#826 ASA TOP PLAY ON Colorado Pick -123 or -1.5 -115 over Arizona, Saturday at 10 PM ET - With an option of -1.5 -115 or money line of -123, the latter would be the best option of course for such a small variance. We like the Buffaloes to win here at home! This is a really rough spot for the Wildcats taking on a very good Colorado team. The Cats just played @ Utah on Thursday night and won in triple OT with 4 of their starters logging at least 44 minutes in high altitude. Now just 48 hours later they are @ Colorado, where the Buffs are a perfect 13-0 SU at home, in high altitude again which should wear on Arizona both physically and mentally. The Utah to Colorado road trip is already considered the most difficult in the conference and coming off triple OT doesn’t make it any easier. On top of that, the Wildcats have not had much success in Boulder losing 5 straight and 7 of the 9 meetings here since the Buffs joined the Pac 12 back in 2011. Giving CU some extra motivation is the fact they were absolutely steamrolled in Tucson earlier this year by a final score of 97-50, by far their worst outing of the season as each of their other 6 losses this season came by single digits. It wouldn’t have mattered on that day but it’s worth noting that CU played without 2 starters in that game, Williams and DaSilva, who combined to average 30 PPG & 9 RPG. Despite their triple OT win on Thursday, Arizona has been vulnerable on the road already losing @ Stanford, @ Washington State, and @ Oregon State, none of which are rated as high as this Colorado team. This is a huge game for CU’s NCAA tourney hopes and a win pulls them to within 1 game of 1st place in the Pac 12 behind this Arizona team. The Buffs hit the road for their next 2 games and they are 1-6 on the road this year adding more importance to getting a win here. KenPom has Colorado rated as the 2nd best team in the Pac 12 (as do we) behind Arizona and in this situational spot we don’t see the Cats winning this game. Take the home team.