Oregon State Beavers vs. Washington Huskies
Thursday, 3/8/12, 3:00 PM EST, TV: Fox Sports Net
Opening Point Spread: Washington -2.5
Current Betting Line: Washington -4
Opening Total: N/A
Current Total: N/A
Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker
Oregon State has won three games in a row and survived a 69-64 contest in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament versus the Washington State Cougars as four-point neutral-site favorites on Wednesday afternoon. The Beavers were swept by both Washington schools during the regular season, but will have a chance of gaining revenge against the Huskies inside the Staples Center. “I’d like to think we match up well against them,” stated Beavers head coach Craig Robinson. Oregon State is 6-1 ATS when playing on a neutral court the last two-plus seasons.
The Beavers are enjoying a winning season for just the second time since the 1990 campaign, as Robinson has tallied 61 wins into his fourth season. Oregon State came into yesterday’s affair leading the Pac-12 Conference in scoring 79.6 points per game and junior guard Jared Cunningham leads the charge in averaging 18.2 points per game. He has managed to score in double figures in 22 of his last 23 games. The Beavers are 7-12 all-time in this event.
Washington is focused on winning its third-straight Pac-12 Tournament crown and has won 16 of 20 games overall. The Huskies are coming off a 75-69 loss to the UCLA Bruins as five-point road underdogs in their regular-season finale, while going “over” the posted total for the fourth time in five games. The program’s 14-4 conference record equaled the second-best mark in school history, sitting just behind the 15-3 mark that the 1983-84 squad finished with. Washington is 10-8 ATS versus conference opponents this year and the “under” is 12-6 in those games.
The Huskies are led by a pair of double-digit scorers in Terrence Ross and Tony Wroten, averaging 15.3 and 16.3 points per game respectively. Washington has absolutely dominated this series since the start of the 2004 campaign, posting a 16-3 record over that span. Ross is definitely a player to watch in this particular matchup due to finishing with 21 points and 13 rebounds in a 75-72 win over the Beavers as four-point road underdogs in the last series meeting on Feb. 12.
Bettors will likely back the Huskies due to their 5-0 ATS mark after a spread loss, while the Beavers are 1-4 ATS as an underdog of 6.5 or less points.
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