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2020 Pac-12 College Basketball Tournament odds and betting futures

Analyzing the 2020 Pac-12 Tournament odds and futures, with sports betting picks, tips and best bets.

The 2020 Pac-12 Conference Tournament starts Wednesday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The tournament features four games Wednesday, and four more battles Thursday. The Oregon Ducks earned the No. 1 overall seed in the tournament, while UCLA, Arizona State and USC also secured first-round byes as the next three top seeds. Below, we look at the futures odds to win the Pac-12 tournament, which has eight teams tipping off the action Wednesday.

Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated Wednesday, March 11 at 10:20 a.m. ET.

2020 Pac-12 odds: Oregon Ducks (+175)

Regular season record: (24-7, 13-5 Pac-12)

The Ducks were the class of the Pac-12, scratching out a regular-season conference title. While that’s all well and good, they were a perfect 17-0 at home, but just 7-7 in their 14 games either on the road or on a neutral-site court. Oregon rolls into the tourney on a 4-0 straight up and against the spread run, and they’re 6-1 SU/ATS across their past seven games, with only a loss at Arizona State in the mix.

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G Payton Pritchard is a stud, rolling up 20.5 points and 5.5 assists per game this season. The Ducks are among the best 3-point shooting teams in the nation, hitting at a 39.6% clip from behind the arc.

The FAVORITE IS WORTH A BET AT +175, as Oregon is playing better ball than anyone in the conference.

2020 Pac-12 odds: Arizona Wildcats (+340)

Regular-season record: (20-11, 10-8 Pac-12)

The Wildcats have rather short odds considering they stumbled hard down the stretch. Arizona dropped four of its final five regular-season games, also going 1-4 ATS during the run.

There is just no value here, as the Wildcats are ice cold. ARIZONA IS A TERRIBLE PLAY AT +340, AVOID.

2020 Pac-12 odds: Colorado Buffaloes (+350)

Regular-season record: (21-10, 10-8 Pac-12)

The Buffaloes were at or near the top of the Pac-12 standings all season, but they ended the campaign on a four-game skid, and they failed to cover in five straight and eight of their final nine games. Confidence is EXTREMELY low they’ll win one game in the tourney, let alone a championship. AVOID.

2020 Pac-12 odds: UCLA Bruins (+600)

Regular-season record: (19-12, 12-6 Pac-12)

The Bruins really got their act together down the stretch, winning seven in a row before losing a defensive nail-biter at USC in the regular-season finale. The Bruins might need a win to feel more confident on Selection Sunday, and it’s possible this team is one of the First Four teams. A conference title would go a long way in seeding, and they’re playing the second-best basketball of anyone in the conference besides Oregon. A SMALL-UNIT PLAY AT +600 IS WARRANTED.

2020 Pac-12 odds: Arizona State Sun Devils (+800)

Regular-season record: (20-11, 11-7 Pac-12)

The Sun Devils dropped three in a row at UCLA, at USC and at home against lowly Washington, splashing cold water on their momentum after a seven-game winning streak from Feb. 1-22. The Sun Devils are a very mediocre team who will be NIT-bound barring a championship. It’s not happening. AVOID.

2020 Pac-12 odds: USC Trojans (+1200)

Regular-season record: (22-9, 11-7 Pac-12)

The Trojans are a tremendous sleeper most people give little credit. They rattled off a three-game winning streak against Arizona, Arizona State and UCLA to close out the season, and if you’re looking for a mid-tier value, they’re it. They lost their only meeting against Oregon in Eugene Jan. 23, but they took the Ducks to overtime before falling 79-70. USC IS A TREMENDOUS VALUE WITH UPSIDE AT +1200.

2020 Pac-12 odds: Stanford Cardinal (+1500)

Regular-season record: (20-11, 9-9 Pac-12)

The Cardinal split the season series with Oregon, they split with Colorado and they also had a win at UCLA, while losing an OT thriller at USC. Stanford has a strong defense, and it slows it down with a methodical offense. The Cardinal are a good 3-point shooting team when they do hoist them up, and they’re accurate from the floor. A SMALL-UNIT PLAY AT +1500 ISN’T A WASTE OF MONEY.

2020 Pac-12 odds: Oregon State Beavers (+5000)

Regular-season record: (17-13, 7-11 Pac-12)

The Beavers topped the top-seeded Ducks by a 63-53 count, but could they do it in Vegas? They were swept by Arizona State, but played them tough, too. The Beavers can hang around and be a pain, but they’re likely one-and-done after running out of steam in the second half. AVOID.

2020 Pac-12 odds: Washington Huskies (+5000)

Regular-season record: (15-16, 5-13 Pac-12)

Washington stunned Arizona State and Arizona on the road to close out the regular season, and has the talent to give anyone fits, but can they go 4-for-4 to win a title? Nah. AVOID.

2020 Pac-12 odds: Utah Utes (+7000)

Regular-season record: (16-14, 7-11 Pac-12)

The Utes ended the season on a high note, adding to Colorado’s woes. They upset USC Feb. 23, but they also lost to California, and were dusted by Oregon State. Utah is too inconsistent, thus the long odds. AVOID.

2020 Pac-12 odds: Washington State Cougars (+7000)

Regular-season record: (15-16, 6-12 Pac-12)

The Cougs closed the season on a 1-6 SU/3-4 ATS run in the final seven regular-season games. They have wins against Arizona State, Oregon and UCLA this season, but they were also swept by Cal and Stanford. AVOID.

2020 Pac-12 odds: California Bears (+8000)

Regular-season record: (13-18, 7-11 Pac-12)

The Bears won just three of their final 10 games, and they closed out the season with a 24-point loss in Oregon and 18-point loss in Oregon State. There’s a reason they have the worst odds. They’re skidding hard. AVOID.

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Oregon State’s Bandon Dunes title a result of precision and patience

The Bandon Dunes Championship title is maybe the result of a new way of thinking in the Oregon State camp.

Oregon State junior Spencer Tibbits opened the final round of the Bandon Dunes Championship with back-to-back birdies at Pacific Dunes. It started a charge that ended with an eight-shot Oregon State victory on Tuesday, the Beavers’ third team title of the season. Fans across the country saw those birdies on a tournament livestream and Golfstat posted them nearly instantly.

Oregon State head coach Jon Reehorn only knew about them because he got a text from his brother.

“Spencer stuffed it on the first hole,” the first text read.

Then the follow-up, “Spencer stuffed it on the next hole.”

The pull to Golfstat can be strong for a college coach in the heat of a final round. Inhale, exhale, refresh, repeat. If the results are so readily available, why not access them? Reehoorn didn’t succumb because he wanted to honor the message he was sending his players. In fact, he didn’t look at live scoring all week at Bandon Dunes until the 16th hole on Tuesday, but that’s not particularly unusual for Reehoorn. He hardly lives and dies by live scoring.

“I wanted the guys to be about the process so if I was asking them to do it,” he said, “I needed to do it, too.”

Bandon Dunes Championship: Team Leaderboard | Individual

At the end of the day, Reehoorn was proud of his players’ precision – particularly with irons in their hands – and mental toughness. Oregon State took a six-shot lead into the final day and gradually pulled away in the final round for an eight-shot victory at 11 under. Washington (3 under) and Oregon (2 over) were the next closest teams. UCLA junior Devon Bling won the individual title at 5 under.

The Bandon Dunes title is maybe the result of a new way of thinking in the Oregon State camp. The Beavers won twice in the fall, including at their home event. Expectations went up.

“I think it just kind of meant a little too much for us the first two events and even for myself,” Reehoorn said. “The last 10 days in practice, I really just tried to get the guys to focus on their process, understanding what makes them play their best golf and be about that.”

The Bandon Dunes victory could revive Oregon State’s season. Ranked No. 26 after the fall, Oregon State dropped to No. 45 after finishing 17th at the Amer Ari in Hawaii and T-11 at the Prestige. With postseason approaching, it will offer a big boost, anyway.

Reehoorn hand-picked his entire lineup for Bandon Dunes, which is something he’s never done in more than a decade coaching. It was another move designed to make his team less fixated on results.

In the fall, everyone qualifies. A top-20 finish typically exempts a player into the lineup for the next event. But Reehoorn remembers playing college golf (initially, as a walk-on) at Washington State and struggling with that concept.

“I was a horrible qualifier. Once I got in the lineup, I never really left the lineup and my coach trusted in me so he just always kept me in there. That’s kind of always stuck with me.”

On the other hand, his mentor Matt Thurmond, the head coach at Arizona State (under whom Reehoorn coached during a stint as an assistant at Washington), decides every spot through qualifying. Reehoorn had tried to find a happy medium between those approaches.

“The reason we went with all picks was because I knew we needed to play well, but I also really felt like the guys needed to stop worrying about their score and just go play golf,”  he said.

Every man delivered at Bandon. Three players finished in the top 5 and all five starters were in the top 34.

Freshman Jackson Lake, who struggled to break into the lineup in the fall, delivered a tie for 18th in just his second time out as a starter. Reehoorn thought Lake might pan out like he once did – get in the lineup and never leave. Lake struggled to an opening 77 at last month’s Prestige but backed it up with rounds of 66-69.

“Once he did that, he’s become a guy we can count on and that’s been huge for us.”

As for Tibbits, a major factor for the Beavers, most of Tuesday was spent with a camera close by. Reehoorn thinks he played better because of it. The reigning Oregon Amateur champion qualified for the U.S. Open last summer and missed the cut at Pebble Beach by one shot.

“I think Spencer has a game that he can play on really difficult golf courses.”

Oregon State, as a whole, can do difficult things, too.

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Oregon State will take six-shot lead into final round at Bandon Dunes Championship

After two rounds at Bandon Dunes Resort’s Pacific Dunes Course, the Beavers lead the Bandon Dunes Championship by six shots.

Oregon State is on familiar turf this week in the Pacific Northwest. After two rounds at Bandon Dunes Resort’s Pacific Dunes Course, the Beavers lead the Bandon Dunes Championship by six shots. Oregon State, at 10 under, is the only team that has made it to double-digits under par at this point, but Oregon is close behind at 4 under.

Both teams posted 7-under 277 in the second round.

“Overall another really good job by the team today,” Oregon State coach Jon Reehoorn said. “We had some moments where we ran into some trouble, but they were not fazed by it and responded really nice.

“We’ve been in this position on a few occasions this year, and the message to the team will be to simply do what we do.”

Bandon Dunes Championship: Team Leaderboard | Individual

The Beavers won twice this fall, including at their own event at Trysting Tree Golf Club in Corvallis. This spring, Oregon State’s road has been as difficult as anyone’s. Starts at the Amer Ari and the Prestige preceded the trip to Bandon Dunes.

Oregon State is No. 45 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings.

Sophomore Carson Barry, the reigning Idaho Amateur champion and a PNGA Amateur semifinalist, is 4 under through 36 holes and only one shot off the lead. He’s sandwiched by familiar names. UCLA junior Devon Bling, runner-up at the 2019 U.S. Amateur, is 5 under and among three players tied for first. That group also includes Utah’s Axel Einarsson and Seattle’s Nathan Cogswell.

UCLA is seventh in the team race at 10 over.

A five-man group at 2 under (T-7) includes San Jose State senior Sean Yu, who last month teed it up at the Genesis Invitational after earning an exemption in a Monday collegiate showcase. Yu eagled his opening hole on Monday, the par-5 12th. His 6-under 65 was the best score from any player in the second round.

Oregon State junior Spencer Tibbits is also part of that tie for seventh. Tibbits, who qualified for the U.S. Open last summer, finished no worse than T-3 individually in three full-field fall starts, including a T-1 at the Husky Invitational to start the year.

Tibbits most recently finished T-21 at the Prestige.

The tournament concludes on Wednesday, and the final round will be live-streamed on Golfweek.com.

BANDON DUNES CHAMPIONSHIP: Watch the final round LIVE on Tuesday, March 10. Part of College Golf Live’s 2020 Spring Series.

 

Jon Kitna’s son, Jalen, receives offer from Oregon State

Jalen Kitna, the son of former Seattle Seahawks quarterback Jon Kitna, received a scholarship offer to play quarterback at Oregon State.

Jon Kitna’s football career started in nearby Tacoma, before continuing at Central Washington University and eventually landing him in the NFL with the Seattle Seahawks.

It wasn’t until he was 28 years old and in his fifth NFL season that he played somewhere outside of the state of Washington, in 2001 when he started for the Cincinnati Bengals.

The same story will not be told for his son, Jalen Kitna, who stars at Reedy High School in Frisco, Texas and is among the 20 best quarterback recruits in the Class of 2021.

Kitna certainly won’t follow in his dads footsteps at Central, but he recently visited Oregon State University and received a scholarship offer – so there’s at least a chance he plays some of his college games in Washington.

“I really liked it,” Kitna said. “The whole offensive staff was there to meet me and I really feel like they are a great coaching staff that does it right.”

Kitna originally committed to Boston College last summer, but has reopened his plans and has now received offers from a ton of big name schools, including Florida, Yale, Arizona, Colorado, Tennessee and Georgia Tech.

Kitna may not take the same path to the NFL as his dad, but he’ll hope to have the same level of success after Jon played 14 seasons and threw for just under 30,000 total yards, with 7,552 of them coming in a Seahawks uniform.

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Arizona State-Oregon State odds: Sun Devils small road favorite

Previewing Saturday’s Arizona State Sun Devils at Oregon State Beavers college football matchup, with NCAA football betting odds, picks and best bets

The Arizona State Sun Devils (5-4, 2-4 Pac-12 South), on the road for the final time this season, visit the Oregon State Beavers (4-5, 3-3 Pac-12 North) Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET (on FS1).

We analyze the Arizona State-Oregon State odds and betting lines, while providing college football betting tips and advice on this matchup.

Arizona State at Oregon State: Three things you need to know

1. ASU freshman QB Jayden Daniels will return to the starting lineup after missing the last game against USC.

2. The Sun Devils have lost three straight conference games.

3. The Beavers have only won once this season at home.

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Arizona State at Oregon State: Odds, betting lines and picks

Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated Friday at 9 a.m. ET.

Prediction

Arizona State 31, Oregon State 20

Moneyline (ML)

Oregon State is suddenly playing better but still is a 4-5 team, having lost four of five at home. They offer value at +120, but the SUN DEVILS are the smarter bet at -143.

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Against the Spread (ATS)

The SUN DEVILS have not been a good bet against the spread. They are favored by 2.5 (-121) on the road, but have covered the spread only three times all season.

Oregon State, on the other hand, is 6-3 against the spread. However, the Arizona State defense should hold up and RB Eno Benjamin should be able to be the workhorse, as the Beavers allow over 192 rushing yards per game.

Lay the points with ASU.

Over/Under (O/U)

The total is set at 57.5 points, which is high. Both teams have hit the under in five of their nine games this season. The two teams combine to average 53 points. That is right about where Saturday’s game will end.

Take the UNDER (-115).

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4 takeaways from Oklahoma’s 77-69 win over Oregon State

After a slow start, a huge lead and a close finish, Oklahoma improves to 3-0 on the season with a win over Oregon State.

After a slow start, a huge lead and a close finish, Oklahoma improves to 3-0 on the season with a win over Oregon State.

The Sooners’ 77-69 victory over is the Beavers’ first loss of the season.

THIS TEAM IS FUN

When the Sooners are clicking, they are a really fun group to watch. Oklahoma showed off their athleticism, shooting abilities and defensive prowess against the Beavers. It did not matter who was out there, once the Sooners found their groove, they were going to score.

Four Sooners finished the game in double digits with Kristian Doolittle leading the way with 19 points.

austin reaves is a walking heat check

Austin Reaves is really going to hurt an opposing fan base one day. The transfer from Wichita State was 5-9  from three point range, finishing the game with 17 points and one rebound.

KRISITAN DOOLITTLE CONTINUES TO IMPROVE

In his second game back from suspension for playing in an unsanctioned summer league (a suspension in which ESPN commentator, Jay Bilas ripped the NCAA for), Doolittle looked like he does when he plays to his full ability.

Doolittle was the Sooners’ leading scorer and rebounder with 19 points and a career high, 16 boards. Six of those points came from deep as Doolittle tickled both times he shot behind the arc.

Aside from his 19 and 16 efforts, Doolittle also had three assists in his 32 minutes.

FULL TEAM WIN

Not just the starters got in on the action. Kur Kuath, Jalen Hill, Victor Iwuakor and Alondes Williams all posted stats against the Beavers. For what they lacked with their 18 combined points, they made up for in play that be kept with numbers. The Sooners kept Oregon State relatively quiet, forcing the Beavers on multiple minute-long scoreless streaks.

Oklahoma’s next game is Monday, November 18, against William & Mary at the Lloyd Noble Center. The game will be broadcasted on Fox Sports Southwest. Tip-off is set for 6pm CT.

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