The 6th seed Cincinnati Bearcats face the 3rd seed UCLA Bruins in a South Region 2nd round NCAA Tournament game that will take place at a neutral site at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California at 9:40 PM ET. UCLA is listed as a -3.5 point favorite over Cincinnati with a total line of 153.5.
Cincinnati is coming off a 75-61 win over Kansas State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament where they covered the 3-point line. The total number of points scored in the game was 136, which was over the closing line of 129.5. The Bearcats have covered the spread in five of their last six games and in three of their last four games the total has gone over. Cincinnati has won five of their last six games.
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UCLA is coming off a 97-80 win over Kent State in their last game where they failed to cover the spread as 1n 18.5-point favorite. The total number of points scored in the game was 177, which was over the closing line of 162.5. The Bruins have failed to cover the spread in their last four games and in their last two games the total has gone over while in the previous five games the total had gone under. UCLA has won 11 of their last 12 games.
Offensively, Cincinnati is putting up 75 points per game on a 45.8% FG average. On the defensive side of the ball the Bearcats are allowing 60.5 points per game, which ranks 4th in the nation, on a 38.5% FG average, which ranks 6th in the nation.
UCLA is putting up 90.6 points per game, which ranks 1st in the nation, on a 52.2% FG average, which also ranks 1st in the nation. On defense the Bruins are allowing 75.5 points per game on a 41.9% FG average.
These teams last met in the 2002 season where UCLA beat Cincinnati 105-102 in OT.
Cincinnati Bearcats at UCLA Bruins Betting Trends
- Cincinnati is 5-1 against the spread in their last 6 games.
- The Bearcats are 22-3 straight up in their last 25 games.
- UCLA is 1-4 against the spread in their last 5 games.
- The game total has gone under in 8 of UCLA’s last 11 games.
- The Bruins are 11-1 straight up in their last 12 games overall.
Public Money Consensus
In this NCAAB matchup between Cincinnati at UCLA have the public leaning to the Bruins minus the 4 points with 74%. The over/under bettors are definitively banking on this game going over the posted total line of 153 with 71% on board.
