Arizona State at Colorado odds, picks and predictions

The Arizona State Sun Devils (6-1) open their Pac-12 Conference schedule against the Colorado Buffaloes (4-3) Thursday at the CU Events Center in Boulder. Tip-off is at 8:30 p.m. (FS1). Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the Arizona State vs. Colorado odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and bets.

Arizona State, after a heart-breaking, 67-66 overtime loss as an 11-point favorite at Texas Southern Nov. 13, has won 4 in a row. One of those victories was an 87-62 upset of then-No. 21 Michigan in the Legends Classic final in New York Nov. 17 — the Sun Devils were 7.5-point underdogs in that one.

Colorado has had an up-and-down start to the season. After losing as 14-point favorites at Grambling 83-74 Nov. 11, the Buffaloes rebounded by knocking of then-No. 11 Tennessee 78-66 on a neutral floor in Nashville 2 days later as 15-point underdogs.

Colorado then flopped as a 5.5-point favorite in a 66-63 loss to UMass in the 1st round of the Myrtle Beach Invitational Nov. 17. The next day in the tourney, the Buffs roasted Texas A&M — ranked No. 24 in the AP Top 25 — 103-75 as 6.5-point dogs. Colorado hasn’t won 2 games in a row yet, but it hasn’t lost 2 in a row either. It’s coming off a 65-62 win as 9.5-point home favorites vs. Yale Sunday.

  
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