The California Golden Bears host the 12th ranked Virginia Cavaliers in a non-conference game that will be held at the Haas Pavilion in Berkeley, California at 10 PM ET. Virginia has won nine of their first 10 games on the season and they have covered the spread in five of the eight games that have had a posted line. California has won nine of their first 11 games of the season and they have failed to cover the spread in seven of those games.
Virginia is coming off a 79-39 blowout win over Robert Morris in their last game where they covered the 31.5-point line. The total number of points scored in the game was 118, which was over the closing line of 114.5. The Cavaliers have covered the spread in their last two games while failing to do so in their previous three games. In three of their last four games the total has gone over. Virginia has won two in a row since suffering their first loss of the season against a ranked West Virginia team.
California is coming off an 81-55 win over Cal Poly in their last game where they covered the 19-point line. The Golden Bears have covered the spread in three of their last four games including their last two. In their last two games the total has gone over while in the previous two games the total went under. California has won two in a row since losing their 2nd game of the season facing Seton Hall.
Virginia is putting up 71.2 points per game on a 51.3 % FG average, which ranks 7th in the nation. On defense the Cavaliers are allowing 46.7 points per game, which ranks 1st in the nation, on a 33.9% FG average, which ranks 2nd in the nation.
California is putting up 72.5 points per game on a 45% FG average. On the defensive side of the ball the Golden Bears are allowing 59.6 points per game, which ranks 11th in the nation, on 36.4% shooting, which also ranks 11th in the nation.
These teams met last season where Virginia beat California 63-62 in OT.
Virginia vs. California Betting Odds
- Virginia is 9-1 straight up in their last 10 games.
- The Cavaliers are 6-3 against the spread in their last 9 road games.
- The game total has gone Under in 5 of Virginia’s last 5 road games.
- California is 4-10-1 against the spread in their last 15 games.
- The Golden Bears are 3-6 against the spread in their last 9 home games.
Public Money Consenus
In this NCAAB matchup between Virginia and California the betting public is leaning towards Virginia covering the 4.5 point spread at 73%. The over/under bettors are laying their bets on the over 118.5 points with over 70%.
