The No. 10 Gonzaga Bulldogs (12-3, 1-0 WCC) meet the San Francisco Dons (11-6, 0-2) Thursday at War Memorial at the Sobrato Center. Tip-off is scheduled for 11 p.m. ET (ESPN2). Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the Gonzaga vs. San Francisco odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and bets.
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The Bulldogs roughed up Pepperdine last time out on Saturday by a 111-88 score while covering a 21-point number in their West Coast Conference opener. The Over has cashed in 4 in a row for Gonzaga.
The Dons have opened the conference slate with a pair of losses and non-covers at Santa Clara (79-67, last Thursday) and home to San Diego (80-68, Sunday) with the Under cashing in each of the past 3 games overall.
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Gonzaga at San Francisco odds
Provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 7:48 a.m. ET.
- Moneyline (ML): Off the board (OTB)
- Against the spread (ATS): Gonzaga -10.5 (-105) | San Francisco +10.5 (-115)
- Over/Under (O/U): 156.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
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Gonzaga at San Francisco picks and predictions
Prediction
Gonzaga 86, San Francisco 73
Moneyline
The moneyline is off the board at the time of publishing, but Gonzaga will be a very heavy favorite when it opens and won’t be worth pursuing anyway. A long-term betting strategy playing heavy favorites like that will lead to plenty of wins, but a losing money total over the long haul.
Against the spread
GONZAGA -10.5 (-105) is worth playing, as San Francisco is winless inside the conference against the likes of Santa Clara and San Diego. It isn’t going to give the 10th-ranked Zags a scare.
While the Bulldogs are 5-16-3 ATS in the past 24 games overall, Gonzaga has cashed at an 8-3-1 ATS clip across its last 12 games on the road.
The favorite is also 3-1-1 ATS in the past 5 meetings and the road team is 3-0-1 ATS in the past 4 in the series.
Over/Under
OVER 156.5 (-110) is the play in this WCC battle.
The Over has cashed in 4 in a row for Gonzaga while going 19-7 in the past 26 road games against teams with a winning road record.
While the Under has dominated lately for San Francisco, including 4-1 in the past 5 games overall, the Over is 14-6 in the past 20 games for the Dons against teams with a winning overall record.
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