).

Ali Ali’s running hook extends Butler’s lead. Dawgs lead 59-58, 38 seconds left. pic.twitter.com/VMyrp9OwNm

— Akeem Glaspie (@THEAkeemGlaspie) February 23, 2023

Sophomore guard Jayden Taylor scored 13 points despite missing all five attempts from distance. He maintained his team-best 13.1 scoring average.

Senior center Manny Bates is averaging 12.0 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.0 blocks a game. The North Carolina State transfer is fourth in the Big East with his 61.7 field goal percentage and third in rejections.

Lukosius (11.4) and junior guard Chuck Harris (10.7) are also averaging double digits for Butler. The Bulldogs are scoring just 65.6 points a game, which ranks 323^rd in Division I.

Marquette vs Butler Prediction

Marquette has won twice in a row over Butler and taken five of the last six in the series. The Golden Eagles notched a 60-52 victory on Feb. 4 in Milwaukee as Kolek had 13 points and eight assists for the winners and Taylor scored a game-high 19 for the Bulldogs.

Look for Butler, which is showing a little spark late in the season, to keep it close again in the rematch.

Pick: Butler +8.5 (-110)

Season record: 32-26 (+3.5 units) ATS, 4-9 (-4.5 units) ML