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Posted at 2:30 PM EST
STANFORD -6 -110 over Oregon State
Nitro: PAC-12 Network in the USA/Canada sports group.
11:00 PM EST. Stanford's hot start to the season has been snuffed out after two straight losses, but now is not the time to bail on the Cardinal. The defeats have dropped Stanford from the top of the Pac-12 standings, but that's fine with us because we now get to back this bunch at a discount. The Cardinal notably blew a 17-point halftime lead in an 82-78 overtime loss to USC last time out. That loss no doubt stings, but it came on the road in Los Angeles where Stanford was a small pooch, so the final score was not out of place based on the point-spread oddsmakers posted before tip-off. The Cardinal chased that defeat with another at rival Cal, but that was a 52-50 final, which could have gone either way. Had Stanford got a bounce or two late in either of those two games, it could have been 3-0 on that road trip instead of 1-2 and if that had occurred, we’d have to spot more points here to get behind them.
This might look like a significant price to take back with the Beavers against a seemingly struggling Stanford side, but they have problems of their own. Oregon State is in the middle of a losing streak, but unlike the Cardinal, who are competing, the Beavers are getting whacked with regularity. That includes a 20-point home loss to USC (75-55) in their last game, which came on the heels of another home setback to UCLA (62-58). The Beavers have also lost to Washington State (89-76) and Washington (64-56) during their four-game slide. Oregon State also sports double-digit defeats to Texas A&M (64-49) and Utah (81-69) on its résumé. In this spot last year, the Beavers were waffled 83-60 as a -7½-point favourite. Since then, the Cardinal are much improved, as we can see from this double-digit line swing. Make no mistake where the value is here, as Stanford is primed to roll.
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STANFORD -6 -110 (Risking 2.20 units - To Win: 2.00)