The Arizona Wildcats are coming off of a close four-point win against the Utah Utes, but life doesn\u2019t get any easier, as they head to Coors Events Center to take on the unranked, yet impressive Colorado Buffaloes. [ad-4468020]<\/p>\n
No. 4 Arizona (24-2, 11-2 Pac-12) @ Colorado (20-7, 9-5 Pac-12)<\/strong> ATS Matchup Insight<\/a> | CP Insider Gambling Preview<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The Buffaloes are coming off of a nine-point victory over the Arizona State Sun Devils\u2014the same Sun Devils who are one of just two squads to take down the Wildcats this year.<\/p>\n Colorado is just 2-4 on the season against ranked opponents, but it\u2019ll take the momentum from its most recent win into a matchup against the No. 4 Wildcats.<\/p>\n The last time Arizona faced Colorado, it walked away victorious 69-57. The Wildcats were the top-ranked team in the country at that time, and they had home-court advantage\u2014something they won\u2019t be fortunate enough to have in this matchup.<\/p>\n On the year, Arizona has won games with its defense. Although the team is competent and athletic enough to remain respectable on offense\u2014the team scores 72.8 points per game while shooting 46.4 percent from the field\u2014that same athleticism is what has made them great on the other end of the floor. That number is sixth in the nation.<\/p>\n To top it all off, Arizona has also been very good at shutting down the three-point line, allowing their opponents to shoot just 30.3 percent in that category.<\/p>\n The Colorado Buffaloes are right on the same level as the Arizona Wildcats in terms of offense. The team is shooting 44.9 percent from the field, as well as 32.2 percent from the three-point line, and its scoring 74 points per game, putting it at 100th in the nation.<\/p>\n Unfortunately for the Buffaloes, they\u2019re nowhere near as dangerous on the defensive side of the floor, as they\u2019re giving up 68.5 points per contest\u2014the 132nd-best mark in the country.<\/p>\n One thing you can say about this matchup is that Colorado and its fans should get up for the competition.<\/p>\n Anytime you face a team ranked as high as Arizona, especially on your home court, the blood gets pumping and the energy is high.<\/p>\n The problem is that Arizona is one of the best teams in the country for a reason, and while high energy might make things interesting, it should be the Wildcats proving they\u2019re the better team for the second time this season.<\/p>\n Prediction: Arizona 74 \u2013 Colorado 69<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Arizona vs Colorado Tech CBB Picks The Arizona Wildcats are coming off of a close four-point win against the Utah Utes, but life doesn\u2019t get any easier, as they head to Coors Events Center to take on the unranked, yet impressive Colorado Buffaloes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":70814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1415],"tags":[83,59080,3646,61132,9001,9000,3712,2860,39190],"class_list":["post-72583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncaa-basketball","tag-arizona","tag-arizona-vs-colorado","tag-arizona-wildcats","tag-arizona-wildcats-vs-colorado-buffaloes","tag-buffaloes","tag-colorado","tag-colorado-buffaloes","tag-wildcats","tag-wildcats-vs-buffaloes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72583","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\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72583"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72620,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72583\/revisions\/72620"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n Saturday, Feb. 22 9:00 PM ET ESPN @ Coors Events Center<\/strong>
\n Spread: Arizona -4<\/strong>
\n O\/U: 130.5<\/strong>
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\nSo far this season, Arizona is allowing just 57.7 points per game to its opponents. That number is fifth in the country, and it\u2019s just the start of the team accolades. The Wildcats are also allowing their opponents to shoot just 38.1 percent from the field.<\/p>\nColorado<\/h3>\n