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The Butler Bulldogs visit the No. 5 Connecticut Huskies in Big East action: Recap, live updates, score, stats.
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Solo Ball scores career-high 26 to power No. 5 UConn past Butler 79-60 in Huskies’ Big East opener
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.
HARTFORD — UConn men’s basketball coach Dan Hurley said Tuesday night that you’d never know whether junior guard Solo Ball was shooting 15 percent or 51 percent on 3-pointers with the way he has carried himself every day through the first month and a half of the season.
That is the fifth-ranked UConn men’s basketball team’s record against the Butler Bulldogs, dating back to the 2011 national championship game.
The Wildcats added to one of the best résumés in the country by defeating Alabama 96-75. Arizona boasts five ranked wins: Florida, UCLA, UConn, Alabama and Auburn. Michigan received the second-most first-place votes (15) after defeating Villanova and Maryland. Duke, another team that challenged for the No. 1 spot, was idle.