Arizona Wildcats vs UW Huskies NCAA Lines
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No. 25 Arizona Wildcats vs. No 20 Washington Huskies NCAAB Lines
Date/Time: Thursday, January 19, 10:30 PM ET
Venue: Bank of America Arena, Seattle, WA
Broadcast: FSN
Arizona Wildcats vs. Washington Huskies Betting Lines from JustBet.com
Money Line: Arizona (+425) Washington (-550)
Spread: Washington -9
Over/Under: 153.5
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No. 25 Arizona Wildcats vs. No 20 Washington Huskies Preview
Tonight in the Great Northwest first place in the Pac 10 is at stake when the 20th ranked Washington Huskies (13-4) host the 25th ranked Arizona Wildcats (15-3). NCCA lines have Washington as 9-point favorites in this game with a total of 153.5.
In their last games the Huskies easily beat the California Golden Bears 92-71 on Monday night and the Wildcats beat the beat the Arizona Sun Devils 80-69 on Sunday.
This season both teams have been pretty decent betting teams, as Washington is at 10-5-1 ATS and Arizona is 9-7 ATS. Even though the home team is 5-2 ATS in the last 7 games between these 2 Pac 10 rivals Arizona has covered the spread in 4 of the last 5 games in Washington and the underdog is 4-0 ATS in the last 4 games between the 2.
The Huskies have won 4 straight home games over the Wildcats.
Arizona will have to play solid defense tonight or light up the scoreboard to win this game, as Washington is the 2nd highest scoring team in the nation (87.1 ppg) and in going 9-0 at home this season they are averaging 97.8 ppg.
Both teams are shooting over 48% from the field and each team is shooting around 39% from 3-point land. Can either team play any defense in this game? Arizona is a much better team on defense ranking 50th in the nation in opponents’ points allowed while Washington only ranks 157th.
Arizona has lost 3 straight road games against teams ranked in the top 25 in the nation.
The Wildcats are led by Pac 10 leading scorer Derrick Williams (19.7 ppg), but Arizona has a very well-balanced scoring attack. Williams is the only player averaging in double figures, but the Wildcats have 6 guys that are averaging at least 5 ppg.
5’9” speedy G Isaiah Thomas (16.5 ppg) is the leading scorer for the Huskies, but while he will get his points Arizona may have to worry about the F combo of Matthew Bryan-Amaning (15.2 ppg) and Justin Holiday (12.4 ppg) more. These 2 combined for 45 ppg in the win over California. Both guys are averaging at least 5.5 rpg and they lead the Huskies on the boards, who rank 14th in the nation in rebounds per game. That is a MAJOR concern for Arizona, who only rank 176th in rebounds per game.
Williams is the only player for Arizona averaging over 4.7 rpg and he not only has to play well on offense, but on the boards as well.
Washington ranks 8th in the league in assists per game and the Wildcats must get in the passing lanes and now allow the Huskies to move the ball to open players, especially on the fast break.
Even though Arizona beat Arizona State by 11 points they allowed the Sun Devils to shoot over 52% from the floor and if that happens tonight they will be leaving Washington with a loss.
Last season in Arizona the Wildcats pulled off the upset and beat the 22nd ranked Huskies by 17 points. There will be no upset tonight, as Washington will play a great inside-outside game and they will dominate the boards. UW will not be stopped on offense and the Wildcats will not be able to keep up. The Huskies will win this game easily and cover the 9-point spread and take over first place in the Pac 10.
Betting Trends
Arizona is 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games and 5-2 ATS in their last 7 road games and Washington is 7-1 ATS in their last 8 home games and 5-1-1 ATS in their last 7 games against teams with a winning record.
This will be a high scoring game and the Over is a good pick. Washington has an Over record of 7-2 in their 9 home games this season and in the last 4 meetings between these 2 teams the total has gone Over every time.
Pick: Washington -9
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