The No. 1 seed Arizona Wildcats (29-3, 18-2 Pac-12) and the No. 4 seed Colorado Buffaloes (21-10, 12-8 Pac-12) play in the Pac-12 Tournament Friday at T-Mobile Arena, starting at 9:00 PM. Arizona is favored by 9.5 points. Both teams are looking to take another step toward a conference title and an automatic spot in the NCAA Tournament bracket.
Rankings courtesy of the Ferris Mowers Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY Sports.
Arizona’s record against the spread this season is 18-13-1, while Colorado’s is 14-17-2. In terms of going over the point total, games involving the Wildcats are 18-14-0 and the Buffaloes are 16-16-1. The teams combine to score 155.8 points per game, 7.8 more points than this matchup’s total. In the last 10 games, Arizona is 5-5-0 against the spread and 8-2 overall while Colorado has gone 7-2-1 against the spread and 7-3 overall.
Ahead of watching this Pac-12 matchup, here is everything you need to know about Friday’s college hoops action.
Colorado at Arizona odds, spread and lines
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- Spread: Arizona -9.5
- Total: 148
- Moneyline: Arizona -450, Colorado +350
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Colorado at Arizona odds, spread, & more
Prediction
Arizona 78, Colorado 67
Moneyline
- The Wildcats have won 28 of the 30 games they were listed as the moneyline favorite this season (93.3%).
- In games it has played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -450 or shorter, Arizona has a 23-1 record (winning 95.8% of its games).
- Based on this game’s moneyline, the Wildcats have an implied win probability of 81.8%.
- This season, the Buffaloes have been the underdog 11 times and won four, or 36.4%, of those games.
- Colorado has a record of 1-2 when set as an underdog of +350 or more by bookmakers this season.
- Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Buffaloes have a 22.2% chance to win.
Against the spread
- The Wildcats record 84.7 points per game, 18.1 more points than the 66.6 the Buffaloes give up.
- Arizona is 18-10-1 against the spread and 28-1 overall when scoring more than 66.6 points.
- Colorado has a 12-15-2 record against the spread and a 19-10 record overall when giving up fewer than 84.7 points.
- The Buffaloes put up only four more points per game (71.1) than the Wildcats allow their opponents to score (67.1).
- Colorado is 11-3-2 against the spread and 16-0 overall when it scores more than 67.1 points.
- Arizona’s record is 15-6 against the spread and 21-0 overall when it gives up fewer than 71.1 points.
- The Wildcats have scored a total of 561 more points than their opponents this year (an average of 17.6 per game), and the Buffaloes have out-scored opponents by 139 points on the season (4.5 more per game).
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Over/Under
- The Wildcats’ average implied point total this season is 2.9 more points than their implied total in Friday’s game (81.9 implied points on average compared to 79 implied points in this game).
- So far this season, Arizona has scored more than 79 points 24 times.
- The Buffaloes’ average implied point total on the season (72.5 points) is 3.5 points higher than their implied total in this matchup (69 points).
- On the season, Colorado has scored more than 69 points in a game 18 times.
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