The Oregon State Beavers will look to pick up a win while covering the spread when they take on the Cardinal in Stanford at Staples Center on Wednesday in college basketball action.

It's a game in the Pac 10 Tournament, which will decide the conference title, not to mention deciding which teams make the Field of 68. Staples Center is the location for this game, which makes it a neutral-site matchup.

Stanford will face the 10-19 Beavers, who own a 9-12-1 ATS mark on the season. In totals betting, the Cardinal are 12-13-1 favoring the UNDER so far this season while the Beavers are 12-10 favoring the OVER.



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Betting Line:
Bettors looking to side with Stanford in this one will find them as 3.5-point favorites.

Power Rankings / Prediction:
This game puts the Cardinal, most recently No. 223 in the Odds Shark power rankings, up against the Beavers, who rate No. 286 in the latest survey. Meanwhile, math and computer-based handicapping simulations run on this game predict a potential 70-65 victory for the Cardinal.



How They Match Up:
Rating these schools in several key categories is important for handicappers and Stanford has the nation's No. 247-rated offensive output, at 66.4 PPG. The visiting Beavers defense ranks No. 287 allowing on average 72.8 PPG. The Cardinal FG% has averaged 43.5% so far, more than the Beavers marksmen have achieved on the year, 42.6% per game.

Comparing how these foes stack up statistically, Oregon State owns the country's No. 314-rated mark, allowing 78.5 points per game on the highway. Stanford, on the other hand, rates No. 277 in scoring at home.

Oregon State was an 80-66 loser in its last match on the road against Arizona State. They failed to cover the 6–point spread as underdogs. The Beavers got a huge 34-point effort from Roberto Nelson but still lost 80-66 against Arizona State on Saturday at Wells Fargo Arena.

Stanford lost its last outing, a 74-55 result against California on March 5. They failed to cover in that game as a 5.5-point underdog. The Cardinal endured a 74-55 loss at the hands of the Golden Bears on Saturday, despite a 19-point effort from Jeremy Green at Haas Pavilion.


Oregon State Beavers Trends:
When playing on Wednesday are 2-8
After playing Arizona State are 2-8
After a loss are 3-7

Stanford Cardinal Trends:
When playing on Wednesday are 6-4
After playing California are 7-3
After a loss are 4-6

A few Beavers at Cardinal trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Stanford's last 7 games when playing Oregon State
Stanford is 20-5 SU in its last 25 games when playing Oregon State
Stanford is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games