The California Golden Bears (8-23) face the Stanford Cardinal (17-14) in the first round of the Pac 12 conference tournament to be held at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV. The neutral site match scheduled for Wednesday, March 7th at 5:30 PM ET. On the NCAA betting board, the Cardinal is a significant -9.5 betting favorite with the total line offered up at 143 points.
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In their last game, California was on the road where they lost to 19th ranked Arizona 66-54. The 12-point loss wasn’t a large enough margin to stop Cal from cover the 17.5 point spread. Their first ATS win in five games. The 120 points scored feel UNDER the 143.5 line for the third consecutive time in Bears games. In the game, Sueing was the top scorer for the Golden Bears, picking up 17 points on 8 of 13 shooting, and he was the only player for the team to go for double figures. Deandre Ayton led the Wildcats going for a double-double with 26 points on 9 of 12 shooting and added 20 rebounds. Cal was outscored by nine points in the second half scoring just 19 points. For the game, they shot an unimpressive 38.9% from the floor, but their defense was solid holding Arizona to 38.8%. California has lost seven in a row and 16 of their last 17 games and finished the season in last place in the Pac 12 with a 2-16 W/L record in conference play.
Stanford was on the road in their latest where they beat Arizona State 84-83 getting the point spread as well as a +8.5 underdog. The 167 points put up on the board by the two clubs went OVER the 158.5 closing total line for the fourth time in the last five Cardinal games. In the match, Reid Travis led the Cardinal picking up a double-double with 24 points on 8 of 14 shooting with 14 rebounds and three starters on the team recorded at least 18 points. Tra Holder was the high scorer for the Sun Devils with 19 points on 6 of 15 shooting and three starters for the squad went for at least 14 points. Stanford outscored ASU by five points in the first half and held on for the win. For the game, they shot 50.9% from the floor while the Sun Devils shot 45.3%. Stanford has won four of their last five games and finished the season at 11-7 in Pac 12 play.
California ranks tied for 300th in the nation in ppg and 298th in opponents’ ppg, and Stanford ranks tied for 116th in ppg and tied for 240th in opponents’ ppg.
This season these teams split the two games against each other with each winning on the road.
This season California is 11-18 ATS with an O/U record of 10-16 and Stanford is 16-15 ATS with an O/U record of 13-16.
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SAGARIN RATINGS
California: 69.09
Stanford: 79.12
INJURY REPORT
CALIFORNIA
NONE
STANFORD
[G] 11/29/2017 – Marcus Sheffield is out indefinitely ( Leg )
California at Stanford NCAAB Key Betting Trends
- CAL is 2-7 ATS in their last nine games after an ATS win
- CAL is 5-11 ATS in their previous 16 games against a team with a winning record
- CAL has an Under record of 12-3 in their last 15 games
- STAN is 12-5 ATS in their last 17 games
- STAN is 0-4 ATS in their previous four games held at a neutral site
- STAN has an Over record of 4-1 in their last five games
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