BYU vs UConn Preview: BYU Looks to Make Early-Season Statement

BYU heads to Boston for a top 10 matchup versus #3 UConn Saturday in Boston. UConn is 3-0 after walloping three cupcakes, and BYU has the same record after beating Villanova in Vegas and then beating two cupcakes of their own.

Kennard Davis’ status moving forward is obviously on many people’s minds. I’ll just share the facts of what I know. The Provo Police Department sent out a release yesterday stating they responded to a crash at 11:45 am Thursday and that Davis was “placed under arrest for suspected DUI.” BYU nor police have given any additional detail as of this publishing.

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What I do know if that Kennard travelled with the team on the plane to Boston and is currently in Boston now, multiple sources familiar with the situation tell me. I don’t want to speculate beyond that and I’m not sure on his status moving forward. BYU had staff and players at the crash scene, so they are familiar with what happened and won’t need to investigate many other details to learn what may or may not have happened.

BYU and UConn by the Numbers

UConn KenPom: 7

UConn record: 3-0

UConn AP Ranking: 3

BYU KenPom: 18

BYU record: 3-0

BYU AP Ranking: 7

KenPom Prediction: UConn 80, BYU 74 — UConn 68% win probability

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Point Spread: UConn -4.5 (UConn favored)

Point Total: 154.5

UConn Overview

The Huskies had a “disappointing” season last year by their standards. After winning back-to-back national championships, UConn received an 8 seed in the NCAA Tournament and narrowly lost to eventual national champion Florida in the round of 32.

UConn returned many key pieces from last year’s team and added key pieces from the transfer portal and high school ranks. They were picked second behind St John’s in the Preseason Big East Poll and had three players make Preseason All-Big East First Team and one player make the second team. Five-Star Freshman Braylon Mullins was named Preseason Freshman of the year, but he will miss the game versus BYU as he recovers from an ankle…

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Publish date : 2025-11-14 21:27:00

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