Colorado vs Oregon NCAAB Lines for the 2 Teams in the NCAA Tournament Bubble

Two unranked Pac-12 teams on the NCAA Tournament bubble – currently the wrong side – face off for the final time Thursday as co-league members barring a matchup in next week’s conference tournament as Colorado visits Oregon with the Ducks slightly favored on the NCAAB odds.

2024 NCAA Basketball Betting & Expert Analysis Colorado vs Oregon | MyBookie Sportsbook Week 18 NCAAB

How to Bet Colorado at Oregon NCAA Basketball Odds & TV Info

Where: Matthew Knight Arena
TV: ESPN2
Stream: ESPN+
Radio: Tunein.com
Opening NCAAB Lines: Oregon -1 (total 150.5)

Colorado vs Oregon Last Meeting

The Buffs try for the season sweep as they trounced visiting Oregon 86-70 on Jan. 18. Buffs freshman Cody Williams scored 23 points on 10-of-13 shooting, while KJ Simpson added 22 points. Williams — Colorado’s first 5-star recruit since David Harrison in 2001 — hit three 3-pointers, one from NBA range, and consistently scored at the rim, including a two-hand dunk and layup through heavy contact. Tristan da Silva had 13 points and eight rebounds for Colorado. Da Silva hit a 3-pointer to give Colorado the lead for good with 10:26 to play and spark a 17-2 run, capped by a Williams 3, that made it 73-61 about five minutes later.

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Colorado (20-9, 11-7 Pac-12) won its fourth straight game Sunday in its home finale, 81-71 over Stanford. The first half saw seven lead changes, with the Cardinal leading by as many as five points. After a back-and-forth start, Maxime Raynaud, Brandon Angel and Michael Jones led a 12-3 run to give Stanford a 24-19 advantage, but the Buffaloes responded with a 17-3 run of their own.

“We just wanted to come out and play for the seniors,” Simpson said. “We knew they were a good offensive team but in the second half we wanted to take away their threes and we did that.”

The victory moved the Buffs into a tie for third with Oregon in the Pac-12 standings, with the top four in the league earning a first-round bye in next week’s conference tournament. The win also guaranteed the Buffs a winning conference record, Boyle’s ninth winning conference mark in 13 Pac-12 seasons.

Colorado’s overall NET ranking — a critical evaluation metric for the NCAA Selection Committee — currently sits at 31, a solid number. But the Buffs are just 2-7 in true road games this season.

“I just want to go out and play as well as we can,” Boyle said. “We know that Oregon’s a good team. They’re a talented team that can really get out in transition and put points up. The best way to guard them is to not let them get out in transition. Get set and lock in. If we do that, we’ll have a chance. … We have to take care of the ball, not let them turn us over and get out in transition. When they get out in transition at home they get the crowd into it, start making threes and get dunks.”

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Why Bet on Oregon?

However, Oregon was no match for Arizona, which had a 17-point lead midway through the first half Saturday and never looked back. The Wildcats shot 61% overall, went 14 for 25 from 3 and had 27 assists on 39 made field goals to finish the season 15-1 at home. Oregon was much better offensively to start the second half, hitting nine of 10 shots at one point. The Ducks shot 22 of 33 in the second half, yet couldn’t get the lead under 15.

“We got kicked. We didn’t guard. A lot of mistakes — a lot of mistakes,” Altman said. “Really disappointed. We didn’t compete like I wanted us to. … If somebody told me before the game that you’re going to shoot 52% from the field and 30% from 3, score 83 points, I would have felt pretty good. But they beat us in every facet.”

Ducks guard Jermaine Couisnard scored a career-high 39 points, 33 in the second half. Couisnard finished the game shooting 14-for-24 (58.3-percent) from the floor with four triples. He became the first Duck to score 39-or-more points in nearly two decades, last achieved by Luke Jackson who scored 40 against Colorado on March 17, 2004. Jackson Shelstad and N’Faly Dante each finished the game with 16 points, combining with Couisnard to score 86-percent of the Ducks’ total. Dante finished the game with a double-double, his fifth of the season.

The Ducks have secured a winning record in Pac-12 play for the 13th consecutive season, longest streak in the conference. This is their last year in the Pac-12 as they head to the Big Ten. UO is 7-1 this season when hitting at least 50% of its shots and 11-1 when holding opponents to 70 or fewer points.

Couisnard has been dealing with an illness this week that has cost him some practice time but is expected to play. He leads the team in scoring at 15.5 ppg while adding 4.5 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game.

There has been some talk that Altman, in his 14th season at Oregon, might consider retirement but he shot that down this week. Altman is the all-time winningest coach at Oregon, with 340 career wins.

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Oregon 74, Colorado 72

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