California vs Colorado 2/17/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Colorado Buffaloes (16-9) vs. California Golden Bears (11-15)
February 17, 2022 9:30 pm EDT
The Line: California Golden Bears +1.5 / Colorado Buffaloes -1.5; Over/Under: +130.5
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The Colorado Buffaloes and the Cal Golden Bears meet in college basketball action from the Haas Pavilion on Thursday night.
The Colorado Buffaloes will look to build on three straight wins after a 90-64 win over Oregon State last time out. Jabari Walker leads the Buffs in scoring and rebounding with 14.5 PPG and 9.2 RPG while Evan Battey has 11.2 PPG with 4.5 RPG. Keeshawn Barthelemy has 11.1 PPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Colorado up to this point in the year. As a team, Colorado is averaging 70.3 PPG on 44.2% shooting from the field, 35.9% from three and 74.8% from the foul line while allowing 66.6 PPG on 41.6% shooting from the field and 31.9% from three this season.
The Cal Golden Bears will look to build on their 78-64 win over Oregon last time out. Jordan Shepherd leads the Golden Bears in scoring with 14.6 PPG along with 2.4 APG while Andre Kelly has 13.4 PPG with 8.4 RPG to lead California on the glass, but Kelly is now expected to sit out the rest of the season with an ankle injury. Grant Anticevich has 10.3 PPG with 6.8 RPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Cal up to this point in the season. Joel Brown also has 5.1 PPG and a team-high 3.2 APG to lead the Golden Bears in the assist department this year. As a team, Cal is averaging 64.7 PPG on 43.3% shooting from the field, 32.7% from three and 73.2% from the foul line while allowing 66.1 PPG on 41.9% shooting from the field and 31.1% from three this season.
Colorado is 0-4 ATS in their last 4 Thursday games and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games following an ATS win while the under is 4-1-1 in their last 6 games following a win by 20 or more points. Cal is 17-8 ATS in their last 25 games overall and 11-4 ATS in their last 15 home games while the over is 5-1 in their last 6 games against a team with a winning percentage above .600.
I get the case to be made either way here, but I’m leaning towards the over. Colorado has been scoring like they were early on this season and if that happens again here, I think we’d only need about 60 points from Cal to get us well over this number. I know the logical side may seem like the under given Cal’s occasional scoring issues, but I love the over here.
