Stanford at Cal odds, picks and predictions
The Stanford Cardinal (10-8, 5-3 Pac-12) and Cal Golden Bears (7-12, 3-5) tangle in a Friday night Pac-12 battle in Berkeley. The opening tipoff at Haas Pavilion will be at 10 p.m. ET (FS1). Below, we analyze FanDuel Sportsbook's lines around the Stanford vs. Cal odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and best bets.
Stanford is on the road after playing its last 3 games at home. The Cardinal went 2-1 straight up and 2-1 against the spread (ATS) over those 3. In its last 7 games, Stanford has gone 5-2 while shooting 49% from 3-point range.
Cal is coming off a Saturday win over Washington State (81-75 as a +2). Since Jan. 6, the Bears are 3-2 SU and 4-1 ATS.
Stanford and Cal are meeting for the 1st time in 2023-24; they split 2 games last season.
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Stanford at Cal odds
Provided by FanDuel Sportsbook; access Paste BN Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 12:52 a.m. ET.
- Moneyline: Stanford +112 (bet $100 to win $112) | Cal -134 (bet $134 to win $100)
- Against the spread (ATS): Stanford +1.5 (-102) | Cal -1.5 (-120)
- Over/Under (O/U): 150.5 (O: -115 | U: -105)
Stanford at Cal picks and predictions
Prediction
Stanford 80, Cal 77
Moneyline
Cal is 4-9 when playing against a team with a winning record, and the Bears are 1-4 in games lined in the 150s.
That latter note is of interest because the Pac-12 breeks into definitive groups of up-tempo teams and bottom-third slow ones, with just a couple squads -- Cal is one -- in the middle. The Golden Bears are thus far 0-4 against the fast group.
Stanford is an elite team from distance; its 40% mark on 3s ranks 8th in the nation. In this game, SU is up against a California defense allowing a shaky 36.2% from beyond the arc.
We shouldn't be all too eager to support a 22-cent line in this close a game, but STANFORD +112 is the value side.
Against the spread
PASS. Consider the above ML action and/or a decent opportunity on the total (below).
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Over/Under
The Over in the combined schedules so far has gone 25-11-1. In Cal games against over-.500 teams, the Over is 10-3.
Nothing fancy here, just a confluence of pace (faster-than-average) and triples. From an efficiency standpoint, both teams are better on offense than on defense, And both do a nice job of creating high-percentage looks at the rim.
TAKE THE OVER 150.5 (-115).
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