Thursday, May 24th, 2012
The Washington Huskies (13-7) are ready to take on the Arizona Wildcats (14-7) in Saturday’s 7:00 PM ET clash, and the sportsbooks have seen quite a bit of movement since the odds were released.
Arizona is the home team and they started off as 4-point betting favorites, but it didn’t take long for them to be bet up to -5.5 where they currently stand. The total has also shifted a bit and now is at 138.5 after starting off a point lower.
Washington has gone just 2-3 on the road and 0-2 in neutral court games this season, so their ability to travel is definitely a large part of why they are this large of an underdog on Saturday.
Arizona has also had their stumbles on the road, but their 10-2 home record still makes them a dangerous place to play for visiting squads.
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Another reason that the Huskies are underdogs in this Pac 12 clash has to do with the fact that they’ve covered the Las Vegas betting odds in just 3 of the last 11 head-to-head meetings against the Wildcats.
The home team has covered the spread in 7 of the last 10 games played between Arizona and Washington, while the road team has won outright in just 1 of the last 10.
That road win came last year as the Huskies won 77-75 in overtime as 3-point road favorites, and Arizona has covered the odds in 7 of the last 10.
The under was a winner in last year’s game but the over has still taken the money in 7 of the last 10.
Washington enters Saturday’s game as winners in 8 of their last 10 this season, while Arizona has won 7 of their last 10 but is only 2-2 in their 4 most recent games.
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