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What is clearly the matchup of the night, UCLA and Arizona rematch, this time in Arizona. But it seems like both teams might be a little overinflated at this point. UCLA had an impressive win over Villanova early in the season but hasn’t been quite as impressive as we thought. Other than that, the Bruins hang their hat on wins over Marquette, Colorado and of course Arizona. But look a little closer at that game and you see where Arizona could make up ground.

UCLA shot 47% from behind the arc compared to Arizona’s 25% and forced 14 turnovers vs 8. Those are the kind of things factors that shift when a team is at home. Despite losing by 16, Arizona also dominated the boards, with 49 rebounds to UCLA’s 34. If they can tighten up with a friendly crowd, this game should look very different than last time.

There are a few things I like about this over. Delaware games have hit the over as much as anyone this year, at an almost 75% clip. They’ve managed to score over 80 points in 6 of their last 7 matchups, including at Drexel earlier in the year. That was a close game that came down to the wire with Delaware coming out on top on the road. Drexel hasn’t had a problem scoring lately either, with an average of 75 points in their last 8 games.

I expect this game to be similar to their last matchup, and offensive minded teams in close games is a great recipe for overs.