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Washington vs Nebraska Prediction 2/5/25 College Basketball Picks Today

Nebraska (14-8) vs. Washington (11-10)
February 5, 2025 10:30 pm EDT
The Line: Washington +2.5; Over/Under: 140.5
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The Nebraska Cornhuskers and the Washington Huskies meet Wednesday in college basketball action from Hec Edmundson Pavilion. Here’s a Washington vs Nebraska prediction. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best Washington vs Nebraska pick.

Nebraska Cornhuskers Betting Preview

The Cornhuskers were looking great as the year flipped over to 2025, but since then they’ve had some troubles in the record column amid a tough Big Ten schedule. Nebraska won 12 of their first 14 games, losing to only Saint Mary’s and Michigan State amid wins over UTRGV, Bethune-Cookman, Fairleigh Dickinson, Creighton, South Dakota, North Florida, Indiana, Murray State, Hawaii, Oregon State, Southern, and UCLA in that time. The Cornhuskers would hit the skids over the next six games though, falling to Iowa, Purdue, Rutgers, Maryland, USC, and Wisconsin in that time. Nebraska has since stopped the bleeding, however, taking out Illinois and Oregon in their last pair for a 14-8 overall record through the first 22 games so far.



In the Oregon matchup on Sunday, the Cornhuskers came out of the break with a 34-28 advantage. Nebraska kept the pace from there on a 43-43 run and took the road victory 77-17 in impressive fashion. Leading team scorer Brice Williams posted 28 points with seven rebounds and six assists. Juwan Gary added 23 points with five rebounds, while Rollie Worster came off the bench for 11 points, three rebounds and two assists in 25 minutes of action.

Washington Huskies Betting Preview

Over on the Huskies’ side, they’ve had a couple of good runs in the books so far this year but have barely managed to keep their heads above the .500 mark overall. Washington won six of their first seven games though, losing to Nevada amid wins over UC Davis, Seattle Pacific, UMass Lowell, Alcorn State, Colorado State, and Santa Clara. A 4-3 run came next with losses to UCLA, USC, and Seattle U amid wins over Eastern Washington, Washington State, NJIT, and Maryland. Following more losses to Illinois, Michigan State, Michigan, Purdue, Oregon, and UCLA, the Huskies managed a win over Minnesota for an 11-10 overall record this year.

Matched up against Minnesota on Saturday, the Huskies were in good shape after the first half sporting a 40-30 edge. Washington was outscored 38-31 the rest of the way in a 71-68 win. Tyler Harris was the team’s leading scorer with 23 points and four rebounds. Great Osobor added 16 points with 10 rebounds, two assists and three steals. Zoom Diallo added 11 points with four rebounds and five assists off the bench in 30 minutes of work, while Mekhi Mason chipped in 23 points and four rebounds.

Why the Washington Huskies will win

  • Nebraska has lost each of its last four games against non-AP-ranked opponents.
  • Washington has won nine of its last 11 night games at Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion against non-AP-ranked opponents.
  • The home team has won the first half in four of Nebraska’s last five games.

Why the Nebraska Cornhuskers will win

  • Washington has lost seven of its last eight night games against the Big Ten Conference.
  • Nebraska has won nine of its last 12 night games.
  • Nebraska has won the first half in 11 of its last 12 night games.

Washington vs Nebraska Prediction

I’ll stick with Nebraska. Probably not touching this one, though. It seems like it’s more in coin-flip territory than anything. That said, Nebraska is coming off quite an impressive effort versus Oregon, hitting 51 percent from the field with a 35-32 rebounding edge in the road victory. The Cornhuskers scored 12 points off 10 Ducks turnovers but did have 12 turnovers themselves for 16 points on the other side. The 3-point shooting wasn’t good either (4-of-23 for 17.4 percent). Still, it was a very nice victory. Nebraska now has consecutive wins over ranked teams (Illinois is the other) following a six-game losing streak.

As for Washington, they didn’t shoot great (41.8 percent) in the Minnesota game and gave up 14 turnovers for 18 Gophers points. The Huskies also gave up 52.3 percent shooting on the other side but saved themselves with a nice performance from the line (18-of-21 for 85.7 percent) and a 33-25 rebounding edge (13-5 offensive). Washington had been below 59 points in three of their previous five games (all losses), so it was a nice total (71). This game could break a lot of ways, but overall I think the Cornhuskers have a slightly better cover chance.

Andrew's Free Pick: Nebraska Cornhuskers -2.5

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Andrew has been writing about college, professional and fantasy sports betting since 2013. Andrew's goal is to break down the complicated numbers and trends into a language that's easily accessible to novice sports bettors and seasoned professionals alike.

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