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Purdue pays out $1200 for every $100 bet if they win the 2018 NCAA Men's College Basketball Championship.
Purdue will have their center Isaac Haas after the big man went down with a broken elbow in the opener against Cal State Fullerton as he has been cleared to play.
Purduejust barely escaped with a win against Butler Sunday.
”We lost our poise there, but then we also regained it,” coach Matt Painter said. ”And Dakota Mathias made a huge shot.”
Mathias sank a 3-pointer with 14.2 seconds left, and second-seeded Purdue held off 10th-seeded Butler 76-73 on Sunday to reach the Sweet 16 for the second consecutive year. Haas, the 7-foot-2 center who broke his elbow in Friday’s win over Cal State Fullerton, did not play, but the Boilermakers prevailed anyway despite a late push by their in-state rivals.
Purdue (30-6) led by as many as 10 points in the second half of this all-Indiana matchup, but Butler (21-14) cut the deficit to two and had the ball in the final minute. Kelan Martin missed a 3-pointer, and the Boilermakers were able to settle down.
The College Basketball Betting Power Ratings indicate that the Purdue line should be -4 so there appears to be a 2-point underlay in this one.
