The Arizona Wildcats and the Stanford Cardinal meet in college basketball action from the Maples Pavilion 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 9.5-point road favorite with a ML price of -450 for this game. The total is set at 151.5 points.
Injuries
Arizona has a clean injury report coming into this game while James Keefe is still out indefinitely for Stanford.
Matchup History
Arizona’s 84-80 win over Stanford back on March 10th, 2022, made it three straight wins for Arizona in this head-to-head matchup.
Trends
Arizona is 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games overall and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games following an ATS win while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 road games. Stanford is 4-10 ATS in their last 14 Saturday games and 0-4 ATS in their last 4 home games against a team with a winning road record while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games against a team with a winning percentage above .600.
Pick
I’m backing Arizona here. I started to trust Stanford and that was my own mistake after thinking the Cardinal had turned things around after five straight wins, but back-to-back losses has Stanford back to showing their true colors, and those colors are of a team that’s struggling their way through conference play. Arizona is simply the better team from top to bottom,