California vs Oregon Basketball Picks 2-24-24

The Oregon Ducks and the Cal Golden Bears meet in college basketball action from the Haas Pavilion on Saturday. Who comes out on top in this Pac-12 tilt? Let’s dive in and find out with our Oregon vs. Cal Prediction.

Oregon Team Preview

The Oregon Ducks come into this game looking to build on back-to-back wins after a 78-65 win over Stanford last time out. N’Faly Dante has 15.1 PPG and 8.4 RPG in 12 games so far this season and Jermaine Couisnard has 14.5 PPG with 4.6 RPG and 2.7 APG while Jackson Shelstad has 12.5 PPG with 3 APG this season. Kwame Evans Jr. has a team-high 5.1 RPG as well to lead Oregon on the glass this season. As a team, Oregon is averaging 76.3 PPG on 45.7% shooting from the field, 36.1% from three and 70.6% from the foul line this season.

Cal Team Preview

The Cal Golden Bears come into this one looking to build on back-to-back wins after an 81-73 win over Oregon State last time out. Jaylon Tyson leads the Golden Bears in scoring and assists with 19.8 PPG and 3.4 APG in addition to 7 RPG while Fardaws Aimaq has 14.9 PPG with a team-high 11.2 RPG to lead Cal on the glass this season, averaging a double-double per game. Jalen Cone has 13.5 PPG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Cal so far this season. As a team, Cal is averaging 75.1 PPG on 42.8% shooting from the field, 34.7% from three and 72.6% from the foul line this season. California will meet Colorado after this one.

Oregon vs. Cal Prediction

I’m on Oregon in this one. The Ducks in my time have always been the team that hits the transfer portal hard and disappoint, but this year’s Ducks, now that they’re getting healthy, feel like they can make a push for an at-large bid in the NCAA tournament but if they’re going to, the Ducks can ill afford a slip up in a spot like this. Mark Madsen’s done a heck of a job in year one in Berkeley, but I think Oregon comes in and snags the road win here.