Boise State vs Colorado 11/20/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Colorado Buffaloes and the Boise State Broncos meet in college basketball action from the HTC Center on Sunday night.

The Colorado Buffaloes will be looking to build on a 103-75 win over Texas A&M last time out. KJ Simpson leads the Buffs in scoring and assists with 19.2 PPG and 3.8 APG along with 6 RPG while Tristan da Silva has 11.2 PPG as the only other double-digit scorer for Colorado so far this season. J’Vonne Hadley also has 9.8 PPG and a team-high 8.8 RPG to lead the Buffaloes on the glass while Jalen Gabbidon has 9.8 PPG as well this season. As a team, Colorado is averaging 80 PPG on 44.1% shooting from the field, 35% from three and 70% from the foul line this season.

The Boise State Broncos will hope to build on a 70-49 win over Loyola-Chicago last time out. Tyson Degenhart has 14.8 PPG to lead the Broncos in scoring while Marcus Shaver Jr. has 12.8 PPG and a team-high 8.8 RPG to lead Boise State on the glass and 4.2 APG to lead the Broncos in assists as well. Max Rice also has 12.5 PPG this season to cap off Boise State’s trio of double-digit scorers. As a team, Boise State is averaging 62.3 PPG on 42.2% shooting from the field, 27% from three and 66.2% from the foul line this season.

Colorado is 3-1-1 ATS in their last 5 Sunday games and 5-13 ATS in their last 18 games following an ATS win while the over is 13-3 in their last 16 games overall. Boise State is 6-2 ATS in their last 8 games against a team with a winning record and 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games following an ATS win while the under is 7-0 in their last 7 games overall.

I get the case to be made for either side in this game, but the problem for me with Boise State is that it can be all or nothing for Boise State and we’ve already seen it be nothing a couple of times this season. Colorado’s had a couple of impressive performances already this season and I think they pull out one more and get a win and cover here. Give me Colorado.