Tonight the Oregon Ducks will take on the Utah Utes in the Semifinals of the Pac-12 Tournament, which will be held at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas Nevada. The game has a start time of 11:30 pm (Eastern) and will be televised on the Pac-12 Network. Current Vegas betting odds have the Utes listed as 7 point favorites, while the total is set at 138. 

Analysis:  The Oregon Ducks are hot right now as they have won 6 in a row and 10 of 11, including yesterday's 93-85 win over Colorado, in which they scored 59 points in the second half. The Ducks are now 24-8 for the year and are a lock for the NCAA Tournament, no matter what happens in this game. Oregon has gone 9-0 ATS in their last 9 Friday games and 38-17-3 ATS in their last 58 games following a ATS win. The Ducks have been a strong offensive team this year, ranking 23rd in scoring (76.6 ppg), 58th in shooting (46.2%), 106th in 3 point shooting (35.8%) and 14th in FT shooting (75.6%). The defense for this team has not been very good this year as they come in ranked 285th in points allowed (70.7 ppg), 112th in defensive FG% (41.7%) and 94th in 3 point defense (32.7%).

The Utah Utes had not really played well down the stretch as they had won just 2 of their final 5 games of the regular season, but they did get back on track a bit last night with a huge 80-56 win over Stanford. Overall the Utes are now 24-7 on the year and a solid lock to be in the Big Dance. Utah has gone 37-14-3 ATS in their last 54 games vs. a team with a winning % above .600 and 8-2 ATS in their last 10 neutral site games. The Utes have been a good offensive team this year, ranking 67th in scoring (72.1 ppg), 9th in shooting (48.6%), 14th in 3 point shooting (39.8%) and 141st in FT shooting (69.9%). The defense for this team has been excellent as they come in ranked 11th in points allowed (56.6 ppg), 7th in defensive FG% (38.0%) and 53rd in 3 point defense (31.5%).  

Pick: Going with the Ducks here. Oregon has been on a roll and while the Utes did blowout Stanford last night they have not been playing all tat well down the stretch. Utah has the big defensive edge, but the Ducks offense is just to good to this this will be a Utah easy win. Look for a possible upset by the Ducks here.  

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