ASU/STAN ASU -6.5
ASU has the best post palyer in the conferance in Diogu who is drawing double and even triple teams casuing tons of foul troubles to the other teams. He has made more free throws this season than any other player in the conferance has even attempted. The reason why that is so big is because of how incredibly thin Stanfords bench is after injuries and players departing the team last year. It is truly amazing what coahMonty has done with the Cardinal. Stan will stay in this game till the 2nd half when I see ASU makingg this a double digit game... Too much attention willl be made to Diogu that the other guys like Millage and Smith should go for 15+ each with Ikes 20. THere is a lot of hype in Tempe for baketball for the first time since pre Headache days. Should be a bg and loud crowd.. ASU covers
OSU/UCLA OSU +200
Oregon State is looing for the first sweep in LA in ho many years? I have no idea.. maybe since the days of being number 1 in the nation? As long as Patterson and Cummings continue to play out of control... the Bruins will keep losing. Play the Beavers cause Phillip Ricci wont be stopped in this game
CAL +14.5 vs KitKats
Zona and Cal are tied for 1st in the Pac... taking 2 td's and the hook is a lot- Cal was not in synch fo r a lot of the 2nd half vs ASU and that was mostly asu's defense but also some lackluster play by Amit Tamir. Zona is pretending like Candygate was a distraction.. whe n it really shouldnt be once you are on the court. If this is bothering them wait till they head to Tempe in a few weeks and everyone has a Kit Kat in their hands. Bottom line is Uof A better start playing 2 halves of basketball.. I think the U of A has only played a complete 40 minutes against West Kentucky and Saint Louis. If they dont play well agaisnt a good team in Cal the same result as Stanford could occur. Salim Stoudimire is too good a shooter for that too happen twice in a row.. but give Ben Braun and Cal some credit because they have came to play this year.. Zona wins.. but by 7 or 8