Cal has turned things around winning five in a row. The Golden Bears are 5-2 in true road games. They've won their past three away games while going 6-2 ATS in their last eight road contests.



Utah, of course, is very strong. But this is just too many points. This has been a 'dog series with the underdog covering five of the past seven times.



The Utes are very good, especially at home. There's no denying that. But they've been fortunate to catch their road opponents either in a rut or with injuries. That's not the case with Cal, which comes in with a lot of momentum.



The Golden Bears are one of the stronger defensive teams in the Pac-12 and have an excellent guard in Tyrone Wallace and a top 3-point shooter in Jordan Mathews, who has made at least three 3-pointers in four of his last five games.



The Bears are a scrappy and physical team. KenPom ranks the Bears as the eighth-best defensive rebounding team in the country.