Last Updated on January 29, 2009 12:44 pm by Anthony Rome
The 11-5 California Golden Bears travel to Los Angeles to take on the 15-4 UCLA Bruins. Let’s take a look at the odds, trends, injuries and hand out a College Basketball Free Pick for this matchup.
Tip off: 10:30PM ET
Odds: Oddsmakers from online sports book Sports Interaction have made UCLA an 8.5-point favorite.
Over/Under Total: 139.5
Public Betting Information: TheSpread.com public betting page shows that 69% of public bettors like California +9 over UCLA tonight.
Top Public Betting Trends:
All games in this series since 1997
CALIFORNIA is 15-11 against the spread versus UCLA since 1997
UCLA is 16-10 straight up against CALIFORNIA since 1997
10 of 18 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1997
Games over the last 3 seasons
UCLA is 3-3 against the spread versus CALIFORNIA over the last 3 seasons
UCLA is 5-1 straight up against CALIFORNIA over the last 3 seasons
4 of 6 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 season
All games played at UCLA since 1997
CALIFORNIA is 7-4 against the spread versus UCLA since 1997
UCLA is 8-3 straight up against CALIFORNIA since 1997
4 of 7 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1997
Games played at UCLA over the last 3 seasons.
CALIFORNIA is 2-0 against the spread versus UCLA over the last 3 seasons
UCLA is 2-0 straight up against CALIFORNIA over the last 3 seasons
2 of 2 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
Key Injuries:
CALIFORNIA
[C] 11/28/2008 – Taylor Harrison is out indefinitely. ( Knee )
UCLA
[G] 12/13/2008 – Mustafa Abdul-Hamid is expected to miss the rest of the season. (Wrist)
Free Pick: Our free pick for this game is OVER. Four of seven games in this series have gone over the total since 1997 and more recently, 2 of 2 games in this series have gone over the total over the last three seasons.
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Posted: 1/29/09 2:30PM ET