The Stanford Cardinal and the UCLA Bruins meet in college basketball action from the Pauley Pavilion on Thursday night. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.
Odds
UCLA is listed as a 13.5-point home favorite with a ML price of -1000. The total for this game is set at 131.5 points.
Injuries
For Stanford, James Keefe is still out indefinitely with a hand injury while UCLA has Evan Manjikian listed as out indefinitely with an arm injury.
Matchup History
UCLA’s 80-66 win over Stanford back on December 1st, 2022, made it three straight wins for UCLA in this head-to-head matchup.
Trends
The over is 5-1 in Stanford’s last 6 road games and 24-7 in their last 31 games against a team with a winning record. UCLA is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games following an ATS win and 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games against a team with a losing record while the under is 11-3 in their last 14 games overall.
Pick
I’m backing UCLA here. I just don’t trust the Cardinal as far as I can throw them and I don’t think I can rely on Stanford to do enough to keep themselves in this game. UCLA is just too talented and has too much going in their direction to think that Stanford will be able to stop them here. It’s a big number, but it’s big for a reason. Give me UCLA here.