College Basketball Picks: Colorado Buffaloes vs. Stanford Cardinal

The Stanford Cardinal (16-12) will be focused on avoiding their first three-game home losing streak since 2010, which is important to consider when making your college basketball picks on Wednesday night, as they prepare to take on the Colorado Buffaloes (18-8) at Maples Pavilion.

Sports bettors will find that the Cardinal are three-point favorites in the NCAA basketball odds (courtesy of SBR Forum), while the total sits at 134 in the market.

Let's take a closer look at this Pac-12 Conference matchup from a betting perspective, while offering up an against-the-spread pick along the way. 

Colorado Buffaloes

The Colorado Buffaloes have won seven of their last 10 games, including a 60-50 victory over the Utah Utes as 12-point home favorites six days ago.

Sports bettors will find that the Buffaloes are 0-4 against the spread as road underdogs of 3.5 to six points over the last two-plus seasons. 

Stanford Cardinal

The Stanford Cardinal have dropped four of their last six games overall, including a 77-66 defeat to the Oregon Ducks as five-point road underdogs last Saturday.

Over the last two-plus seasons, the Cardinal are 5-3 against the spread as home favorites of 3.5 to six points, with the OVER going 4-3-1 in that situation. 

Prediction

I'm going to recommend that readers back the Stanford Cardinal as one of their college basketball picks on Wednesday night, as the favorite has covered the number in four of the last five meetings in this series.

College Basketball Pick: Stanford Cardinal -3

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