College Basketball Betting – (7) Arizona at Colorado

(7) Arizona Wildcats (-10.5) at Colorado Buffaloes

Since being upset by Arizona State in early February, the No. 7 Arizona Wildcats (24-3, 12-2 Pac-12) have won four straight in dominant fashion. Tonight (9:00 p.m. Eastern), the Wildcats head to Boulder to face the Colorado Buffaloes (12-14, 5-9 Pac-12), losers of five of their last six.

After the loss to the Sun Devils, the Wildcats posted three straight 20+-point wins, pummeling Washington (86-62 on the road), Washington State (86-59 on the road), and USC (87-57 at home). UCLA put up a bit more of a fight on Saturday, but Arizona still prevailed by double-digits (57-47).

Gabe York had 13 points off the bench for Arizona, while fellow reserve Dusan Ristic added 12 on 4/4 shooting. But, as a team, the Wildcats shot just 34-percent from the floor against UCLA.

“We won tonight because we had two players who were not starters come in and contribute in massive ways,” said Arizona coach Sean Miller after the game.

The Buffaloes are third-last in the Pac-12 and have lost two in a row heading into tonight’s game (at Oregon and at Oregon State).

“We just didn’t have that fight, that competitiveness,” said Colorado coach Tad Boyle after the setback against the Beavers.

Colorado did manage a win in its last home game, though, downing Stanford 64-58. The team is 4-3 at home in conference play.

Tonight’s game will be second meeting of the year; in mid-January upended Colorado 68-54 in Tucson. The Wildcats are double-digit favorites (10.5) for tonight’s game, as well, even though it’s in Boulder.

The Wildcats are 8-2 ATS in their last ten games as a favorite, and 4-1 ATS in their last five road games. The Buffaloes are 1-5 ATS in their last six games overall. Head-to-head, Arizona is 7-3 straight up in its last ten against Colorado, but the teams are an even 5-5 ATS.

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