Butler Bulldogs vs Creighton Bluejays Prediction, 12/30/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Butler Bulldogs vs Creighton Bluejays

Date: Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Location: CHI Health Center Omaha in Omaha, NE

TV: ESPN+

CHI Health Center Omaha is the location where the Creighton Bluejays (8-5) will attempt to beat the Butler Bulldogs (10-3) on Tuesday.

The Butler Bulldogs took the court against NJIT and walked away with a win by a score of 101-52 in their last game. When it comes to fouls, the Bulldogs ended up walking away with 15 and NJIT racked up 25 fouls. They buried 5 of their 19 shots from three-point range. NJIT finished the game shooting 45.5% from the free throw line by burying 5 of their 11 attempts. Furthermore, NJIT pulled down 19 rebounds (2 offensive, 17 defensive), but didn't have a block. NJIT totaled 8 dimes and had 3 steals in the game. When it comes to defense, Butler allowed their opponent to shoot 37.5% from the floor on 21 of 56 shooting. They also distributed 22 dimes in this game in addition to forcing the other team into 13 turnovers and earning 7 steals. In relation to rebounding, they collected 43 with 10 of them being of the offensive sort. From the charity stripe, the Bulldogs made 24 of their 32 tries for a rate of 75.0%. Butler finished the contest with a 55.7% FG percentage (34 out of 61) and made 9 of their 24 shots from beyond the perimeter.

Michael Ajayi is one guy who was a contributor for the game. He walked away from this one shooting 63.6% from the field and also recorded 3 assists. He was on the hardwood for 28 mins and totaled 12 boards. He accumulated 15 points on 7 out of 11 shooting.

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Butler enters this one with a win-loss record of 10-3 so far this year. They are losing possession via turnover 11.7 times per game and as a group they are committing 15.0 personal fouls every game. As a unit, Butler is pulling down 42.3 rebounds per contest and is sitting with 220 dimes on the season, which has them ranked 54th in college in terms of passing. The Bulldogs are hitting 35.8% on 3-pointers (107 of 299) and 68.2% from the charity stripe. They currently have an average of 86.4 pts per game (50th in Division 1) while going 47.5% from the field.

When they are on the defensive end, the Bulldogs are forcing their opponents into 12.0 turnovers per game while drawing 22.2 personal fouls. They are ranked 228th in college in giving up assists to the opposition with 174 relinquished on the year. The Bulldogs defense is giving up an opponent shooting percentage of 42.5% (365 of 859) and they relinquish 34.1 boards per game as a group. They are relinquishing 30.8% on 3-pointers and they are ranked 181st in the country in opponents points per game (73.0).

For their last game, the Creighton Bluejays walked away with a victory by a final of 92-69 when they played Utah Tech. The Bluejays were able to collect 24 defensive boards and 5 offensive boards totaling 29 in this game. They turned the ball over 11 times, while earning 11 steals in this matchup. Utah Tech committed 15 personal fouls for the game which got the Bluejays to the charity stripe for a total of 15 tries. They were able to make 11 of the free throw attempts for a clip of 73.3%. With respect to 3-point shots, Creighton converted 13 out of 33 attempts (39.4%). When this game wrapped up, the Bluejays finished shooting 34 for 63 from the floor which had them sitting at 54.0%. The Bluejays permitted Utah Tech to make 29 of 58 attempts from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 50.0% for the game. They went 33.3% from beyond the arc by shooting 6 out of 18 and ended up shooting 5 of 8 from the free throw line (62.5%). When talking about team rebounding, Creighton allowed Utah Tech to grab 25 in all (4 on the offensive side).

Austin Swartz ended up being a major contributor for the Bluejays in this matchup. He converted 7 of 12 for the contest for a rate of 58.3%, and accounted for 1 rebound. He racked up 19 points in his 28 mins on the court and accounted for 1 assist in this matchup.

Creighton has a win-loss mark of 8-5 so far this season. On the offensive side of the ball, the Bluejays are shooting 46.5% from the floor, which ranks them 140th in the nation. Creighton has earned 1,020 points so far this season (78.5 per game) and they grab 37.7 rebounds per contest. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 17.5 times per game (49th in college hoops) and they lose possession via turnover 11.6 times per contest. The Bluejays are committing 13.5 fouls per contest and they shoot 74.0% from the free throw line.

The Bluejays on defense are ranked 114th in college in points per game surrendered with 70.4. They are forcing 10.4 TO's every game and have allowed teams to shoot 43.0% from the floor (164th in D-1). The Creighton defense surrenders 33.1% on shots from 3-point land (86 of 260) and opponents are converting on 66.5% of their shots from the charity stripe. They have conceded 13.0 assists and 35.3 total boards per game, which has them ranked 157th and 227th in the nation.

Who will win tonight's NCAA game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Butler

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