Oregon vs Washington State Pick – Basketball Predictions & Odds 3/9/23

The Washington State Cougars and the Oregon Ducks meet in college basketball action from the T-Mobile Arena on Thursday as part of the Pac-12 conference tournament. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.

Odds

Oregon is listed as a 2.5-point favorite with the total for this game set at 134.5 points.

Injuries

For Washington State, Adrame Diongue is out indefinitely with a hand injury while Shae and Braden Korpela are both out indefinitely with an illness. For Oregon, Lok Wur is questionable for this game with an undisclosed injury and Brennan Rigsby is out for the season with an ankle injury.

Matchup History

Washington State’s 68-65 win back on February 19^th, 2023, made it five straight head-to-head meetings without back-to-back winners in this matchup.

Trends

Washington State is 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games overall and 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games following a win while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 games overall. Oregon is 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games overall and 2-8 ATS in their last 10 neutral site games while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games overall.

Pick

I’m leaning towards Washington State here. Both of these teams are playing well right now, but I think you could argue that Washington State has more momentum and has had a game to shake off the rust. Oregon is a solid group with a lot of upperclassmen that should be ready and raring to go here, and with it being basically win or go home for both of these teams from an NCAA tournament perspective, I think we see a tight game. Give me the Cougars and the points here.