BYU (0-0) vs Central Arkansas (0-0)
Game Info: Tuesday, November 5, 2024 at 9:00 pm (Marriott Center)
The Line: Betting Odds: BYU -29 — Over/Under: 148.5
In this article, we will formulate a Central Arkansas vs BYU Prediction for this college basketball game on Tuesday, November 5th, at the Marriott Center. To formulate this prediction, we will examine:
-The Bears’ recent form and recent player performance
-The Cougars’ recent form and recent player performance
-Recent Betting trends and streaks involving Central Arkansas
-Recent Betting trends and streaks involving BYU
-Recent betting trends in games played between Alabama State and UNLV
-A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for Today’s Game between the Bears and Cougars.
New Era for BYU
It’s a new era for BYU basketball as Kevin Young is the new head coach with Mark Pope leaving Provo to take the Kentucky Wildcat job. The good news for this BYU team is they have a whole lot of talent back from last year’s team. Trevin Knell averaged 10.6 points per game last year and he’s going to need to be a difference-maker this season. BYU also was busy in the transfer portal and this is a team that has plenty of depth. Keba Keita averaged 8.3 points per game last season and he has transferred in. Don’t overlook the coaching change, this is a very talented team that can make some noise not only in the Big 12 but nationally.
Will Change Be Good for Central Arkansas?
Central Arkansas has not been great the last few years so they decided to make a coaching change bringing in John Shulman. This is going to be a bit of a rebuild but Shulman believes that he can lead this team back to success soon. The bad news heading into this game is they lost some key players from last year’s squad including Tucker Anderson who averaged 14.5 points per game last year for them. One key player that is back though is Elias Cato who averaged 11.9 points per game last year. In this game, if the Bears want to find success the defense is going to need to be impressive.
Central Arkansas vs BYU Prediction
Central Arkansas probably has the right guy in charge of the program, but that doesn’t mean it’s going to come easy, especially early. This BYU team still brings back a ton of talent from last year’s squad and they are going to have no issue running up the score here. This Bears offense doesn’t have enough playmakers and it’s going to get ugly early. Back BYU against the spread here.