It looked like the sky was falling early this season in Westwood. The team was losing, players were transferring out, eligibility issues – but things have calmed. <\/p>\n
UCLA Bruins (15-4) vs Arizona Wildcats (16-1)<\/strong> ATS Matchup Stats<\/a> | Gambling Insight!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Check out our in-house Handicapper!!! Buy Razor Ray’s Picks Today!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n It is amazing what some winning can do for a team. \u00a0They had won 4 straight before being stopped by Oregon their last time out.<\/p>\n The talent is there and the consistency has improved but they are still fighting it sometimes.<\/p>\n The Bruins will look to create as much flow as possible in this one. \u00a0<\/p>\n Frosh Shabazz Muhammad might not be setting the world on fire but he leads the team in scoring and is super aggressive. \u00a0PG Larry Drew III is a disappointment but one who is in the top 5 in the nation in assists.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t overlook another frosh Kyle Anderson (it is hard because he is tall), the multi-talented wing is averaging nearly a double-double at 9 and 9. \u00a0This should be an interesting game to watch.<\/p>\n There is a lot of value on the UCLA side but a lot of risk too. \u00a0You can\u2019t forget that this team has already lost to Cal-Poly this season and if they get down early on the road they might just pack it in. \u00a0I think they will play a close game decided in the last couple of minutes.<\/p>\n It will teeter back and forth whether they cover but I think they will even if they don\u2019t challenge the outcome. [ad-6571516]<\/p>\n The Wildcats have bounced back to win two straight road games after falling at Oregon (who also just beat UCLA). \u00a0They are a perfect 9-0 at home but in conference play they have been a bit sluggish needing overtime to beat a Colorado (in a game the Buffs really won in regulation) as well as beating an awful Utah team by just three points.<\/p>\n This team has overachieved this season but they might not be quite as good as some think.<\/p>\n Arizona is the far more experienced team with players like guard Mark Lyons and forward Solomon Hill leading the way. \u00a0Not sure that will make a huge difference in this one but the Cat\u2019s go young for depth not necessarily for production. \u00a0Arizona will look to play a steady game and force UCLA into mistakes which is a good strategy.<\/p>\n They don\u2019t have as many players who can just flat out make a play though.<\/p>\n It is a disturbing trend that the Wildcats don\u2019t clobber opponents at home – you would think a veteran team like they have would have a stronger killer instinct. Instead they let teams hang around killing supporters who like this team to go far this season.<\/p>\n I think this is going to be another one of those situations.<\/p>\n Spread Pick: \u00a0UCLA +8.5<\/strong> Bruins vs Wildcats CBB Basketball Spread\/Handicapping It looked like the sky was falling early this season in Westwood. The team was losing, players were transferring out, eligibility issues – but things have calmed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":25161,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1415],"tags":[3646,11977,6986,1477,4631,4210,4694,2851,19069],"class_list":["post-59487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncaa-basketball","tag-arizona-wildcats","tag-bruins-vs-wildcats","tag-cbb-free-picks","tag-cbb-picks","tag-college-basketball-odds","tag-ncaa-basketball-lines","tag-ncaa-hoops-predictions","tag-ucla-bruins","tag-ucla-bruins-vs-arizona-wildcats"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59487"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59497,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59487\/revisions\/59497"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n Thursday January 24<\/strong>
\n McKale Center – Tucson, AZ<\/strong>
\n 9:00PM<\/strong>
\nMoneyline: \u00a0No ML currently listed at Bovada<\/a><\/strong>
\n Spread: \u00a0Arizona -8.5<\/strong>
\n O\/U: \u00a0147<\/strong><\/p>\nUCLA<\/h3>\n
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Arizona<\/h3>\n
\n O\/U Pick: \u00a0Under<\/strong>
\n Score Prediction: \u00a0Arizona 68 – UCLA 64<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"