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Despite playing at home in front of a friendly crowd at Gampel Pavilion, UConn basketball wasn’t able to come out on top in one of its biggest games of the season. Even though the Huskies jumped out to a big early lead, it was Big East-leading St. John’s who stormed back and came away with […]

St. John’s is playing like the best team in the Big East, while UConn has had more of a bumpy road this season despite playing better recently. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a St. John’s-UConn prediction and pick. St. John’s is 20-3 this season and has won nine straight games. […]

The St John’s Red Storm beat the Marquette Golden Eagles 70-64 at Madison Square Garden Tuesday night. It was the Red Storm’s ninth consecutive victory and sent them into first place in the Big East. But big games await, including two against back-to-back champion UConn in the next five games. Fans chanted “We Want UConn” […]

Hello friends, and welcome to the first February edition of Bracketology at ClutchPoints! To kick things off today — pun intended — I’d like to talk about the Kansas City Chiefs, who are one game away from their third consecutive Super Bowl championship, and the UConn Huskies, who are ranked 19th in the country and were […]

UConn men’s basketball ruled out star freshman Liam McNeeley from Saturday’s matchup against the No. 9 Marquette Golden Eagles. McNeeley went through warmups, but won’t be available for the game, per ESPN’s Jeff Borzello. He suffered an ankle injury against the DePaul Blue Demons on Jan. 1, missing the last seven games as a result. […]

Two ranked Big East programs collide on Saturday when UConn (15-6) takes on Marquette (18-3) at the Fiserv Forum. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a UConn-Marquette prediction and pick. UConn has endured a rough stretch of late, going just 3-3 in its last six games. As a result, the Huskies […]

The UConn basketball team survived a scare on Wednesday night at home against DePaul. The Blue Demons were one of the worst teams in college basketball last year, and while they aren’t great this season, they have improved. DePaul led by 14 at one point in the first half, and they took an eight-point lead […]

UConn basketball currently holds a 14-6 record so far in the 2024-25 season. They have not played their best basketball by any means, but the Huskies are still competing at a respectable level. The team can use all of the help they can get, however. UConn head coach Dan Hurley provided an important Liam McNeeley […]

The college basketball season continues on Wednesday with a matchup between DePaul and Butler. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a DePaul-UConn prediction and pick. The No. 25 UConn Huskies (14-6) host the struggling DePaul Blue Demons (10-11) at the XL Center on Wednesday, January 29, 20254. UConn, coming off a […]

During its quest for a three-peat, UConn basketball has struggled a bit to find its footing consistently this season. Dan Hurley and the Huskies have been up and down and are now trying to pick up wins in Big East play without star freshman Liam McNeeley, who is out with an ankle injury. On Saturday […]

As UConn basketball head coach Dan Hurley and his sideline antics have been in the news lately, there was an interesting conversation between him and Geno Auriemma. With a recent incident involving Hurley and an official, the UConn women’s basketball head coach in Auriemma spoke about his anger when coaching and his perspective on the […]

After another incident with a referee involving UConn basketball head coach Dan Hurley, media personalities in the basketball world have been discussing his sideline antics. As the viral interaction with the UConn basketball head coach was widely talked about, one specific judgment came from Jay Bilas of ESPN. Bilas was candid in his thoughts on […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a UConn-Xavier prediction and pick. Find out how to watch UConn-Xavier. The UConn Huskies are highly unlikely to win another college basketball national championship this season. It’s hard enough to win one, exponentially harder to win back-to-back titles. UConn did that. Winning three in a […]

UConn basketball head coach Dan Hurley displayed his fiery, emotional side on Tuesday. The national champion winning head coach delivered a heated moment with a ref that went viral during the Butler game. Many called the episode an embarrassing moment involving the Huskies head coach. The Connecticut head coach Hurley got the chance to clear […]

Former NBA general manager Ryan McDonough believes UConn basketball coach Dan Hurley’s fiery sideline demeanor would not be tolerated in the NBA and might have caused issues for the Los Angeles Lakers had he accepted their summer offer. McDonough, who appeared on SiriusXM NBA Radio with Frank Isola, expressed concern about how Hurley’s emotional style […]

UConn basketball head coach Dan Hurley is no stranger to a viral moment. Throughout this season, he’s had plenty of NSFW moments, especially at the beginning. In the Maui Invitational, Hurley was cursing out officials, and even making a big scene of missed calls. Fast forward to Tuesday’s game, he had another viral moment against […]

UConn basketball head coach Dan Hurley had a hilarious NFSW message for a ref during the Huskies game against Butler on Tuesday night. The two-time national champion has always been outspoken throughout his coaching career. However, this may have taken the cake as it came out of nowhere. The College Basketball Report quoted the in-game […]

It is a Big East clash as Butler visits UConn. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Butler-UConn prediction and pick. Butler comes into the game at 8-10 on the year. They started the year strong, going 7-1, with the only loss being to Austin Peay. They would lose nine straight […]

On one hand, you can look at the result of Saturday’s game between the UConn Huskies and the Creighton Bluejays and say, Well, Creighton has beaten UConn eight of the ten times they’ve played each other, so what do you expect? On the other hand, even though Creighton has proven to be something resembling UConn’s Kryptonite, this […]

Creighton and UConn will have massive implications in the Big East standings after this game, as they sit third and fourth through six conference games. Creighton are tight behind UConn in the standings with a 4-2 conference mark. However, UConn has been playing slightly better all season and is 5-1 against the Big East. The […]

The UConn basketball team has won multiple national championship this century. We all remember the most recent two as the Huskies are currently the defending national champions after winning it all in each of the last two seasons. Another year that UConn captured the college basketball crown was 2004, and Ben Gordon was a big […]

We’re back with another College Basketball betting prediction and pick as we head to the Big East Conference for this next matchup between winning programs. The No. 9-ranked UConn Huskies (12-4, 4-1 Big East) will take on the Georgetown Hoyas (12-3, 3-1 Big East) in a competitive tilt on the betting lines. It’s time to continue our College Basketball […]

UConn basketball lost a close 68-66 battle against Villanova on Wednesday, as the Huskies couldn’t finish the job after multiple opportunities missed down the stretch. Head coach Dan Hurley was disappointed after the game but expressed a great deal of optimism about the team going forward. “Really hard-fought game,” Hurley said via Aaron Bracy of Big […]

UConn looks to stay undefeated in Big East play as they face Villanova. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a UConn-Villanova prediction and pick. UConn comes into the game sitting at 12-3 on the year. They opened up the year 4-0 before heading to the Maui Invitational, where they would lose […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves are still trying to find their footing after the Karl-Anthony Towns to New York Knicks trade that shocked the NBA world. The Wolves are currently 17-17 and in tenth place in the Western Conference standings. Perhaps looking to add quality depth, the Timberwolves made a recent roster move with the signing of […]

UConn basketball started 2025 with a major injury scare. Star forward Liam McNeeley left his New Year’s Day contest against DePaul early. McNeeley left gingerly against the Big East Conference foe, with Rob Dauster of The Field of 68 catching the concerning moment for the Huskies. “Liam McNeeley looked to roll an ankle after a […]

Allow me to potentially be the first to wish you a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year as I welcome you to the final edition of Bracketology at ClutchPoints in the year 2024! Before we get into the most updated Bracketology projections, I want to share some rapid-fire, bullet-point observations from a day in […]

Following an overtime win over Xavier, UConn (9-3) will play its first Big East road game of the year when they travel to Butler (7-5) on Saturday. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a UConn-Butler prediction and pick. UConn is riding a five-game win streak into the meeting that puts them […]

Two teams start their Big East schedule as Xavier visits UConn. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Xavier-UConn prediction and pick. Xavier enters the game sitting at 8-3 on the year. They opened up the year 6-0 before falling to Michigan 78-53. Since the loss, they are just 2-2, losing […]

After securing a 77-71 win over the Gonzaga Bulldogs at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night, Dan Hurley said six words that UConn Huskies fans have been hoping to hear ever since the two-time defending champions dropped three games in three days in the Maui Invitational: “The group’s got its confidence back.” The Huskies have […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Gonzaga-UConn prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Gonzaga-UConn. There are a number of high-end college basketball matchups on a big Saturday with a full card of games. This is one of the best. It’s Gonzaga versus UConn in Madison Square Garden in […]

It’s time to continue our Women’s College Basketball odds series with a UConn-Notre Dame prediction and pick. Find out how to watch UConn-Notre Dame. This is yet another blockbuster in the early weeks of the women’s college basketball season. We have seen a few games played on the West Coast, such as when UCLA crushed […]

The No. 25 UConn men’s basketball team picked up its second straight win with a 76-65 victory over Texas on the road on Sunday, and head coach Dan Hurley tentatively spoke more positively about his team after the game. “Maybe the people with the shovels and the dirt, maybe they were too quick to grab […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a UConn-Texas prediction and pick. Find out how to watch UConn Texas. The college basketball season has unfolded in a number of very strange ways. One is that UConn lost three consecutive games on three consecutive days in Hawaii at the Maui Invitational. Day 1 […]

The Maui Invitational was not kind in any way, shape, or form for the UConn basketball team. Dan Hurley’s team lost all three games on the island to unranked opponents in a brutal turn of events. On Wednesday, UConn bounced back a bit with a win over No. 15 Baylor in Storrs. Despite a winless […]

After a disastrous Maui Invitational in which they lost not one, not two, but three games to previously unranked opponents, the UConn Huskies returned to the mainland and course-corrected with a 54-point win over Maryland Eastern Shore. But UConn’s first true test after a stunning collection of performances in Maui would come on Wednesday night […]

After losing three straight games at the Maui Invitational, the two-time defending men’s basketball national champion UConn Huskies desperately need a big win. If that win is to come on Wednesday night against Baylor, however, it will have to be without team leader Alex Karaban. Karaban suffered a concussion during the Huskies’ loss to the […]

It is a Top-25 match-up as Baylor visits UConn. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Baylor-UConn prediction and pick. Baylor comes into the game sitting at 5-2 on the year. They opened up the year with a loss to Gonzaga before winning four straight, including a win over a ranked […]

The 5-3 UConn men’s basketball team, fresh off an eighth-place finish out of eight at the 2024 Maui Invitational, remain ranked in the AP Poll, released Monday afternoon, and even UConn fans cannot believe it. The Huskies’ five wins have all come against teams rated 310 or worse in KenPom, and their three losses in […]