The California Golden Bears are 21-12 on the season, and are certainly an NCAA Tournament capable team, but they fell apart down the stretch and it likely cost this team a bid. The Bears were cruising along at 18-6, and appeared destined for the Dance, but a 3-6 finish put those plans on hold, and here they are disappointed to be in the NIT. It is hard to imagine this team having a whole lot of focus taking on CS Bakersfield. The Roadrunners lost by just 12 at Arizona, and 10 at BYU. They are arguably a better team now having won 10 of their last 11 games. This is one of the better defending teams in the country, having held 8 of their last 10 opponents to less than 40% shooting. I think that the defense and lack of desire on the part of the Golden Bears keeps this team in this one. Take the points and play CS Bakersfield.
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Who was the public on? 60% of the public bets were on California Golden Bears on the -15.5 ATS. And, 59% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that California would win by a score of 80.6 to 66.0 with California winning on the moneyline, Cal State Bakersfield winning on the spread.
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My computer prediction for this game was that California would win by a score of 75.3 to 62.2 with California winning on the moneyline and on the spread.
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Who was the public on? 58% of the public bets were on CS Bakersfield Roadrunners on the +12 ATS. And, 56% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that California would win by a score of 67.8 to 63.0 with California winning on the moneyline, Cal State Bakersfield winning on the spread and the game going UNDER the total.
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Who was the public on? 92% of the public bets were on California Golden Bears on the -6.5 ATS.
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My computer prediction for this game was that California would win by a score of 67.4 to 57.6 with California winning on the moneyline and on the spread and the game going OVER the total.
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Cal State Bakersfield at California
11:15 PM Eastern
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Who was the public on? 67% of the public bets were on California Golden Bears on the -15.5 ATS. And, 73% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that California would win by a score of 69.4 to 52.4 with California winning on the moneyline and on the spread and the game going OVER the total.
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Cal State Bakersfield at California
10:00 PM Eastern
Cal State Bakersfield is all about slowing the pace down and playing defense. A six-game losing streak of tight losses and heartbreak came to an end as the Roadrunners held Idaho State to just two field goals over the final 7:37 in a 59-50 win. The Roadrunners defense limited Idaho State’s top scorer, Chris Hansen, to just nine points on 4-of-10 shooting and just 1-of-5 from three-point range. Cal State Bakersfield is on a 5-0 ATS run as well as 6-2 ATS on the road. This is a sandwich game for Cal, off a loss to No. 6 Wisconsin (68-56) with a game against No. 13 Washington on deck. The Golden Bears are 8-17-3 ATS at home against a team with a losing road record, plus 1-3-1 ATS in their last five home games. Play Cal State Bakersfield.
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