Arizona vs Colorado Pick – Basketball Predictions & Odds 2/18/23

The Colorado Buffaloes and the Arizona Wildcats meet in college basketball action from the McKale Center on Saturday night. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.

Odds

Arizona is listed as a 12.5-point home favorite with a ML price of -850. The total for this game is set at 148.5 points.

Injuries

Colorado has ruled J’Vonne Hadley out for the season with a hand injury while Colorado comes into this game with a clean injury report.

Matchup History

Arizona’s 82-72 win over Colorado back on March 11^th, 2022, extended the win streak by the home team which is currently sitting in double-digits.

Trends

Colorado is 2-8 ATS in their last 10 games following an ATS win and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 Saturday games while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 games overall. Arizona is 5-0 ATS in their last 5 home games and 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games overall while the over is 5-1 in their last 6 games overall.

Pick

I’m backing Arizona here. I just don’t think that Colorado has what it takes to match Arizona for a full 40 minutes in this game. Getting into the 60s on the scoreboard has proven to be a challenge more often than not for Colorado, especially on the road, and Arizona’s been scoring into the mid-80s at the very least regardless of the venue for the last couple of weeks. I just think this one’s all Arizona, all day here, so give me the Wildcats laying the points.