The Pac-12 lid lifter for the Oregon Ducks will not be the first conference game for the Washington Huskies. Washington is already 0-1 in conference play with a loss to Utah among three losses to open the season. A crosstown win over Seattle is the only victory for UDub as they head into tonight’s game on the Pac-12 Network against Oregon.
In checking out the odds from our friends at BetOnline Sportsbook, we see that Oregon has been locked in as an eight-point favorite with a total on the decline of 134.5. This one was -7 last night, so the early game day money has been on the Ducks.
Let’s take a look at this one from all sides and find us a play on the game.
Oregon Ducks
The Ducks began the season with an 83-75 defeat at the hands of Missouri. Since then, the Ducks have barely broken a sweat against Seton Hall, Eastern Washington, and Florida A&M. That’s not exactly a murderer’s row of opponents and Seton Hall is down a few notches without Myles Powell this season. What it is, however, is a pretty good sign of where Oregon’s defense is. Seton Hall was 14-of-24 from 3 and still had under one point per possession. Eastern Washington, a pretty good team from the Big Sky Conference, had .723 PPP. Florida A&M had .887. In that win over the Rattlers, Oregon was 32-of-40 on two-point shots. We’ll see if they can continue that here against a Washington team coached by former Syracuse assistant Mike Hopkins. The Huskies play a zone and play it pretty well. The problem is that every team in the Pac-12 has adjusted to it by now. This is the fourth year for Hopkins at Washington. Oregon won 64-61 in OT last season on January 18. The Ducks split regular season meetings in 2019 and then beat Washington in the Pac-12 Championship Game 68-48 in Las Vegas. The Ducks swept the season series in 2018. In other words, Oregon has had a lot of success. These games have also been quite low scoring.COLLEGE BASKETBALL BETTING + A WELCOME BONUS AT BETONLINE SPORTSBOOK