The California Golden Bears host the Colorado Buffaloes in a Pac 12 game that will take place at the Haas Pavilion in Berkeley, California at 4:30 PM ET. This game opened on the big board with Cal a six point favorite but has risen to -6.5 at most betting shops. The O/U line has climbed up one point from its opener to 136.
Colorado is coming off an 81-74 win over Stanford in their last game where they covered the spread as a 1.5-point underdog. The total number of points scored in the game was 155, which was over the closing line of 139. The Buffaloes have covered the spread in their last two games after failing to do so in their previous two games and in four of their last five games the total has gone over. Colorado has won three straight games after losing seven in a row.
California is coming off a 77-75 OT win over Utah in their last game where they failed to cover the spread as a 4-point favorite. The total number of points scored in the game was 152, which was over the closing line of 136. The Golden Bears have failed to cover the spread in five of their last six games and in three of their last four games the total has gone over. California has won six of their last seven games including their last three.
Offensively, Colorado is putting up 76.3 points per game on a 44.7% FG average. On the defensive side of the ball the Buffaloes are allowing 72.7 points per game on a 42.4% FG average.
California is putting up 70 points per game on a 43.4% FG average. On defense the Golden Bears are allowing 63 points per game, which ranks 20th in the nation, on a 39.5% FG average, which ranks 18th in the nation.
These teams split the two games facing each other last season with each winning at home.
Colorado Buffaloes at California Golden Bears Betting Trends
- Colorado is 4-8 against the spread in their last 12 games overall.
- The Buffaloes are 5-2 against the spread in their last 7 road games in California.
- The game total has gone under in 5 of Colorado’s last 6 games against California.
- California is 1-5 against the spread in their last 6 games overall.
- The Golden Bears are 5-0 straight up in their last 5 home games.
Public Money Consensus
In this NCAAB matchup between Colorado and California see the public leaning to the home Golden Bears minus the 6.5 points with over 60%. The over/under bettors are far more definitive giving the over 135 80% of the total money.
