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Utah vs Cincinnati Prediction 1/28/25 College Basketball Picks Today

Cincinnati (12-7) vs. Utah (11-8)
January 28, 2025 10:00 pm EDT
The Line: Utah -1; Over/Under: 138.5
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The Cincinnati Bearcats and the Utah Utes meet Tuesday in college basketball action from the Jon M. Huntsman Center. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Utah vs Cincinnati Prediction.

Cincinnati Recap

The Cincinnati Bearcats come into this one looking to bounce back from an 80-52 loss at the hands of BYU last time out to fall to 12-7 on the year. Cincinnati will take on West Virginia and UCF after this game.


Bearcats Lose Back-To-Back Games

Simas Lukosius leads the Bearcats in scoring with 12.3 PPG along with 3.4 RPG and 2.5 APG and Jizzle James has 10.4 PPG with 3.5 RPG and a team-high 4.2 APG to lead the Bearcats in the assist department. Dillon Mitchell has 10.7 PPG with a team-high 6.5 RPG to lead the Bearcats on the glass and Dan Skillings Jr. has 11.3 PPG with 3.9 RPG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Cincinnati so far this season. Aziz Bandaogo has 7.8 PPG with 6 RPG as well on the year. As a team, Cincinnati is averaging 71.3 PPG on 45.1% shooting from the field, 31.5% from three, and 64.6% from the foul line this season.

Utah Recap

The Utah Utes come into this game looking to bounce back from a 78-61 loss to Baylor last time out to fall to 11-8 on the year. After this game, Utah will head on the road to take on Oklahoma State.

Utes Drop Back-To-Back Games

Gabe Madsen leads the Utes in scoring with 14.8 PPG while Ezra Ausar has 11.1 PPG with 4.7 RPG to round out the pair of double-digit scorers for Utah up to this point in the season. Lawson Lovering has 9.6 PPG with 5 RPG and 2.4 APG while Mason Madsen has 9 PPG with 2.9 RPG. Miro Little has 6.6 PPG with 4.3 RPG and a team-high 4 APG to lead the Utes in the assist department while Keanu Dawes has 7.6 PPG with a team-high 5.2 RPG to lead Utah on the glass and Mike Sharavjamts has 6.8 PPG, 3.4 RPG and 2.8 APG. As a team, Utah is averaging 76.8 PPG on 45.9% shooting from the field, 33.7% from three, and 62.3% from the foul line this season.

Why the Utah Utes will win

  • Utah has won each of its last 11 night games at Jon M. Huntsman Center.
  • Cincinnati has lost five of its last six night games against the Big 12 Conference.

Total Points Facts

  • Twelve of Utah’s last 13 night games at Jon M. Huntsman Center have produced a total of 142+ points.
  • Nine of Cincinnati’s last 10 night games have produced a total of 137 or fewer points.

Utah vs Cincinnati Prediction

I’m on the Utes in this one. I think that home court is going to be what makes the difference here as I think that Utah profiles similarly to BYU, a team that just beat up the Bearcats last time out. Utah shoots a lot of threes and does their best work at home and I just don’t feel like stepping in front of Utah at home when a lackluster Cincinnati offense is the alternative. Give me Utah here.

Chris Ruffolo's Free Pick: Utah -1

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Chris Ruffolo

Chris joined the Sports Chat Place team in August 2016 and has a proven system that combines multiple analytical and situational statistics and trends to give out thousands of winning picks over the last three years with winning records across all of the top leagues, Follow Chris Ruffolo on Twitter @ruffthepickdawg

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