11:00 p.m. ET: Arizona Wildcats (16-1) at UCLA Bruins (13-2)

Spread: Arizona -2.5
Total: 150.5

The #9 UCLA Bruins host the #3 Arizona Wildcats after Johnny Juzang scored 23 points in UCLA’s 71-65 win against the Colorado Buffaloes. The Bruins have gone 7-1 at home. UCLA is 5th in the Pac-12 with 9.8 offensive rebounds per game. The Wildcats are 6-0 in conference play and Arizona is the Pac-12 leader with 40.4 rebounds per game. Juzang is averaging 18.3 points for the Bruins and Koloko is averaging 13.2 points, 7.2 rebounds, and 3.2 blocks for the Wildcats. The Wildcats are a big team that can rebound and defend. They also have the offense to run up the score on any team. Considering UCLA has not been playing great in recent games combined with their covid layoffs and injuries, this team hasn’t started to gel yet this season. The Wildcats should dominate the boards and keep UCLA off the perimeter to make the Bruin’s offensive efforts difficult.  It’s also hard for a team to get motivated on their home floor without fans like UCLA is dealing with right now. Arizona is the better team especially at this point in the season so take the Wildcats to cover the spread in this one.

Trends

• The Underdog is 17-4 ATS in the last 21 meetings.

The Bookie:          Arizona -2.5 / Under 150.5
Fade the Public:   UCLA / Under
Sharp Action:       Arizona / Under