Butler Bulldogs vs UConn Huskies Prediction, 1/21/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Butler Bulldogs vs UConn Huskies

Date: Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Location: XL Center in Hartford, CT

TV: ESPN+

The Butler Bulldogs (8-10) are hitting the road to XL Center on Tuesday where they will compete against the UConn Huskies (13-5).

The Butler Bulldogs took the court against Seton Hall and took home the win by a score of 82-77 in their last contest. Butler finished with a 51.0% field goal percentage (26 of 51) and buried 7 of their 22 three-point shots. At the charity stripe, the Bulldogs knocked down 23 of 28 attempts for a rate of 82.1%. In the matter of pulling down rebounds, they earned a total of 31 with 8 of them being offensive. They also doled out 17 assists for this game as well as forcing 7 turnovers and earning 3 steals. In terms of the defense, Butler allowed the other team to shoot 50.0% from the floor on 26 of 52 shooting. Seton Hall earned 9 dimes and had 3 steals in the matchup. Furthermore, Seton Hall totaled 24 rebounds (5 offensive, 19 defensive), but wasn't able to put a block in the stat sheet. Seton Hall walked away from this one shooting 72.7% at the charity stripe by converting 16 of their 22 shots. They also made 9 of their 16 shots from 3-point range. Concerning fouls, the Bulldogs ended up finishing with 17 and Seton Hall finished the game with 24 fouls.

Pierre Brooks is a guy who was a major factor for the matchup. He ended up shooting 54.5% from the field and also distributed 4 dimes. He played for 32 minutes and also grabbed 4 rebounds. He ended up finishing with 19 points on 6 out of 11 shooting.

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Butler comes into this one with a mark of 8-10 on the campaign. They average 72.2 pts per contest (247th in Division 1) on 44.6% from the field. The Bulldogs are connecting on 36.9% on 3-point shots (144 of 390) and 74.1% from the charity stripe. As a unit, Butler is grabbing 35.2 boards per game and has accounted for 256 dimes so far this season, which is 184th in the nation in terms of passing. They cough up possession 11.4 times per contest and as a squad are committing 14.8 fouls per game.

On defense, the Bulldogs are forcing their opponents into 7.7 turnovers every game while drawing 19.2 personal fouls. They give up 31.2% on three-point shots and they are ranked 187th in D-1 in PPG allowed (71.4). The Bulldogs defense is allowing a FG percentage of 41.4% (473 of 1,143) and they surrender 34.5 boards per contest as a unit. They are 69th in college in giving up assists to their opponents with 211 relinquished on the year.

When they last played, the UConn Huskies walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 68-63 against Creighton. The Huskies were able to collect 14 defensive rebounds and 6 offensive boards totaling 20 for this contest. They turned it over 6 times, while getting 2 steals for this contest. Creighton was called for 8 personal fouls for this contest which took the Huskies to the free throw line for 5 shots. They were able to knock down 5 of the free throw tries for a rate of 100.0%. In terms of shooting from distance, UConn made 6 out of their 19 attempts (31.6%). When all was said and done, the Huskies went 26 for 58 from the floor which had them at 44.8%. The Huskies allowed Creighton to bury 23 out of their 48 tries from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 47.9% in this matchup. They shot 34.8% from distance by shooting 8 out of 23 and ended up shooting 14 of 15 from the free throw line (93.3%). In regard to how they rebounded, UConn permitted Creighton to snag 26 in total (7 on the offensive side).

Hassan Diarra ended up being a major contributor for the Huskies for the matchup. He knocked down 7 out of 13 for this contest for a field goal rate of 53.8%, and earned 6 rebounds. He earned 15 points in his 37 mins of playing time and had 7 dimes for the contest.

UConn has a win-loss record of 13-5 on the year. The Huskies are responsible for committing 19.0 fouls per contest while shooting 78.8% from the free throw line. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 19.3 times per contest (5th in college) and they lose possession by turning the ball over 10.2 times per contest. UConn has tallied 1,456 pts so far this season (80.9 per contest) and they pull in 34.4 rebounds per game. When it comes to executing on offense, the Huskies are shooting 49.5% from the field, which has them ranked 12th in college.

The Huskies defensively are ranked 87th in college in PPG given up with 68.1. They are forcing their opponents into 11.3 turnovers per game and allow teams to shoot 42.3% from the floor (125th in the country). The UConn defense concedes 38.1% from downtown (117 of 307) and their opponents are converting on 74.3% of their free throw shots. They relinquish 10.0 assists and 29.2 total boards per game, ranking them 15th and 6th in D-1.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take UConn

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