Thad Matta’s third season at Butler has got off to a fast start. The pace outside of a 74-54 loss to Michigan State is the only slowdown game they have. They’ve gone full throttle from the days of last season when they averaged a 65-68 score. All those starters are gone. Boise State coach Leon Rice has done a a great job of keeping order defensively and they should make the NCAA Tournament again. I think this total is too high based on a small sampling of Butler games this season. I’m on the Under with BSU pace holding back what Butler wants to do. Just the Under.

The games this week at Disney World in Kissimmee have tended to be higher scoring. Butler has been a chief contributor with a couple of shootouts against Florida Atlantic and Penn State, as Thad Matta is getting a lot of mileage from his new backcourt portal adds Gs Pierre Brooks (via Michigan State), Jehmyl Telford (via Northeastern), DJ Davis (via UC Irvine), and Posh Alexander (via St John's). Veteran Boise might try to slow the pace, but the mid 140s isn't a prohibitive hill to climb on the totals side. Play Butler-Boise State Over (at Kissimmee, Fl)