College Basketball Predictions. Pac-12 Picks, Lines For Saturday, February 25

Pac-12 college basketball predictions, lines, how to watch for Saturday, February 25

College basketball predictions and lines for every Pac-12 game on Saturday, February 25


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Arizona State at Arizona Prediction

Game Time: 2:00 ET
How To Watch: CBS
Prediction: Arizona 78, Arizona State 65
Line: Arizona -12, o/u: 151.5

Washington State at Cal Prediction

Game Time: 6:00 ET
How To Watch: Pac-12 Network
Prediction: Washington State 69, Cal 62
Line: Washington State -11.5, o/u: 125

USC at Utah Prediction

Game Time: 8:00 ET
How To Watch: ESPNU
Prediction: Utah 75, USC 72
Line: USC -2, o/u: 140.5

Oregon at Oregon State Prediction

Game Time: 10:00 ET
How To Watch: Pac-12 Network
Prediction: Oregon 66, Oregon State 58
Line: Oregon -8.5, o/u: 129

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Oregon vs Arizona Prediction, College Basketball Game Preview Odds TV

Oregon vs Arizona preview, prediction, and breakdown for the college basketball game on Thursday, February 2

Oregon vs Arizona prediction, game preview, odds, how to watch. Thursday, February 2


Oregon vs Arizona How To Watch

Date: Thursday, February 2
Game Time: 10:30 ET
Venue: McKale Center, Tucson, AZ
How To Watch: ESPN
Record: Oregon (13-9), Arizona (19-3)
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Oregon vs Arizona Game Preview

Why Oregon Will Win

The Ducks have picked it back up.

They still have brain cramps here and there when the offense stops working, but for the most part the defense has been able to hold up, there’s no problem on the boards, and everything is fine when the D can hold teams to under 41% from the field.

Oregon is 12-0 when keeping teams to under that mark – and that includes Arizona in a 70-60 win up in Eugene.

Arizona is a terrific shooting team – helped by the inside presence – but but it’s not above struggling from time to time, especially from three. It turns it over too much, the defense isn’t anything special, and …

Why Arizona Will Win

Arizona is playing way too well.

It’s been better from three over the last several weeks, the inside production is there, and more than anything else, the defense has stepped it up in a big way.

Ever since Oregon hit just about everything in the Wildcat loss a few weeks ago, the defense has clamped down hard. It held offenses to under 40% from the field in six of the last nine games, the D from three has been suffocating, and it all feeds into the offense manufactures points in every way.

Arizona is great on the move, better at getting to the free throw line, and again, the threes are dropping lately.

What’s Going To Happen

Oregon has a good mix of things to at least keep this close and make it a battle.

It’s good enough on the boards to keep the Wildcats from generating a slew of second chance points, but it can’t run with them. Expect one big second half scoring burst to bust through a tight game that’s going to be a little bit of a struggle early.

Oregon vs Arizona Prediction, Line

Arizona 76, Oregon 67
Line: Arizona -8, o/u: 151.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: COMING
Must See Ranking: 3
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Oregon Football Schedule 2023: Analysis, Breakdown, 3 Things To Know

Oregon football schedule 2023. Analysis, breakdown, 3 things to know

Oregon football schedule 2023: Who do the Ducks miss on the Pac-12 schedule and what are 3 things to know?


Oregon Football Schedule 2023: 3 Things To Know

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Aug 26 OPEN DATE

Sept 2 Portland State

Sept 9 at Texas Tech

Sept 16 Hawaii

Sept 23 Colorado

Sept 30 at Stanford

Oct 7 OPEN DATE

Oct 14 at Washington

Oct 21 Washington State

Oct 28 at Utah

Nov 4 Cal

Nov 11 USC

Nov 18 at Arizona State

Nov 24 Oregon State

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It would be nice to miss a USC or Utah from what was the Pac-12 South, but not having to deal with UCLA isn’t a bad thing and not playing Arizona this year might be a big positive.

Here’s the biggest bonus – USC, Oregon State, Washington State – those last two will be even nastier this season – are all coming to Autzen. However …

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For a program that’s thinking really, really College Football Playoff big, there are just enough nasty road dates to be a problem.

Going to Texas Tech early on will be dangerous. Arizona State is always difficult at home, and going to Utah and Washington will be battles. Again, for what Oregon is dreaming of, there can only be one loss on the way to the Pac-12 Championship. That’s not going to be easy with those landmines.

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Start with this – they’re not opening the season with Georgia this time around. Everything else is easy by comparison, but going to Texas Tech is a problem.

If the Ducks really are Pac-12 Championship/CFP good, they should be able to get through this without losing twice. With all due respect to a strong Oregon State team – because it’s an Oregon home game – at Texas Tech, at Washington, at Utah, USC. Win three of those four, and they should be deep in the mix for everything they’re shooting for.

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Oregon 28, North Carolina 27 San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl What Happened, What It All Means

Oregon 28, North Carolina 27: San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl what happened, player of the game, and what it all means

Oregon beat North Carolina 28-27 to win the San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl. What happened, who was the player of the game, and what does it all mean?


Oregon 28, North Carolina 27 San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl What Happened, Player of the Game, What It All Means

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San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl What Happened

A bit of a ragged game got amazing late. Oregon’s Bo Nix found Chase Cota for a six-yard touchdown on fourth down in the final seconds to tie it at 27, but the drama kicked in with 1) a review on the TD as Cota was dragged across the line and 2) the Camden Lewis extra point hit the upright and bounced through.

– Oregon got Bucky Irving touchdown runs from two and 66 yards for a 14-7 lead, and then it was all North Carolina for a while with 17 straight points for a 24-14 lead in the fourth. The two teams traded field goals before Nix led the way for the game-winning scoring drive in the final moments.

This was supposed to be a wild shootout – the point total got up to 76 – with both sides losing a ton of defensive talent, but that didn’t materialize after a fun first half. There weren’t too many mistakes – just one turnover coming from Oregon – but neither the third quarter stalled until the wild fourth quarter closed with a bang.

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San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl Player of the Game

Bucky Irving, RB Oregon
He ran 13 times for 149 yards and two scores

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San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl Fun Stats

– In a matchup of 2023 Heisman candidate quarterbacks, Bo Nix completed 23-of-30 passes for 205 yards and two touchdowns with a pick – and ran for six yards – for Oregon, and North Carolina’s Drake Maye completed 18-of-35 passes for 206 yards and three scores and ran for 45 yards.

– North Carolina connected on all four of its fourth down tries. Oregon converted just one of its two chances.

– Oregon outgained North Carolina 414 yards to 322.

San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl What It All Means

Oregon might have been missing a ton of defense talents, but it was still a huge favorite and the offense didn’t do enough to make this easy against a miserable North Carolina D. Even so, it was a bowl win to close out a season that could’ve and should’ve been so much more.

The blowout loss to Georgia to start the Dan Lanning era was bad, in several ways the loss at Oregon State to close the regular season was worse, and a team that should’ve bene in the College Football Playoff mix had to battle against North Carolina in the Holiday Bowl.

Even so, it was a second straight ten-win season and a third double-digit win season that likely would’ve been 4-for-4 except the outlier was 2020.

Give North Carolina credit for coming really, really close to pulling this out without WR Josh Downs and a slew of other key parts. The offense didn’t work like it was supposed to, and yet it made this a ball game.

Even so, this ends the season with four straight losses – including a bad loss to a mediocre Georgia Tech and a rivalry whiff against NC State – and it’s a third straight bowl loss for Mack Brown. North Carolina is just 1-6 in the last seven bowl appearances.

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Oregon vs North Carolina San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl Prediction Game Preview

Oregon vs North Carolina game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl on Wednesday, December 28

Oregon vs North Carolina prediction, game preview, odds, how to watch. San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl, Wednesday, December 28


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Oregon vs North Carolina How To Watch

Date: Wednesday, December 28
Game Time: 8:00 ET
Venue: Petco Park, San Diego, CA
How To Watch: FOX
Record: Oregon (9-3), North Carolina (9-4)
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San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl Prediction, What’s Going To Happen, History

Yeah, Oregon is losing a boatload of talent, and yeah, the focus is on head coach Dan Lanning and all the talent coming in, but the offense gets back star QB Bo Nix for this and next year, and whatever happens here is just a game to get through before preparing for what should be a monster 2023.

Like Oregon, North Carolina has lost a ton of main guys. It hurts to not have WR Josh Downs – he’s off to the NFL – and way too many parts of the defense are done. It’s not like the D could afford to lose much, and it just did. However, also like Oregon, it gets its fantastic quarterback back with Drake Maye retuning instead of bolting through the transfer portal.

– The Tar Heels have been awful in bowl games whether it’s Mack Brown, or Larry Fedora, or Butch Davis. The program has dropped the last two bowls – including last year’s Duke Mayo to South Carolina – and five of the last six and eight of the last 11.

For all of the good things Oregon has done, it’s having a tough time in bowl games. It was missing players and got rolled by Oklahoma in last year’s Alamo as part of a run of five losses in the last seven bowls. Even the two wins – 7-6 over Michigan State in the 2018 Redbox and 28-27 over Wisconsin in the 2019 season’s Rose Bowl – were tight.

The Holiday is back. It was canceled in 2020, and last year it was halted at the last moment with UCLA having COVID issues. Before that it was a clunker for a few years with three straight relative blowouts – all decided by 11 or more – and eight of the last 11 weren’t close. This one should at least be a blast.

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Why Oregon Will Win The San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl

North Carolina’s defense gets a wee bit of a bad rap. Its job is to hold serve once in a while, and it’s not bad at doing that.

To a point.

It’s still a bad D overall with absolutely no pressure whatsoever generated into the backfield, not enough takeaways to make up for the problems, and with no discernible ability to stop anyone from throwing – partly because of the lack of pressure.

Statistically it was the ACC’s worst defense in both yards and scoring, and now to make things even more fun, several of the main defensive backs are done.

Even with a few parts gone, Oregon QB Bo Nix should be able to do whatever he wants. On the other side, the North Carolina offense should still work, but it won’t have star WR Josh Downs or new Wisconsin offensive coordinator Phil Longo.

But …

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Why North Carolina Will Win The San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl

Oregon offensive coordinator Kenny Dillingham is off being the new Arizona State head coach. That doesn’t mean Nix won’t be great, but things might not be quite as smooth.

For all of the dogging the North Carolina defense receives, Oregon’s isn’t exactly the 2000 Baltimore Ravens.

It generates even less of a pass rush than the Tar Heels do, it’s even worse on third downs, and the last time out it. was hammered on by the Oregon State running game for 268 yards and five touchdowns.

Of course Drake Maye is one of the headliners, but the Tar Heels can run a little bit. They’re 3-0 when running for more than 165 yards and 8-1 when coming up with more than 120 – and. 1-3 when they don’t.

The North Carolina offense will still work, Maye is Maye, and …

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Oregon vs Oregon State Prediction Game Preview

Oregon vs Oregon State game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 13 game on Saturday, November 26

Oregon vs Oregon State prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 13, Saturday, November 26


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Oregon vs Oregon State How To Watch

Date: Saturday, November 26
Game Time: 3:30 ET
Venue: Reser Stadium, Corvallis, OR
How To Watch: ABC
Record: Oregon (9-2), Oregon State (8-3)
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Why Oregon Will Win

The Pac-12 Championship is there for the taking.

USC is already in, and Oregon can punch its ticket to Las Vegas with a win. If it loses, the door is open for Washington and Utah.

The Ducks bounced back fast from the tough loss to Washington with a gut-check 20-17 win over Utah. Bo Nix played banged up but he’s supposed to be ready to go after getting knocked around late, but it’s the defense that needs to make the difference.

Coming up with third down stops hasn’t been easy, and the pass defense has been hit too hard at times, but the takeaways have been there with two or more in three of the last four games and 13 in the last six games.

Oregon State is 7-0 when running for more than 175 yards and 1-3 when running for that many or fewer. For all of its faults and flaws, Oregon’s defense has only allowed more than 160 yards once – 186 in the win over UCLA.

However …

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Why Oregon State Will Win

The Oregon State defense and overall style of play should be a problem.

A monster against the run, the Beavers only allowed more than 100 yards once in the last six games. There isn’t much of a pass rush and there’s not much of disruption happening in the backfield, but that’s by design.

The results are there. The D won’t hold Oregon to under three yards per carry like Utah did last week, but it should be able to keep Nix from taking off.

Offensively, it’s all about the balance and keeping the chains moving. The Beavers are great at controlling the clock, they should own third downs, and they’ll average over four yards per carry.

Oregon is 1-2 when allowing over five yards per pop, but …

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What’s Going To Happen

Oregon State has only been able to average over five yards per carry three times, and Colorado, Arizona State, and Montana State weren’t exactly the most dangerous teams on the slate.

The rivalry aspect of this matters. Oregon State won the last time around in Corvallis and twice in the last three times at home. Underestimate this year’s team at your own peril, but …

It came up short three times – USC, Utah, Washington. Those were the three best teams on the slate, and Oregon is right there, if not better.

The Ducks will come up with two quick scoring drives in the fourth quarter to finally put it away.

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Oregon vs Oregon State Prediction, Line

Oregon 31, Oregon State 27
Line: Oregon -3.5, o/u: 58.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3
Oregon vs Oregon State Must See Rating (out of 5): 4

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Pac-12 Predictions Schedule Game Previews Lines TV Week 13

Pac-12 schedule and previews for the Week 13 games including Arizona State at Arizona, Oregon at Oregon State, Notre Dame at USC, Washington at Washington State

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Results So Far
Straight Up 63-19, ATS 41-41, o/u 39-44

Friday, November 25

Arizona State at Arizona

3:00 FS1
Line: Arizona -4, o/u: 65.5

UCLA at Cal

4:30 FOX
Line: UCLA -10.5, o/u: 60.5

Saturday, November 26

Oregon at Oregon State

3:30 ABC
Prediction: Oregon 31, Oregon State 27
Line: Oregon -3.5, o/u: 58.5

Utah at Colorado

4;00 Pac-12 Network
Line: Utah -29.5, o/u: 52.5

Notre Dame at USC

7:30 ABC
Line: USC -5.5, o/u: 64.5

Washington at Washington State

10:30 ESPN
Line: Washington -1.5, o/u: 60.5

BYU at Stanford

11:00 FS1
Line: BYU -6.5, o/u: 57.5

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Pac-12 Predictions Schedule Game Previews Lines TV Week 12

Pac-12 schedule and previews for the Week 12 games: USC at UCLA, Utah at Oregon, Stanford at Cal, Oregon State at Arizona State, Washington State at Arizona

Pac-12 schedule, previews Week 12: USC at UCLA, Utah at Oregon, Stanford at Cal, Oregon State at Arizona State, Washington State at Arizona 


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Results So Far
Straight Up 60-16, ATS 40-37, o/u 36-41 

Saturday, November 19

Washington State at Arizona

2:00 Pac-12 Network
Line: Washington State -3.5, o/u: 62.5

Oregon State at Arizona State

2:15 ESPN2
Line: Oregon State -7.5, o/u: 54.5

Stanford at Cal

5:30 Pac-12 Network
Line: Cal -5.5, o/u: 45.5

USC at UCLA

8:00 FOX
Line: USC -2.5, o/u: 75.5

Colorado at Washington

9:00 Pac-12 Network
Line: Washington -30.5, o/u: 64.5

Utah at Oregon

10:30 ESPN
Line: Utah -1.5, o/u: 61.5

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Pac-12 Predictions, Schedule, Game Previews, Lines, TV: Week 11

Pac-12 schedule and previews for the Week 11 games: Washington at Oregon, Arizona at UCLA, Colorado at USC, Arizona State at Washington State, Cal at Oregon State

Pac-12 schedule, previews Week 11: Washington at Oregon, Arizona at UCLA, Colorado at USC, Arizona State at Washington State, Cal at Oregon State 


Pac-12 Predictions, Schedule, Game Previews, Lines, TV: Week 11

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Results So Far
Straight Up 56-14, ATS 36-35, o/u 35-36 

Friday, November 11

Colorado at USC

9:30 FS1
Line: USC -34.5, o/u: 65.5

Saturday, November 12

Arizona State at Washington State

3:30 Pac-12 Network
Line: Washington State -8.5, o/u: 59.5

Washington at Oregon

7:00 FOX
Line: Oregon -13.5, o/u: 72.5

Cal at Oregon State

9:00 Pac-12 Network
Line: Oregon State -13.5, o/u: 48.5

Stanford at Utah

10:00 ESPN
Line: Utah -24.5, o/u: 53.5

Arizona at UCLA

10:30 FOX
Line: UCLA -19.5, o/u: 77.5

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Oregon vs Colorado Prediction Game Preview

Oregon vs Colorado game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 10 game on Saturday, November 5

Oregon vs Colorado prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 10, Saturday, November 5


Oregon vs Colorado How To Watch

Date: Saturday, November 5
Game Time: 3:30 ET
Venue: Folsonm Field, Boulder, CO
How To Watch: ESPN
Record: Oregon (7-1), Colorado (1-7)
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Oregon vs Colorado Game Preview

Why Oregon Will Win

No one’s stopping the Oregon offense right now.

QB Bo Nix is playing like a possible Heisman candidate, the running game is averaging close to six yards per pop, and Colorado can’t and won’t stop any of it.

The Buffaloes slowed down the Arizona State running game last week – and they didn’t do anything against the passing attack. They were okay against the Oregon State passing game, and got run over for 270 yards.

Oregon can figure out what it wants to do, it won’t have to take any major chances, and the ultra-efficient passing of Nix will convert on just about every third down play against the worst D in the nation in third down stops.

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Why Colorado Will Win

What can Colorado do to make this interesting?

The passing game hasn’t been bad lately. It doesn’t connect on enough throws, and there might not be enough third down conversions, but JT Shrout has been able to push for over 200 yards in the last two games and the ground game is adding just enough to matter.

The Oregon defense hasn’t been as good as the talent.

The run D got powered on by UCLA and secondary struggled a bit too much against Cal.

It’s going to take a slew of Duck turnovers to give the Buffs any sort of a shot. Oregon gave up two picks last week, and …

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What’s Going To Happen

Nah. Oregon might not always be smooth, but it’s not going to screw up enough to give Colorado enough of a chance.

The Duck offense will go on a second quarter scoring burst to take control, Colorado won’t have enough offense to keep up, and Nix will be a machine on third downs in the second half to pull away.

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Oregon vs Colorado Prediction, Line

Oregon 44, Colorado 20
Line: Oregon -31.5, o/u: 62.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3
Oregon vs Colorado Must See Rating (out of 5): 2
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