Utah Tech vs Utah Prediction College Basketball Picks 11/22/24

The Utah Tech Trailblazers and the Utah Utes meet Friday 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 Tech vs. Utah prediction.

Utah Tech Recap

The Utah Tech Trailblazers come into this one looking to bounce back from an 86-69 loss at the hands of Wyoming last time out. After this game, Utah Tech will head to a neutral floor to battle CSU-Northridge.

Trailblazers Looking For Massive Upset

Noa Gonsalves leads the Trailblazers in scoring with 14 PPG while Beon Riley has 13 PPG with 7.5 RPG to lead the Trailblazers on the glass. Tennessee Rainwater has 11 PPG with 4.3 RPG to round out the group of double-digit scorers for Utah Tech so far this season. Justin Bieker also has 6.3 PPG and a team-high 2.5 APG while Samuel Ariyibi has 6 PPG and 6 RPG as well on the year. As a team, Utah Tech is averaging 69.8 PPG on 36.6% shooting from the field, 22.5% from three, and 63.1% from the foul line this season.

Why the Utah Tech Trailblazers will win

• Utah has lost three of its last four games when playing with a remaining disadvantage.

Utah Recap

The Utah Utes come into this one looking to bounce back from a 3-1 start to the year after a 78-73 loss to Mississippi State last time out. After this game, Utah will square off against Mississippi Valley State at home.

Utes Looking For Another Beatdown W

Gabe Madsen leads the Utes in scoring with 21.3 PPG while Ezra Ausar has 12.8 PPG with 6 RPG and Mason Madsen has 12.5 PPG. Mike Sharavjamts has 12 PPG with 5.5 RPG and 4.8 APG and Keanu Dawes has 10.3 PPG with a team-high 9 RPG to round out the scoring in double figures for the Utes so far this season as Utah’s top rebounder. Miro Little also has 8.8 PPG with 4.5 RPG and a team-high 5.5 APG as well on the year. As a team, Utah is averaging 91.8 PPG on 48.8% shooting from the field, 41.8% from three, and 69.1% from the foul line this season.

Why the Utah Utes will win

• Utah has won each of its last 15 games against non-conference opponents at Jon M. Huntsman Center.
• Utah Tech has lost 12 of its last 13 road games.

Utah Tech vs. Utah Prediction

I’m with Utah here. The Utes simply just blow teams away in the non-conference portion of their schedule, especially inferior non-conference opponents like Utah Tech. The Trailblazers like to shoot threes, but they can’t make them as they’re one of the worst 3-point shooting teams in the country and I think that Utah just blows another bad team out of the water here. Give me Utah.

Chris Ruffolo's Pick: Utah -24