This is a long road trip across the country coming with distractions from that area to play a very good Maryland team at home, and it’s not clear if UCLA will be focused for this game. UCLA is 1-5 ATS off an upset loss as a home favorite in the last two seasons while Maryland is 9-4 ATS as a home favorite of 6 points or less or pick in the last two seasons. Maryland comes into this game off of two back to back losses so they are looking for a good bounce back spot and they are 5-1 ATS after 2 or more consecutive losses in the last two seasons. UCLA lost to Nebraska on the road and got smoked by Michigan so this is a tough spot for them to bounce back in as Maryland is playing better basketball right now, despite both being good on defense, the Terrapins are just shooting better right now.

Best bet: lay the points with Maryland.