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

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.

Solo Ball led the UConn men’s basketball team to a 79-60 win over Butler with his career-high 26 points as the Huskies began Big East play in Hartford Tuesday night.

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

The No. 11-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team has the toughest test of its 2025-26 season on December 20, when it faces the No. 1-ranked UConn Huskies

Ross's highlight-reel slam gave the UConn men's basketball team a 21-point lead at the time, and that lead was bumped up to 23 shortly thereafter. Somehow, Butler managed to pull to within 11, with a couple of 3-point looks that could have closed its deficit to single digits.

The No. 5 UConn men's basketball team (10-1, 0-0 BIG EAST) opens its 40 th season of BIG EAST conference play on Tuesday night when it welcomes

The UConn Huskies are coming off its 12th national championship, and the Huskies have opened the year 10–0. Their last match was in Los Angeles, where the Huski

Skyler Bell finished second among all FBS receivers in receiving yards, touchdowns and receptions this season.