Colorado Buffaloes vs California Golden Bears Prediction, 2/17/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Colorado Buffaloes vs California Golden Bears

Date: Thursday, February 17, 2022

Location: Haas Pavilion in Berkeley, CA

TV: PAC12

Haas Pavilion is the location where the California Golden Bears (11-15) will take on the Colorado Buffaloes (16-9) on Thursday.

The Colorado Buffaloes took the court against Oregon State and went home with a win by a final score of 90-64 in their last game. In the matter of fouls, the Buffaloes ended up finishing with 11 while Oregon State racked up 17 fouls. They also made 3 out of their 19 tries from 3-point land. Oregon State ended up shooting 71.4% from the charity stripe by knocking down 5 of their 7 attempts. Moreover, Oregon State grabbed 23 boards (4 offensive, 19 defensive), but wasn't able to put a block in the stat sheet. Oregon State doled out 16 assists and had 8 steals in the matchup. Regarding defending, Colorado allowed the other team to shoot 44.4% from the field on 28 out of 63 shooting. They also doled out 20 assists in this game while forcing 11 turnovers and having 5 steals. In regard to grabbing rebounds, they earned a total of 42 with 11 of them being on the offensive end. At the free throw line, the Buffaloes made 18 of their 22 tries for a rate of 81.8%. Colorado wrapped up the game having earned a 50.0% field goal percentage (31 of 62) and converted 10 out of their 21 shots from beyond the perimeter.

Jabari Walker is one guy who was a major contributor for the matchup. He went 50.0% from the field and also totaled 2 assists. He was on the court for 33 minutes and snagged 15 boards. He ended up with 24 points on 6 of 12 shooting.

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Colorado will play this contest with a win-loss mark of 16-9 so far this year. They lose possession via turnover 14.3 times per contest and as a group they are committing 15.6 personal fouls per contest. As a unit, Colorado is pulling in 37.6 boards per contest and has accumulated 335 assists for the campaign, which ranks 153rd in D-1 in terms of passing the ball. The Buffaloes are connecting on 35.9% on shots beyond the perimeter (161 of 449) and 74.8% from the charity stripe. They are averaging 70.3 pts per contest (204th in the nation) while connecting on 44.2% from the floor.

On the defensive end, the Buffaloes are forcing 12.1 turnovers per contest and they draw 19.2 fouls. They give up 31.9% on 3-pointers while they are 115th in D-1 in points per game from their opponents (66.6). The Buffaloes defensively are giving up an opponent FG percentage of 41.6% (610 of 1,465) and they surrender 31.8 rebounds per game as a unit. They currently rank 70th in college basketball in giving up assists to their opponents with 272 relinquished on the year.

In their last game, the California Golden Bears took home the win by a final score of 78-64 against Oregon. In the matter of team rebounding, California permitted Oregon to get 29 overall (9 on the offensive side). They finished shooting 18.5% from downtown by connecting on 5 of 27 and ended up shooting 15 of 23 from the charity stripe (65.2%). The Golden Bears permitted Oregon to convert 22 out of their 58 attempts from the field which gave them a rate of 37.9% for the game. At the conclusion of this game, the Golden Bears walked away from this one shooting 26 out of 50 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 52.0%. Concerning shots from distance, California converted 6 of 17 attempts (35.3%). They were able to convert 20 of the free throw attempts for a rate of 83.3%. Oregon committed 19 fouls for the contest which took the Golden Bears to the free throw line for 24 shots. They coughed up the ball 14 times, while earning 7 steals for this contest. The Golden Bears recorded 31 defensive rebounds and 4 offensive rebounds for a total of 35 for this contest.

Andre Kelly was important for the Golden Bears in this matchup. He totaled 12 points in his 23 mins of playing time and accounted for 2 dimes for the matchup. He buried 6 of 8 for this game giving him a rate of 75.0%, and had 5 rebounds.

California has a mark of 11-15 on the campaign. As an offensive team, the Golden Bears are hitting on 43.3% from the field, which is ranked 223rd in college basketball. California has accumulated 1,681 pts on the year (64.7 per game) and they pull in 35.2 rebounds per contest. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 10.6 times per contest (331st in college basketball) and they are giving up possession 11.4 times per game. The Golden Bears commit 16.0 personal fouls every game and they shoot 73.2% from the free throw line.

The Golden Bears defensively are ranked 94th in the country in points given up per game with 66.1. They are forcing 9.6 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 41.9% from the field (125th in Division 1). The California defense concedes 31.1% on shots from 3-point land (165 of 530) and their opposition knocks down 75.2% of their free throw attempts. They have relinquished 9.7 dimes and 33.3 boards on a nightly basis, which is 11th and 102nd in college hoops.

Who will win tonight's NCAA basketball game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Colorado

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