Colorado Buffaloes vs Arizona Wildcats Prediction, 1/25/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Colorado Buffaloes vs Arizona Wildcats

Date: Saturday, January 25, 2025

Location: McKale Center in Tucson, AZ

TV: ESPN+

The Arizona Wildcats (12-6) will play the Colorado Buffaloes (9-9) at McKale Center on Saturday.

The Colorado Buffaloes stepped onto the hardwood against BYU and went home with a loss by a final score of 83-67 in their last contest. Colorado ended the game with a 45.7% field goal percentage (21 out of 46) and made 7 of their 19 shots from 3-point land. From the charity stripe, the Buffaloes made 18 of their 27 tries for a rate of 66.7%. With regard to grabbing rebounds, they collected 22 with 7 of them being of the offensive sort. They also recorded 8 assists in this matchup while forcing the other team into 14 turnovers and having 8 steals. In the matter of the defense, Colorado let their opponent shoot 58.5% from the field on 31 of 53 shooting. BYU doled out 16 assists and had 11 steals in this matchup. In addition, BYU grabbed 25 boards (8 offensive, 17 defensive), but wasn't able to put a block in the stat sheet. BYU finished shooting 66.7% at the charity stripe by making 10 of their 15 tries. They also knocked down 11 of their 24 attempts from 3-point land. In regard to personal fouls, the Buffaloes walked away with 12 while BYU finished the game with 22 personal fouls.

Julian Hammond III is one player who came through in the matchup. He finished the game shooting 50.0% from the floor and totaled 2 assists. He was on the hardwood for 28 mins and grabbed 1 board. He scored 17 points on 6 of 12 shooting.

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Colorado will enter this game with a record of 9-9 so far this year. They average 73.3 pts per contest (226th in D-1) while shooting 46.0% from the field. The Buffaloes are shooting 34.2% on 3-pointers (125 of 366) and 76.3% from the free throw line. As a unit, Colorado is grabbing 35.2 rebounds per game and is sitting with 281 assists on the campaign, which has them ranked 117th in D-1 in terms of passing the ball. They lose possession by turning the ball over 15.1 times per game and as a group they are committing 16.3 personal fouls per game.

When they are on the defensive end, the Buffaloes are able to force 11.9 turnovers every game and they draw 19.6 fouls. They are ranked 82nd in college hoops in allowing assists to the opposition with 218 relinquished on the campaign. The Buffaloes are allowing a FG percentage of 42.8% (454 of 1,060) and they surrender 32.6 boards per contest as a team. They are relinquishing 33.3% on shots from beyond the perimeter and they are ranked 209th in college in points per game allowed (72.2).

The last time they took the court, the Arizona Wildcats walked away with a victory by a final of 92-78 when they played Oklahoma State. The Wildcats were able to corral 24 defensive boards and 8 offensive boards totaling 32 for the contest. They coughed it up 8 times, while earning 10 steals for this game. Oklahoma State had 21 personal fouls for the matchup which took the Wildcats to the free throw line for 23 attempts. They were able to convert 18 of the free throw attempts for a rate of 78.3%. Regarding 3-point attempts, Arizona made 10 of 25 attempts (40.0%). Overall, the Wildcats walked away from this one shooting 32 for 57 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 56.1%. The Wildcats permitted Oklahoma State to make 25 out of 54 attempts from the floor which had them at 46.3% for this game. They finished shooting 43.5% from beyond the arc by connecting on 10 of 23 and ended up going 18 out of 24 from the charity stripe (75.0%). When it comes to rebounds, Arizona permitted Oklahoma State to snag 22 in total (7 offensive).

Caleb Love ended up being a factor for the Wildcats in this contest. He made 10 out of 17 in this game giving him a field goal percentage of 58.8%, and added 5 rebounds. He tallied 27 points in his 36 mins on the hardwood and totaled 3 dimes for the game.

Arizona has a record of 12-6 so far this year. As an offensive unit, the Wildcats are hitting on 48.3% from the field, which has them ranked 41st in the country. Arizona has accumulated 1,493 pts on the campaign (82.9 per game) and they pull in 40.0 boards per game. They are earning an assist 16.8 times per contest (38th in college) and they turn it over 11.4 times per game. The Wildcats are committing 16.6 fouls per contest and they go 75.0% from the free throw line.

The Wildcats on the defensive side of the court are 109th in college in points allowed per contest with 69.2. They have forced 13.0 turnovers per game and have let teams shoot 40.0% from the floor (36th in Division 1). The Arizona defense gives up 31.8% on shots from behind the 3-point line (149 of 469) and their opponents are converting on 70.2% of their foul shots. They have surrendered 13.1 dimes and 32.7 boards per contest, ranking them 185th and 89th in Division 1.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Colorado

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