The No. 9 Arizona Wildcats will try to stretch their winning streak to seven in a row on Wednesday when they take on the struggling Colorado Buffaloes in Boulder.
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HOW THE ARIZONA WILDCATS CAN COVER THE SPREAD
Arizona didn't play a game over the weekend and the last time we saw the Wildcats, they blitzed Arizona St. by 38 points last Wednesday. The Wildcats shot 57.1 percent from the field and outrebounded the Sun Devils by a staggering 23 rebounds en route to the decisive 99-61 victory.
Allonzo Trier led all scorers for Arizona with 20 points and also grabbed eight rebounds but no Wildcat played more than 30 minutes in the rout. Trier is averaging 14.8 points per game and is the third leading scorer on the Wildcats.
Rebounding and offensive efficiency have been the hallmarks to Arizona's success this year with the leaders in this respect being Ryan Anderson and Kaleb Tarczewski.
Anderson is hitting 57.7 percent of his shots and pulling down 10.2 rebounds per game, while Tarczewski is shooting 54.8 percent from the floor and collecting nine rebounds a night. With these two big men, it's rare that the Wildcats get beaten on the glass in any game.
HOW THE COLORADO BUFFALOES CAN COVER THE SPREAD
Colorado needs a win here after losing both games against the Los Angeles schools last week. The Buffaloes blew a first half lead in a close loss at USC but got their doors blown off when they played UCLA on Saturday. Colorado is currently listed as one of Joe Lunardi's Last Four Byes to not have to play in the play-in games and desperately needs a win to remain that way.
Josh Scott is the leading scorer and rebounder for the Buffaloes with 16.4 PPG and 8.9 RPG. Scott played well against USC, but his struggles against UCLA reflected the rest of the team. He was held out of the team's home stand two week ago with a sprained ankle, but should be good to go in this one.
One of the few Buffaloes players to record a good game against the Bruins was Xavier Talton who went 4-of-6 from behind the three point line and also added four rebounds and five assists. Talton and Scott will both need good games for the Buffaloes to knock off the Wildcats on Wednesday.
ANALYSIS AND ODDS PREDICTION
Like the rest of the Pac-12, Arizona isn't nearly as good on the road as it is at home. However, the Wildcats are the only team with a winning conference record away from home with a 5-3 mark. Arizona also covered five of those games and own a 15-12 ATS mark overall.
The Buffaloes are 14-1 overall at home this season but just 2-2 ATS in their last four in Boulder. Colorado was unable to cover spreads in their wins against Washington and Washington State two weeks ago, but cruised in wins against Stanford and California prior to that.
Colorado has already played the other two ranked teams in conference at home and split the games, winning against No. 13 Oregon and losing by two to No. 22 Utah.
For whatever reason, Boulder has given opposing players fits this NCAAB season; maybe it's the atmosphere or maybe it's the altitude, but the Buffaloes play really well at home.
Meanwhile, Arizona already has surprising road losses to California, USC and UCLA and the only two teams it could beat handily away from home were the two worst teams in the Pac-12, Arizona State and Washington State.
Look for Colorado to play well and grab another big win at home.
Colorado 72, Arizona 68
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