The Pac-12 conference tournament continues Thursday as the No. 1 seed Arizona Wildcats (28-3, 18-2 Pac-12) face off against the No. 9 seed Stanford Cardinal (16-15, 8-12 Pac-12) at T-Mobile Arena, tipping off at 3:00 PM. Arizona is a 15.5-point favorite to move one step closer to an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament bracket.
Rankings courtesy of the Ferris Mowers Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY Sports.
Arizona has gone 18-12-1 against the spread, while Stanford’s ATS record this season is 14-17-1. A total of 17 out of the Wildcats’ 31 games this season have gone over the point total, and 15 of the Cardinal’s 32 games have gone over. The two teams score 150.6 points per game, 4.6 more points than this matchup’s total. Over the past 10 contests, Arizona is 6-4-0 against the spread and 9-1 overall while Stanford has gone 4-6-0 against the spread and 2-8 overall.
To prepare for this showdown in Pac-12 play, here’s everything you need to get ready for Thursday’s college hoops action.
Stanford at Arizona odds, spread and lines
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- Spread: Arizona -15.5
- Total: 146
- Moneyline: Arizona -1695, Stanford +893
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Stanford at Arizona odds, spread, & more
Prediction
Arizona 80, Stanford 63
Moneyline
- The Wildcats have been the moneyline favorite 29 total times this season. They’ve finished 27-2 in those games.
- Arizona has won all 11 games it has played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -1695 or shorter.
- The Wildcats have a 94.4% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
- This season, the Cardinal have been the underdog 17 times and won five, or 29.4%, of those games.
- Stanford has played as an underdog of +893 or more once this season and lost that game.
- The implied probability of a win by the Cardinal based on the moneyline is 10.1%.
Against the spread
- The Wildcats score 16.5 more points per game (84.7) than the Cardinal give up (68.2).
- Arizona has an 18-9-1 record against the spread and a 27-1 record overall when putting up more than 68.2 points.
- Stanford has a 13-14-1 record against the spread and a 15-12 record overall when giving up fewer than 84.7 points.
- The Cardinal’s 65.9 points per game are just 0.8 fewer points than the 66.7 the Wildcats allow to opponents.
- Stanford is 7-7-1 against the spread and 10-4 overall when it scores more than 66.7 points.
- Arizona is 11-4 against the spread and 15-0 overall when it gives up fewer than 65.9 points.
- The Wildcats have totaled 557 more points than their opponents this season (18 per game on average), while the Cardinal have been outscored by 70 total points (2.3 per game average differential).
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Over/Under
- The Wildcats’ average implied point total this season is 0.9 more points than their implied total in Thursday’s game (81.9 implied points on average compared to 81 implied points in this game).
- So far this season, Arizona has outscored its implied point total for this matchup (81) 22 times.
- The Cardinal’s average implied point total on the season (71.7 points) is 6.7 points higher than their implied total in this matchup (65 points).
- So far this season, Stanford has outscored its implied point total for this matchup (65) 17 times.
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