Butler Bulldogs vs UConn Huskies Prediction, 2/6/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Butler Bulldogs vs UConn Huskies

Date: Tuesday, February 6, 2024

Location: XL Center in Hartford, CT

TV: ESPN+

The UConn Huskies (20-2) will try to beat the Butler Bulldogs (15-7) at XL Center on Tuesday.

The Butler Bulldogs faced off with Creighton and earned the victory with a final of 99-98 in their last contest. When it comes to personal fouls, the Bulldogs left the arena with 21 and Creighton accounted for 11 personal fouls. They also made 9 of 25 tries from three-point range. Creighton finished the contest at 87.5% at the free throw line by making 21 of 24 shots. On top of that, Creighton grabbed 34 rebounds (6 offensive, 28 defensive), but wrapped up the game with no rejections. Creighton distributed 14 dimes and had 2 steals for this game. In terms of the defense, Butler allowed the other team to shoot 54.8% from the floor on 34 out of 62 shooting. They also dished out 16 dimes for the matchup in addition to forcing 9 turnovers and earning 3 steals. In regard to getting rebounds, they earned 25 with 4 of them being offensive. At the charity stripe, the Bulldogs knocked down 10 of their 13 attempts for a percentage of 76.9%. Butler finished the contest with a 55.1% field goal percentage (38 of 69) and knocked down 13 of 22 shots from beyond the arc.

Jahmyl Telfort is one player who was a contributor in this game. He finished the contest at 70.6% from the floor and also distributed 4 assists. He played 37 mins and pulled down 2 rebounds. He ended up scoring 26 points on 12 of 17 shooting.

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Butler comes into this one with a win-loss mark of 15-7 so far this year. They cough up possession 10.2 times per contest and as a team they commit 14.0 fouls on a nightly basis. As a team, Butler is pulling down 36.7 boards per game and has earned 332 assists this year, which is 90th in the nation in terms of passing. The Bulldogs are shooting 36.5% on shots beyond the perimeter (185 of 507) and 78.6% from the charity stripe. They are averaging 81.6 points per outing (30th in the nation) on 46.3% from the field.

On the defensive end, the Bulldogs are forcing 12.0 turnovers per game while drawing 16.2 personal fouls. They currently rank 195th in D-1 in allowing assists to the opposition with 291 surrendered on the year. The Bulldogs defense is giving up a shooting percentage of 43.1% (611 of 1,418) and they relinquish 36.1 rebounds per game as a group. They are conceding 31.5% on shots from beyond the perimeter and they are 243rd in Division 1 in PPG from their opponents (73.8).

In their last game, the UConn Huskies got the win with a final of 77-64 against St. John's. Concerning how they cleaned up the glass, UConn permitted St. John's to grab 20 in total (4 on the offensive glass). They wrapped up this game 28.6% from distance by shooting 4 out of 14 and walked away from this one shooting 14 out of 21 from the free throw line (66.7%). The Huskies permitted St. John's to convert 23 of their 52 attempts from the field which left them with a shooting percentage of 44.2% for the matchup. When all was said and done, the Huskies finished 25 for 51 from the field which gave them a rate of 49.0%. Regarding 3-pointers, UConn knocked down 7 out of their 15 attempts (46.7%). They were able to bury 20 of the free throw attempts for a clip of 90.9%. St. John's had 19 fouls for the game which got the Huskies to the charity stripe for 22 shots. They also turned it over 13 times, while getting 10 steals in this contest. The Huskies were able to collect 27 defensive rebounds and 8 offensive boards totaling 35 for the matchup.

Cam Spencer was important for the Huskies for this contest. He converted 7 out of 13 for the contest for a rate of 53.8%, and had 5 rebounds. He had 23 points in his 39 mins on the hardwood and had 3 dimes for the game.

UConn has a record of 20-2 for the season. The Huskies are committing 17.1 fouls per contest while shooting 73.6% from the free throw line. They are assisting teammates 17.7 times per game (13th in Division 1) and they are turning it over 10.4 times per contest. UConn has 1,790 pts this season (81.4 per contest) and they collect 38.5 rebounds per game. As an offense, the Huskies are shooting 49.4% from the floor, which ranks 12th in college hoops.

The Huskies on the defensive side of the court are 20th in college hoops in PPG allowed with 64.2. They are forcing their opponents into 11.4 TO's every game and have allowed teams to shoot 39.9% from the floor (25th in college hoops). The UConn defense allows 32.5% on shots from behind the 3-point line (127 of 391) and opponents are knocking down 69.9% of their free throw shots. They have given up 10.4 assists and 29.7 boards per contest, ranking them 20th and 6th in those categories on the defensive end.

Who will win tonight's NCAA basketball game against the spread?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take UConn

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