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Rogers' NCAAB Total MASSACRE >> AWESOME 9-2, 81% This Season!
(NCAAB) Oregon State vs. California,
Total: 125.50 | -108.00 Under
Result: Loss
Total: 125.50 | -108.00 Under
Result: Loss
The set-up: The 5-24 Oregon State Beavers own just one Pac 12 win (1-15) and won't likely earn their second tonight in Berkeley, when they take on the 18-9 Cal Golden Bears (9-6 in Pac 12 play).
Oregon State: The Beavers' season all but ended when 6-8 forward Tres Tinkle (20.2-8.3), the coach's son, broke his wrist after six games. Oregon State opened the season by going 4-9 in non-conference play but lost its first 14 Pac 12 games, before breaking through this past Sunday, when OSU rallied from a 13-point second-half deficit to upset Utah, 68-67. The Beavers then lost Wednesday night 79-66 at Stanford and now face Cal. Guard Thompson scored a career-high 31 points in the win over Utah but then had just eight points on the Stanford loss. He leads the team in scoring at 16.4 PPG with fellow guard McLaughlin (11.0 & 3.1 APG) plus the 6-10 Eubanks (14.9 & 8.4) being the only other real significant contributors OSU has now, without Tinkle .
California: The Golden Bears have lost three in a row for the first time this season and can't afford to look past the last-place Beavers, as Cal now sits squarely on the NCAA Tournament 'bubble!' Cal squandered a 16-point, second-half lead and lost 68-65 to No.6 Oregon on Wednesday, when Dillon Brooks hit a game-winning three-pointer with two-tenths of a second remaining. "Obviously, if we had won, it would have been a signature win for us, what we've been looking for," Cal's Jabari Bird told reporters. "It's an uphill battle. It's going to be tough getting to the Tournament, but we can do it." Bird is averaging 20.7 points over the last three games and after three years of underachieving, the 6-5 swingman leads Cal in scoring at 15.1 PPG. The 6-11 Rabb averages 14.6 & 10.7 but the preseason All-American has not been consistent and surely isn't an All-American.
The pick: Cal needs to finish the regular season strong and then "show well" in the Pac 12 tourney, or it will find itself in the NIT. OSU is 0-12 SU on the road and has allowed 80.7 PPG against lined opponents. The Over is an 8* play.
Oregon State: The Beavers' season all but ended when 6-8 forward Tres Tinkle (20.2-8.3), the coach's son, broke his wrist after six games. Oregon State opened the season by going 4-9 in non-conference play but lost its first 14 Pac 12 games, before breaking through this past Sunday, when OSU rallied from a 13-point second-half deficit to upset Utah, 68-67. The Beavers then lost Wednesday night 79-66 at Stanford and now face Cal. Guard Thompson scored a career-high 31 points in the win over Utah but then had just eight points on the Stanford loss. He leads the team in scoring at 16.4 PPG with fellow guard McLaughlin (11.0 & 3.1 APG) plus the 6-10 Eubanks (14.9 & 8.4) being the only other real significant contributors OSU has now, without Tinkle .
California: The Golden Bears have lost three in a row for the first time this season and can't afford to look past the last-place Beavers, as Cal now sits squarely on the NCAA Tournament 'bubble!' Cal squandered a 16-point, second-half lead and lost 68-65 to No.6 Oregon on Wednesday, when Dillon Brooks hit a game-winning three-pointer with two-tenths of a second remaining. "Obviously, if we had won, it would have been a signature win for us, what we've been looking for," Cal's Jabari Bird told reporters. "It's an uphill battle. It's going to be tough getting to the Tournament, but we can do it." Bird is averaging 20.7 points over the last three games and after three years of underachieving, the 6-5 swingman leads Cal in scoring at 15.1 PPG. The 6-11 Rabb averages 14.6 & 10.7 but the preseason All-American has not been consistent and surely isn't an All-American.
The pick: Cal needs to finish the regular season strong and then "show well" in the Pac 12 tourney, or it will find itself in the NIT. OSU is 0-12 SU on the road and has allowed 80.7 PPG against lined opponents. The Over is an 8* play.
