The Butler Bulldogs visit the No. 5 Connecticut Huskies in Big East action: Recap, live updates, score, stats.

After seeing limited time in UConn’s nonconference finale, Jayden Ross put on a highlight-filled performance on Tuesday in yet another display of the team’s depth.

Preview the Dec 16 matchup between the UConn Huskies and Butler Bulldogs with how to watch, tv channel info, predictions, odds, over/under, spread, betting lines and more.

Solo Ball scored a career-high 26 points and Tarris Reed Jr. added 16 as No. 5 UConn began Big East play with a 79-60 victory over Butler

The Bulldogs were held to a season-low in scoring, struggling in several facets against a Big East power. Here's what we learned.

Solo Ball scored a career-high 26 points to lead the No. 5 UConn men's basketball team (11-1, 1-0 BIG EAST) to a 79-60 win over Butler (8-3, 1-1

As such, legendary ESPN broadcaster Dick Vitale took to social media to laud UConn's 79-60 win, impressed with the Huskies' well-rounded performance in their Big East opener.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Solo Ball scored a career-high 26 points and Tarris Reed Jr. added 16 as No. 5 UConn began Big East play Tuesday night with a 79-60 victory over Butler. Drayton Jones had nine of his 13 points in the first half for Butler (8-3, 1-1). Azavier Robinson and Evan Haywood finished with 10 apiece.

The Butler Bulldogs visit the No. 5 Connecticut Huskies and Greenfield's Braylon Mullins: How to stream, start time.

Conference play tends to strip teams down to their habits, and for the UConn Huskies, that reckoning arrived immediately. The Huskies are sitting at an 11–1 ove