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Pac-10 Tournament Heats Up: USC-UCLA & Wazzu-Stanford
Kevin Love will be front and center as UCLA takes on USC in Pac-10 tournament play this evening. (AP Images)
With the also-rans now bounced from the competition, college basketball junkies on the left coast can dig in and watch two great Pac-10 games this evening.
USC (+8.5, +325) - UCLA (-8.5, -450): In the first semifinal, the upstart USC Trojans will take on the No. 2 team in the country, the UCLA Bruins. The last time these two teams met, it was the Trojans who scored an upset 72-63 victory on the strength of freshman Davon Jefferson's 25 points and nine rebounds. The Trojans have been playing solid basketball as of late, riding a three game winning streak that included a gusty quarterfinal win over Arizona State earlier this week.
The Bruins are rolling as well, having won eight straight. The most recent was a 88-66 rout of Cal in the quaters. Junior guard Darren Collison had 19 points in the win over Cal, 15 of which came on the game-high five three pointers he nailed.
Here is some betting info for the contest:
- USC is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
- USC is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing UCLA
- USC is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games when playing UCLA
- UCLA is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
- UCLA is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing USC
- UCLA is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing USC
Wazzu (+2) - Stanford (-2): The Cougars have never been to a Pac-10 tournament game, and they'll need an inspired performace against the Cardinal to get there. Washington State has yet to beat Stanford this season, as the Cardinal escaped with 67-65 and 60-53 wins in both regular-season conference games this year.
Wazzu got to the semis on the strength of 18 points from Derrick Low and 17 from Kyle Weaver.
The Cardinal surged past Arizona 75-64 to reach the Pac-10 final four. Once again it was the Brook Lopez show, as the team's leading scorer (18.9 points per game) went for 20 points and 15 rebounds against the Wildcats.
Here is some betting info for the contest:
- Washington State is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games
- Washington State is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Stanford
- Washington State is 3-22 SU in its last 25 games when playing Stanford
- Stanford is 22-3 SU in its last 25 games when playing Washington State
- Stanford is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Washington State
- Stanford is 12-3 SU in its last 15 games