The Colorado Buffaloes (12-9, 4-6 Pac-12) and Oregon Ducks (11-9, 5-4) meet Thursday night in Eugene. Tip at Matthew Knight Arena is at 9 p.m. ET (Pac-12 Network). Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the Colorado vs. Oregon odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and bets.
Colorado snapped a 3-game losing skid with a 58-55 win over Washington State Sunday, but failed to cover as 5.5-point favorites. The against-the-spread (ATS) loss was their 4th in a row. Over those last 4 games, the Buffs have shot an anemic 24.6% from 3-point range.
The Ducks last played on Saturday, getting upset 71-64 as a -4 favorite at Stanford. Oregon is 2-2 in its last 4 home games. One of those losses was against 12-point underdog Utah Valley while 1 of the wins was against then-No. 9 Arizona.
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Colorado at Oregon odds
Provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 11:09 a.m. ET.
- Moneyline: Colorado +210 (bet $100 to win $210) | Oregon -290 (bet $290 to win $100)
- Against the spread (ATS): Colorado +6.5 (-115) | Oregon -6.5 (-105)
- Over/Under (O/U): 136.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
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Colorado at Oregon picks and predictions
Prediction
Oregon 73, Colorado 70
Moneyline
PASS.
Unless you think Colorado can win, this is unplayable.
Against the spread
The Ducks were bludgeoned 68-41 by the Buffaloes in Boulder on Jan. 5, and CU has gone 3-1 ATS in the last 4 games of this series.
The last 2 times Oregon has played a game off a 4-day rest interval (1 was that Jan. 5 game), the Ducks logged ATS losses by margins of 20-plus points. The lean isn’t that heavy on Colorado here, but the Buffs can defend — and have shown marked improvement in that end of late — and they are a low-confidence pick to keep this game within 1 score.
Consider a partial-unit play on COLORADO +6.5 (-110).
Over/Under
Colorado is just 1-5 SU on the road. The Over is 20-6 in Oregon’s last 26 home games against opponents that own a .400 road mark or worse.
Look for enough of a scoring bump in 2nd-chance, turnover-transition and free-throw points to push this game into the 140s.
The lean here is relatively small; consider a partial-unity play on the OVER 138.5 (-110).
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