Stanford Cardinal vs Washington Huskies Prediction, 2/15/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Stanford Cardinal vs Washington Huskies

Date: Thursday, February 15, 2024

Location: Alaska Airlines Arena in Seattle, WA

TV: ESPN

The Washington Huskies (13-11) will try to defeat the Stanford Cardinal (12-11) at Alaska Airlines Arena on Thursday.

The Stanford Cardinal stepped onto the hardwood against USC and went home with a win by a final score of 99-68 in their last game. Stanford walked away from the game with a 56.3% FG percentage (36 out of 64) and buried 19 of their 38 three-point attempts. At the free throw line, the Cardinal knocked down 8 of their 10 attempts for a rate of 80.0%. In the matter of rebounding, they collected 39 with 9 of them being of the offensive sort. They also doled out 23 assists for the game while forcing 12 turnovers and having 4 steals. With respect to defense, Stanford allowed the other team to go 44.8% from the field on 26 out of 58 shooting. USC doled out 13 dimes and had 6 steals in this contest. Moreover, USC grabbed 23 boards (5 offensive, 18 defensive), but wasn't able to put a block in the stat sheet. USC finished the game at 47.6% when shooting free throws by converting 10 of their 21 shots. They knocked down 6 of their 20 attempts from beyond the perimeter. Regarding fouls, the Cardinal left the arena with 13 while USC had 12 fouls.

Maxime Raynaud is a guy who was important in this contest. He finished the game at 90.9% from the floor and earned 5 assists. He played for 29 mins and also totaled 9 boards. He racked up 25 points on 10 of 11 shooting.

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Stanford will play this game with a win-loss mark of 12-11 for the campaign. They are averaging 78.8 pts per game (64th in Division 1) while connecting on 47.7% from the floor. The Cardinal are hitting 39.4% on shots from 3-point land (223 of 566) and 74.9% from the charity stripe. As a unit, Stanford is snagging 35.7 boards per game and is sitting with 406 dimes for the season, which ranks 28th in Division 1 in terms of passing the ball. They are turning it over 13.2 times per game and as a unit are committing 15.8 personal fouls per contest.

On the defensive end, the Cardinal have forced 10.7 turnovers per contest while drawing 16.6 fouls. They rank 81st in the nation in giving up assists to their opponents with 281 relinquished on the campaign. The Cardinal defense is allowing and opponent field goal percentage of 44.2% (647 of 1,464) and they surrender 34.8 boards per game as a unit. They are giving up 34.4% on shots from distance while they are 287th in college hoops in points per game allowed (75.8).

When they last stepped on the hardwood, the Washington Huskies got the win with a final of 67-55 against Oregon State. When discussing rebounding, Washington permitted Oregon State to pull down 27 overall (4 offensive). They wrapped up this game 31.8% from 3-point land via 7 out of 22 and ended up shooting 10 of 11 at the free throw line (90.9%). The Huskies allowed Oregon State to bury 19 of 56 tries from the floor which left them with a rate of 33.9% for the game. When the final whistle blew, the Huskies shot 22 out of 52 from the floor which gave them a rate of 42.3%. In relation to shots from distance, Washington converted 8 of their 24 attempts (33.3%). They were able to convert 15 of them for a rate of 75.0%. Oregon State had 18 personal fouls for this contest which took the Huskies to the charity stripe for a total of 20 attempts. They also gave up possession 11 times, while earning 6 steals in this game. The Huskies recorded 27 defensive boards and 7 offensive boards totaling 34 in the matchup.

Keion Brooks pitched in for the Huskies in this contest. He tallied 23 points in his 37 mins of playing time and had 1 assist in this contest. He buried 7 of 14 for the matchup giving him a field goal percentage of 50.0%, and accumulated 9 rebounds.

Washington has a mark of 13-11 on the campaign. The Huskies commit 19.0 personal fouls per game and they shoot 73.0% from the charity stripe. They are assisting teammates 14.5 times per contest (105th in college basketball) and they are turning it over 11.9 times per game. Washington has totaled 1,938 points so far this year (80.8 per game) and they collect 36.2 rebounds per contest. As an offense, the Huskies are hitting on 47.3% from the floor, which is ranked 54th in the nation.

The Huskies are ranked 306th in college basketball in PPG surrendered with 76.7. They are forcing 11.7 TO's per game and have let teams shoot 44.1% from the field (214th in D-1). The Washington defense concedes 33.8% on shots from 3-point land (174 of 515) and opponents are knocking down 68.9% of their free throw shots. They have given up 13.9 assists and 35.4 total rebounds per game, which has them ranked 275th and 215th in the nation.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Washington

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