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Iowa at UCLA line

Iowa +7.5 with o/u of 152.5 per ESPN as of 9:20 AM Friday. Trying to be optimistic but this will be tough even with UCLA’s recent struggles. Go Hawks!
 
Iowa +7.5 with o/u of 152.5 per ESPN as of 9:20 AM Friday. Trying to be optimistic but this will be tough even with UCLA’s recent struggles. Go Hawks!
If Sandfort and Dix both go for 30+, we're a lock to win.

Seriously though, Cronin seems to be mismanaging his team. Not as badly as Woodson but badly enough that we can certainly pull the upset.
 
+7 152.5 on Caesars. +250 on the moneyline, but lets not kid ourselves here.
I don't think +250 is kidding ourselves. Iowa only has to win 1 out of 3.5 times to break even on that bet. Considering pulling the trigger, myself.

Saw a few good things out of Iowa the other night. USC just played too well.

That's what's scary about tonight. Bruins have lost 4 in a row. And the adversity from the fires could pull them together for a breakout game.

I'll probably try to feel out the game early to see how sharp UCLA is. The other night in warmups, I could see how important the game was in USC players' eyes, and immediately bet the Trojans.

Will have to feel this one out, because in a vacuum, the betting value would be with Iowa
 
I watched UCLA in person within the past couple weeks. They definitely weren’t interested in defense but were pretty athletic and I could see our bigs getting into foul trouble early.
 
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Iowa has given up an average of 100ppg in their 3 games away from Carver.

UCLA team total is 78.5
 
cronin needs this one badly to right his ship. Getting Iowa at home is a good opponent for him to do that against.
 
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Yup and "lacking energy" and "delusional about how good they are" according to Cronin after the last 4 games before Iowa.

Maybe they've turned a corner. Maybe they just played Iowa.
Nothing beats playing this Iowa team when it comes to a huge confidence boost on the offensive end. Any opposing coach's challenge is to make sure his guys get that the next opponent will actually play defense.
 
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