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On College Basketball: All the MarblesNCAA Basketball Betting Lines04/05/2010 - Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Last week, the awards seemed to follow the hype. Irritating, but not surprising to anyone...except for one. The Cousy committee must have been instructed to ignore all first-team point guards when making their decision. Honestly, I have no idea how Maryland's Greivis Vasquez came out the winner, but I digress. On to the more important subject at hand, the national title game tonight. The Butler Bulldogs are starring in quite the underdog story. If they win, I imagine years from now the recollection would begin with, "Since the beginning of time, everyone hated Duke..." Well, everyone hated their fans at least. And the beginning of time is more like since the beginning of Coach K's tenure. Whatever way the story is told, I think most of America is hoping they get a chance to tell it. Seems a little too good to be true though, right? Coach K has three decades and three national titles on Butler's Brad Stevens. It's not often teams like Butler walk away with the glass slipper but then again, it is not often the Cinderellas play in the national title game. Butler can win because: -The five seed has had a more trying road to the title game. The very nature of "The Underdog" is to be underappreciated and overlooked, something Butler will use to its advantage. I think that regardless of how much they have accomplished, most of us will still think they can fall to any big name they encounter. -Butler deserves the vote of confidence tonight because they have sophomore forward Gordon Hayward on their side. Hayward is the most talented player you will see in Lucas Oil Stadium this evening, not simply because he contributes about 15 points a game, but because he is dangerous in many different facets. Hayward plays perimeter defense better than anyone on the roster and can be used in the lane when needed (and that just may be tonight, if Matt Howard does not play). Hayward is not the only Bulldog who is effective on defense...Butler has held 2010 tournament opponents to under 60 points each game. Pretty impressive to folks like me, who believe lack of defense is most detrimental in tournament viability. -The strength in Butler's defense is also part of their offensive success...they play like a team. Sounds simple, but very few teams in NCAA basketball play in true unison anymore. Too often we forget the importance of things like steals, assists, and loose balls when we predict the success of a team. Butler has the upper hand in those categories, and it may prove enough to tighten the offensive margin. -Finally, the Bulldogs will be playing the big game not even 10 miles from Hinkle Fieldhouse. I will avoid making any reference to "Hoosiers" because I think we've all heard enough of those. I will say, rather, that being the underdog in your hometown has to help ease any of the stigma associated with the name. Duke can win because: -Well, because it's Duke and you've got to think someone out there really wants this to happen again. Including me? Did I mention I've never been a Duke fan? -If Brian Zoubek is being guarded by anyone on the Butler roster BUT Howard, the Dogs are in trouble. If Howard is able to play, I'm not certain he will be able to put up his best performance. I've said this more times than I'd like to admit; Duke is an incredible offensive rebounding team. Zoubek is a major ingredient in the Devil's o-board success, and that advantage could be too much for Butler to overcome. -Butler may have the best individual player, but Duke has got safety in numbers. The three 'S's, [Jon] Scheyer, [Nolan] Smith and [Kyle] Singler, combined for 63 points on Saturday against West Virginia. Providing enough pressure to the big three is a near-impossible task for any team, no matter how good the defense. -Duke also has Coach K. As everyone knows, he is one of the most successful coaches of all time, and certainly one most notorious. The underdogs have their young coach in Stevens, who began his career as a volunteer. Makes for a good story, but will he really be able to outcoach the legend? I wish the answer was yes, but there is rarely a second of game clock Krzyzewski allows to be wasted. That is why there is so little a margin of error for teams matching up against Duke. It is going to be difficult for a rookie coach to be flawless in his coaching execution, but that seems like the only way to ensure a fairytale ending. If I have learned anything this season though, it is don't count out the mid- major and don't underestimate what you've convinced yourself to be the impossible. If you have your life savings on the line, you probably cannot afford to assume the win to Butler. However, every team has its off day. Karma could just deliver that off day for Duke in the title game.
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