PLAY: (753) UTAH +2 (Pinnacle)
RATING: 5% PLAY
This tournament has gone right as expected as the Top 4 from the regular season made the semi-finals and the Top 2 advanced to the Finals. Both games went to OT yesterday so there is no advantage there. Where there is an advantage is Utah is the now team as they have won 9 in a row and they beat a Cal team yesterday that was playing great Basketball at the end of the season in the PAC 12. In fact they might of been playing the best as they finally got healthy and was rolling late in season. I look at Oregon and even though Utah finished second in Conference in Oregon’s mind to win the PAC 12 Championship Arizona was the team to beat. Mentally I don’t think Utah gets the respect that Arizona does. With game being played in Vegas there will be a large number of Utah fans as they always travel well to Vegas. I also look at yesterday’s Oregon game and if you read the stats you would of thought they won easily. Oregon shot 48% from the field and an insane 52% from 3 point range while Arizona only shot 39% from the field and yet this game went to OT. That tells me this Oregon team was lucky to advance and if it wasn’t an insane shooting night they would be out. Can they have a shooting night like that again? I say no as Utah has held 6 of it’s last 8 opponents to 42% or less from the field. Utah is 7-1 ATS their last 8 Games with the lone point spread loss was a win and no cover against Colorado the game immediately following their big win over Arizona. Wrong team is favored in my opinion as I have Utah winning by 6-8 points here.
TAKE UTAH as MARCO’S 5% CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT GAME OF THE MONTH
RATING: 5% PLAY
This tournament has gone right as expected as the Top 4 from the regular season made the semi-finals and the Top 2 advanced to the Finals. Both games went to OT yesterday so there is no advantage there. Where there is an advantage is Utah is the now team as they have won 9 in a row and they beat a Cal team yesterday that was playing great Basketball at the end of the season in the PAC 12. In fact they might of been playing the best as they finally got healthy and was rolling late in season. I look at Oregon and even though Utah finished second in Conference in Oregon’s mind to win the PAC 12 Championship Arizona was the team to beat. Mentally I don’t think Utah gets the respect that Arizona does. With game being played in Vegas there will be a large number of Utah fans as they always travel well to Vegas. I also look at yesterday’s Oregon game and if you read the stats you would of thought they won easily. Oregon shot 48% from the field and an insane 52% from 3 point range while Arizona only shot 39% from the field and yet this game went to OT. That tells me this Oregon team was lucky to advance and if it wasn’t an insane shooting night they would be out. Can they have a shooting night like that again? I say no as Utah has held 6 of it’s last 8 opponents to 42% or less from the field. Utah is 7-1 ATS their last 8 Games with the lone point spread loss was a win and no cover against Colorado the game immediately following their big win over Arizona. Wrong team is favored in my opinion as I have Utah winning by 6-8 points here.
TAKE UTAH as MARCO’S 5% CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT GAME OF THE MONTH
