BYU Cougars vs Arizona Wildcats Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 02/22/25

The jewel of the late games on Saturday will be the BYU Cougars vs the Arizona Wildcats in a key Big 12 clash. If you aren’t paying close attention, you might be surprised to learn that BYU is suddenly one of the best teams in the country, checking in at 30th in KenPom and 20th in Torvik’s rankings. They are fresh off a clobbering of Kansas, 91-57, and they have climbed up to fifth in the conference standings. They will have their work cut out for them to keep that going, though, as the Arizona Wildcats sit in second place in the conference at 12-3. These teams played only a couple of short weeks ago, and Arizona took the game on the Cougars’ home court 85-74. I expect a very similar result in the rematch, and thus I am taking Arizona on the spread at -7.5.

The key to this game will be the 3-point shooting of BYU. The Cougars live outside, and Arizona is not a great team at defending the 3. In the first meeting, BYU made a paltry 8 triples (compared to 14 in their blistering of Kansas this week), and they will need to hit more than that to compete on Saturday. I like this BYU team; I think it is dangerous. Away from home, however, they are just not the same squad. They are 13-2 at home and only 3-5 on the road, and the McKale Center is one of the tougher environments they will play in. I don’t think Arizona will blow the Cougs out of the water, and this number is probably going to be pretty close to on target, but if I am playing this game on Saturday night then I lean toward Arizona to cover at home.

BYU vs Arizona prediction: Arizona -7.5 (-110) available at time of publishing. Playable at that number.

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