The No. 9 Arizona Wildcats (27-6) will look to defeat the depleted No. 2 UCLA Bruins (29-4) in the Pac-12 Tournament Championship in Las Vegas Saturday at 10:30 p.m. ET (ESPN). Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the Arizona vs. UCLA odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and bets.
These have been the 2 best teams in the Pac-12 all season. So it is fitting they have a chance to meet for a 3rd time in the tournament finals to decide the champion.
The teams have played 2 entirely different games this season with Arizona winning the 1st meeting in a defensive showing 58-52 while UCLA won the rematch in Los Angeles 82-73 in a more offensive focused game.
With injuries to key players for UCLA in recent games, the Bruins will be without elite defender Jaylen Clark for the season. This will make it difficult to beat a top-10 Arizona team playing at full strength. It also may cost them a chance to win a National Championship.