We like the Butler Bulldogs to defeat the Utah Utes on Monday at 3:00pm ET for a number of reasons. Here are some of the more important ones:

Butler shoots the three ball at a much higher clip than Utah does.

The Bulldogs are 4-1 against the spread over their L5 games played against opponents from the Big 12 Conference.

Utah is just 1-6 over its L7 games played against opponents from the Big East Conference.

The Utes are also 0-3 in neutral court games this season, while Butler is 3-1.

We think Butler wins this game.

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