Arizona vs Utah 1/15/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Utah Utes and the Arizona Wildcats meet in college basketball action from the McKale Center on Saturday night.

The Utah Utes will look to rebound from a 77-61 loss to Washington State last time out. Branden Carlson leads the Utes in scoring with 13.3 PPG along with 6.3 RPG while David Jenkins Jr. has 10.9 PPG and Both Gach has 10.9 PPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Utah up to this point in the season. Marco Anthony has 9 PPG with a team-high 7.6 RPG to lead the Utes on the glass while Rollie Worster has a team-high 3.2 APG as well this season. As a team, Utah is averaging 71.7 PPG on 42.6% shooting from the field, 33.2% from three and 78.6% from the foul line while allowing 68.8 PPG on 42.4% shooting from the field and 30.2% from three this season.

The Arizona Wildcats will try to build on a 76-55 win over Colorado in their last game. Bennedict Mathurin leads the Wildcats in scoring with 18.5 PPG along with 6.4 RPG while Azuolas Tubelis has 14.7 PPG with 6.2 RPG. Christian Koloko has 13.1 PPG with a team-high 7.3 RPG to lead Arizona on the glass while Kerr Krilsa has 11.7 PPG with a team-high 5.4 APG to lead the Wildcats in assists and round out the group of double-digit scorers for Arizona so far this season. As a team, Arizona is averaging 88.9 PPG on 49.8% shooting from the field, 35.7% from three and 71.4% from the foul line while allowing 64.4 PPG on 36.5% shooting from the field and 30.6% from three this season.

Utah is 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games overall and 0-4 ATS in their last 4 road games against a team with a winning home record while the over is 5-1 in their last 6 games against a team with a winning record. Arizona is 1-3-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 17-36-1 ATS in their last 54 Saturday games while the over is 7-2 in their last 9 home games.

This feels like a lot of points to be giving up in a conference matchup and Utah isn’t that bad, but the Utes have also had issues on the road and Arizona looks to be back on track after their win over Colorado. I just think this Arizona team is a dangerous team and is definitely one to watch come March, so give me the Wildcats laying the points in this one.