The turkey will be finished, the pumpkin pie will be devoured, and the NFL games will be over with, but that doesn't mean you've reached your last opportunity to make some good money on Thanksgiving Day. The evening wraps up at Titan Gym in the Wooden Legacy Tournament with the Santa Clara Broncos squaring off against the Arizona Wildcats.
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HOW THE SANTA CLARA BRONCOS CAN COVER THE SPREAD
It's a really tough uphill climb here for the Broncos, who are sure to be massive underdogs in this game. They haven't won a game yet this year, and that isn't likely to change with a game against UC Irvine on Monday night.
The bottom line is that they just have to figure out how to score some points in this one, something that they haven't done well all season long. Going into the game with the Anteaters, they've averaged 56.0 points per game and have shot 36.6 percent from the field.
K.J. Feagin and Nate Kratch have shot well from the inside, but when leading scorer Jared Brownridge is shooting just 32.7 percent from the floor and 22.7 percent from downtown, you've got real problems.
Furthermore, Santa Clara has to figure out how to hold onto the basketball. This is a team averaging just 19.5 made field goals per game against 14.0 turnovers per game. That's a miserable ratio which is unforgivable, and no matter how big the spread is, anything less than a 2:1 ratio of made field goals to turnovers is a sure sign of a failed attempt at a spread.
HOW THE ARIZONA WILDCATS CAN COVER THE SPREAD
Arizona has already had to lay double figures in four games this year, and it has managed to go just 1-3 ATS in spite of the fact that it has won all four games by relatively comfortable margins.
The common thread in the reason for the lack of covers is lousy shooting in general. The Wildcats haven't shot better than 40 percent in any game this year from beyond the arc, and they only have one game with better than 50 percent shooting from the field.
Keep an eye on Ryan Anderson as well. He didn't play in the team's last game against Northwestern State. He's expected to be back from his ankle sprain on Thursday, and he'll have to play a big role in this one to give the Wildcats a shot to cover.
ANALYSIS AND ODDS PREDICTION
Arizona is one of the best teams in America, but it has a lot of rebuilding to do in order to have a shot at another deep run in the dance. The top four scorers from a year ago are all gone, and Kaleb Tarczewski hasn't really come on strong in his senior year as was expected.
Eventually, we think Gabe York, Anderson and the crew will come together to become one of the best teams in the Pac-12.
The U of A will win this game because Santa Clara is just not nearly as talented, but this will be yet another game where underdog bettors will find success against the Wildcats.
Arizona 79, Santa Clara 60
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