The 8th ranked Gonzaga Bulldogs face the 16th ranked Arizona Wildcats in a non-conference game that will take place at a neutral site at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California at 5:30 PM ET. Gonzaga has won their first seven games of the season and they have covered the spread in two of the four games that have had a posted line. Arizona has won six of their first seven games on the season and they have failed to cover in four of those games.
Gonzaga is coming off a 97-63 blowout win over Mississippi Valley Sate in their last game, which did not have a posted line. In the last three games that have had a posted line the Bulldogs have failed to cover in two of them and in two of those games the total went under.
Arizona is coming off an 85-63 win over Texas Southern in their last game where they covered the 14.5-betting line. The total number of points scored in the game was 148, which was well over the closing line of 134.5. Previous to that game the Wildcats had failed to cover in three straight games and the total had gone under in all of those games. The win over Texas Southern in their last game came after Arizona’s first loss of the season to Butler.
Offensively, Gonzaga is putting up 85.6 points per game on 48.9% FG average. On the defensive side of the ball the Bulldogs are allowing 65 points per game on 39% shooting.
Arizona is putting up 75.4 points per game on a 48.2% FG average. On defense they are allowing 63.1 points per game on 41.2% shooting.
These teams met last season where Arizona beat Gonzaga 68-63.
Gonzaga vs. Arizona Betting Trends
- Gonzaga is 5-0 straight up in their last 5 games.
- The Bulldogs are 1-6 straight up in their last 7 games against Arizona.
- Arizona is 4-10 against the spread in their last 14 games.
- The Wildcats are 6-1 straight up in their last 7 games.
- The game total has gone under in 4 of Arizona’s last 5 games against Gonzaga.
Public Money Consensus
In this NCAAB matchup between Gonzaga and Arizona see’s the betting public looking for the Bulldogs to cover the 5 point spread with 65% confidence. On the over/under side the consensus is take the over 141 points.
