I'm on Wisconsin Green Bay +2 for a unit tonite...some facts about the game...
When Butler plays Monday night at Wisconsin-Green Bay, the desperate side obviously belongs to Wisc Green Bay. If Green Bay wins, it would climb to 10-2 in the Horizon League and pose a legitimate threat to Butler's first-place standing. At 10-1, Butler would still have two more road games this week, Thursday at Detroit and Saturday at nemesis Wright State. If Butler goes to 11-0 and expands its lead in the loss column to three, you can start making reservations for the Horizon League semifinals and final at Hinkle Fieldhouse.
If Green Bay's 9,729-seat Resch Center isn't full, it will be close to it. The environment will be perhaps the most challenging faced by the Bulldogs, who have been rock-solid in posting an 8-1 road record. More experienced Butler teams needed some late Pete Campbell 3-pointers to win at Green Bay 62-57 last year and 68-58 in 2007.
Butler has won nine straight in the series. If Green Bay needs any more incentive, it could also prevent Butler from winning a record 22nd consecutive league game. Butler shares the record with Green Bay, which won 21 straight from 1995-97.
Other noteworthy facts about these teams and this game:
-- A victory would give Butler its 11th 20-win season in 13 years.
-- Butler is third in the NCAA in average points allowed (55.3). Butler has held seven successive opponents under 60 points.
-- Green Bay leads the league in scoring (72.2); Butler is second in defense (55.3).
-- Green Bay is 10-0 when making 10 or more 3-pointers. Butler is 12-0 when making nine or more 3s.
-- Green Bay is fifth in the NCAA in free throw percentage (.784) and sixth in 3-point percentage (.410). Green Bay and Cornell (Ivy League) are the only two schools to lead their respective leagues in scoring and in all three shooting categories.
-- Green Bay has scored 80 or more points eight times this season, a record for the school since joining Division I in 1981-82.
-- Green Bay's all-time record is 2-27 against the Top 25. The highest-ranked opponent it has beaten was No. 16 Cal 61-57 in the 1994 NCAA Tournament.
-- Green Bay sixth man Ryan Tillema (16.9 ppg) has become the league's top scorer.
-- Butler's Matt Howard has averaged just 9.2 ppg in the past four games (6, 15, 7, 9). He has averaged 15.7 in three previous meetings with Green Bay.
When Butler plays Monday night at Wisconsin-Green Bay, the desperate side obviously belongs to Wisc Green Bay. If Green Bay wins, it would climb to 10-2 in the Horizon League and pose a legitimate threat to Butler's first-place standing. At 10-1, Butler would still have two more road games this week, Thursday at Detroit and Saturday at nemesis Wright State. If Butler goes to 11-0 and expands its lead in the loss column to three, you can start making reservations for the Horizon League semifinals and final at Hinkle Fieldhouse.
If Green Bay's 9,729-seat Resch Center isn't full, it will be close to it. The environment will be perhaps the most challenging faced by the Bulldogs, who have been rock-solid in posting an 8-1 road record. More experienced Butler teams needed some late Pete Campbell 3-pointers to win at Green Bay 62-57 last year and 68-58 in 2007.
Butler has won nine straight in the series. If Green Bay needs any more incentive, it could also prevent Butler from winning a record 22nd consecutive league game. Butler shares the record with Green Bay, which won 21 straight from 1995-97.
Other noteworthy facts about these teams and this game:
-- A victory would give Butler its 11th 20-win season in 13 years.
-- Butler is third in the NCAA in average points allowed (55.3). Butler has held seven successive opponents under 60 points.
-- Green Bay leads the league in scoring (72.2); Butler is second in defense (55.3).
-- Green Bay is 10-0 when making 10 or more 3-pointers. Butler is 12-0 when making nine or more 3s.
-- Green Bay is fifth in the NCAA in free throw percentage (.784) and sixth in 3-point percentage (.410). Green Bay and Cornell (Ivy League) are the only two schools to lead their respective leagues in scoring and in all three shooting categories.
-- Green Bay has scored 80 or more points eight times this season, a record for the school since joining Division I in 1981-82.
-- Green Bay's all-time record is 2-27 against the Top 25. The highest-ranked opponent it has beaten was No. 16 Cal 61-57 in the 1994 NCAA Tournament.
-- Green Bay sixth man Ryan Tillema (16.9 ppg) has become the league's top scorer.
-- Butler's Matt Howard has averaged just 9.2 ppg in the past four games (6, 15, 7, 9). He has averaged 15.7 in three previous meetings with Green Bay.
