How to Watch Butler vs. Villanova Basketball: Live Stream & TV Channel Info – January 27

By Lineups Staff | Jan 26, 2024, 10:14pm

The Villanova Wildcats (11-8, 4-4 Big East) will attempt to end a three-game losing streak when they hit the road to play the Butler Bulldogs (13-7, 4-5 Big East) on Saturday, January 27, 2024 at Hinkle Fieldhouse. The game airs at 3:00 PM ET on Fox Sports 1.

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Bulldogs vs. Wildcats Game Info

Date: Saturday, January 27, 2024
Time: 3:00 PM ET
TV: Fox Sports 1
Live Stream: Stream NCAA men’s basketball on Paramount Plus and Hulu + Live TV
Where: Indianapolis, Indiana
Venue: Hinkle Fieldhouse

Bulldogs Insights

Offensively, Butler is averaging 80.4 points per game (50th-ranked in college basketball). It is giving up 72.3 points per contest at the other end of the court (200th-ranked).
The Bulldogs are averaging 36.9 rebounds per game (134th-ranked in college basketball) this season, while allowing 36.3 rebounds per contest (256th-ranked).
This year, Butler ranks 70th in college basketball in assists, delivering 15.3 per game.
The Bulldogs are committing 10.2 turnovers per game (66th-ranked in college basketball). They are forcing 11.6 turnovers per contest (190th-ranked).
So far this year, Butler is making 8.2 treys per game (116th-ranked in college basketball) and is shooting 35.7% (90th-ranked) from three-point land.
This season, the Bulldogs are allowing 7.9 threes per game (255th-ranked in college basketball) and are allowing opposing teams to shoot 31.3% (74th-ranked) from beyond the arc.
Butler is attempting 39.8 two-pointers per game this season, which account for 63.6% of the shots it has attempted (and 71.7% of the team’s baskets). Meanwhile, it is attempting 22.8 threes per contest, which are 36.4% of its shots (and 28.3% of the team’s buckets).

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Wildcats Insights

Villanova puts up 72.5 points per game and allow 66.5, ranking them 240th in the nation on offense and 58th defensively.
At 36.2 rebounds per game and 33.7 rebounds conceded, the Wildcats are 164th and 113th in college basketball, respectively.
Villanova is 294th in college basketball in assists (11.8 per game) in 2023-24.
In 2023-24, the Wildcats are 26th in college basketball in turnovers committed (9.6 per game) and 287th in turnovers forced (10.5).
Beyond the arc, Villanova is 46th in the nation in 3-pointers made per game (9.1). It is 234th in 3-point percentage at 32.6%.
The Wildcats are 233rd in college basketball in 3-pointers conceded (7.7 per game) and 191st in 3-point percentage defensively (33.3%).
Villanova attempts 48.4% percent of its shots from beyond the arc, and 51.6% percent from inside it. In terms of makes, 37.6% of Villanova’s buckets are 3-pointers, and 62.4% are 2-pointers.

Bulldogs Leaders

The Bulldogs scoring leader is Pierre Brooks, who averages 16.8 per contest to go with 4.4 rebounds and 1.2 assists.
Jalen Thomas is Butler’s leading rebounder, grabbing 7.0 per game, while Posh Alexander is its best passer, distributing 5.2 assists in each contest.
Brooks makes more threes per game than any other member of the Bulldogs, knocking down shots from beyond the arc at a clip of 2.8 per contest.
Alexander and Thomas lead Butler on the defensive end, with Alexander leading the team in steals averaging 2.4 per game and Thomas in blocks averaging 1.4 per contest.

Wildcats Leaders

Eric Dixon is the top scorer for the Wildcats with 15.0 points per game. He also adds 6.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game to his stats.
The Villanova leaders in rebounding and assists are Tyler Burton with 7.2 rebounds per game (he also adds 8.4 points and 0.9 assists per game) and Justin Moore with 2.0 assists per game (he also tacks on 11.6 points and 3.3 rebounds per game).
Brendan Hausen makes 1.8 three-pointers per game, the most on the Wildcats.
Jordan Longino (0.9 steals per game) is the steal leader for Villanova while Dixon (0.4 blocks per game) is the block leader.