California vs Oregon Pick – Basketball Predictions & Odds 1/18/23

The Oregon Ducks and the Cal Golden Bears meet in college basketball action from the Haas Pavilion on Wednesday night. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.

Odds

Oregon is listed as 7.5-point road favorites for this game with an attached ML of -330. The over/under for this game is set at 131.5 points.

Injuries

Oregon doesn’t have anyone listed on their injury report, but Cal’s top player, Devin Askew is listed as questionable for this game with an undisclosed injury.

Matchup history

Cal pulled off an outright upset as 14.5-point underdogs last season by a final score of 78-64 at Oregon, snapping a nine-game losing streak in the series prior to the win.

Trends

Oregon is 3-8 ATS in their last 11 games following an ATS win and 9-4 ATS in their last 13 road games against a team with a losing home record while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 road games. Cal is 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games overall and 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games following a loss while the over is 5-0 in their lats 5 games against a team with a winning record.

Pick

I’m leaning towards the over here, but probably not going near this thing in the end. You have so much uncertainty with Cal and Askew potentially missing this game, while Oregon’s the healthiest they’ve been all year long but are still extremely hard to trust. All in all, I think the total here is too light given that Cal’s started to put points on the board and Oregon’s capable of scoring well into the 60s as well here. Give me the over.