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UC San Diego vs UC-Santa Barbara Pick – Basketball Predictions & Odds 2/25/23

UC-Santa Barbara Gauchos (21-6) vs. UC San Diego Tritons (10-19)
February 25, 2023 10:00 pm EDT
The Line: UC San Diego Tritons +5.5 / UC-Santa Barbara Gauchos -5.5; Over/Under: +135.5
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The UC-Santa Barbara Gauchos and the UC-San Diego Tritons meet in college basketball action from the LionTree Arena on Saturday night. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.

Odds

UC-Santa Barbara is listed as a 5.5-point road favorite with the total for this game set at 135.5 points.

Injuries

Neither side has anyone listed on the injury report for this game, so barring any last-minute announcements, both sides will come into this game at full strength.

Matchup History

UC-Santa Barbara’s 82-61 win over UC-San Diego back on December 31st, 2022, made it five wins in five all-time meetings for the home team in this matchup.

Trends

UC-Santa Barbara is 8-3 ATS in their last 11 road games and 9-4 ATS in their last 13 road games against a team with a home winning percentage below .400 while the over is 9-1 in their last 10 games overall. UC-San Diego is 3-1-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 2-6-1 ATS in their last 9 home games while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games against a team with a winning percentage above .600.

Pick

I’m sticking with UC-Santa Barbara here. I was leaning towards the Tritons as the home team’s won all five head-to-head meetings between these two teams, but UC-Santa Barbara is still fighting for a conference regular season championship and is really the only team with something of substance to play for here. I just think the Gauchos are the better team and they find a way to get the job done here. Give me UC-Santa Barbara.

Chris Ruffolo's Free Pick: UC-Santa Barbara -5.5

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Chris Ruffolo

Chris joined the Sports Chat Place team in August 2016 and has a proven system that combines multiple analytical and situational statistics and trends to give out thousands of winning picks over the last three years with winning records across all of the top leagues, Follow Chris Ruffolo on Twitter @ruffthepickdawg

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