Butler is coming into this game with a 4-2 record this season and they are returning almost no players from last season but they have made some good moves in the transfer portal to improve. Their 2 losses this season were against FAU and Michigan State who are both ranked teams. They lost to FAU in the 1st game of this tournament but put up a very good fight as they only lost by 5 points. They followed up with a dominant performance over Penn State in their last game, beating them by 10 points. They are going up against a Boise State team that is 3-2 this season and they are returning over 60% of their minutes played as well as their scoring from last year, but they have also been struggling a lot in their 3 games away from home. Even in their 1 win at home against a Division I school, they just beat San Francisco by 5 points there. They have lost 2 of their last 3 games now, all 3 of those being played away from home. They have a big road loss by close to 20 points against Clemson, a loss to Virginia Tech by 7 at a neutral location, and they are coming off of a win in their last game against VCU which is their 1st win away from home this season, but they only won that game by 4 points against a weaker VCU team at a neutral location. Butler has a lot more quality on their team this season and they will shot it here with how well they have played in this tournament. Butler will cover the spread in this game.