UC San Diego vs UC-Santa Barbara Pick – Basketball Predictions & Odds 2/25/23

The UC-Santa Barbara Gauchos and the UC-San Diego Tritons meet in college basketball action from the LionTree Arena on Saturday night. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.

Odds

UC-Santa Barbara is listed as a 5.5-point road favorite with the total for this game set at 135.5 points.

Injuries

Neither side has anyone listed on the injury report for this game, so barring any last-minute announcements, both sides will come into this game at full strength.

Matchup History

UC-Santa Barbara’s 82-61 win over UC-San Diego back on December 31^st, 2022, made it five wins in five all-time meetings for the home team in this matchup.

Trends

UC-Santa Barbara is 8-3 ATS in their last 11 road games and 9-4 ATS in their last 13 road games against a team with a home winning percentage below .400 while the over is 9-1 in their last 10 games overall. UC-San Diego is 3-1-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 2-6-1 ATS in their last 9 home games while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games against a team with a winning percentage above .600.

Pick

I’m sticking with UC-Santa Barbara here. I was leaning towards the Tritons as the home team’s won all five head-to-head meetings between these two teams, but UC-Santa Barbara is still fighting for a conference regular season championship and is really the only team with something of substance to play for here. I just think the Gauchos are the better team and they find a way to get the job done here. Give me UC-Santa Barbara.