3* POD -Horizon Championship- (POD 3-1 ytd)

[Pick Bot]

Valparaiso -7.5 3*


Catching a very soft line here and we are going to take advantage of it.

Both squads came off emotional wins but we have to jump on the home team that will have a raucous crowd behind them and will not make the same mistake as they did last year.

We have a Wright St team that relies heavily on D first. Which is great but not for them in this spot in a true road setting and playing 3 games in 5 days. This will be the 3rd time in this situation this season the previous 2 going 0-2 SU and 0-2 ATS Losing both time in true road settings. On 3 days rest this group is 1-5 SU. Wright just does not have the depth to keep pressure on a Valpo team looking to revenge last year’s debacle in the Ship.

Valpos win was far more meaningful as this group now has a chance to propel themselves into doing something special and like I said we will benefit now with a group a year older, experienced, and has a crowd right behind them.

More importantly here is what I love about this spot dating back to 2003 when they moved the games to the overall 1 seeds home floor…


• 2003 Wisc Mil beat Butler 69-52 @ Milwaukee, WI
• 2004 UIC beat Wisc Mil 65-62 @ Milwaukee, WI
• 2005 Wisc Mil beat Detroit 59-58 @ Milwaukee, WI
• 2006 Wisc Mil beat Butler 87-71 @ Milwaukee, WI
• 2007 Wright St beat Butler 60-55 @ Dayton, OH
• 2008 Butler beat CSU 70-55 @ Indianapolis, IN
• 2009 CSU beat Butler 57-54 @ Indianapolis, IN
• 2010 Butler beat Wright St 70-45 @ Indianapolis, IN
• 2011 Butler beat Wisc Mil 59-44 @ Indianapolis, IN
• 2012 Detroit beat Valpo 70-50 @ Valparaiso, IN



Let’s see here the true home team has gone 7-3 SU and in those 7 wins has won by an AVG of 13ppg.

Just shows how huge a True Home game can be in the magnitude of where it means something.