Arizona St. vs Colorado Betting Prediction & Picks

Game outlook

Arizona St. is on the road playing Colorado at the CU Events Center stadium on Thursday, 12/1/2022 @ 8:30pm EST. Colorado -4.5 was the opening favorite and line hasn't moved.

ASU Off to a Strong Start

This is just Arizona State's second road trip of the season. After losing to Texas State by one point (67-66), the Sun Devils went on to win four straight games against VCU, Michigan, Grambling and Alcorn State. Last February, ASU also defeated Colorado 82-65 in Boulder, the program's first road victory over Colorado since 2012-13.

A 6-1 start for the Sun Devils in 2022-23 is the best start since they won the March Madness automatic bid in 2018-19. After holding opponents to less than 28 percent of the floor in consecutive games for the first time since 1996-97 and posting 20 assists in both games, ASU received votes in both the Coaches and AP Polls this past week. Last year, Arizona State only had two games with at least 20 assists. In addition to junior guard D.J. Horne, junior forward Marcus Bagley and sophomore guard Frankie Collins, the team is averaging 74 points per game. Bagley (disciplinary) is on indefinite leave.

With a power ranking of 64, Arizona St. is ranked #157 in offense (scoring an average of 73.67 per game), #42 in defense (allowing an average of 60.67 points to be scored against them per game) and are 6-1 (4-3 ATS) this season.

Colorado is Looking for Consistency

In the first seven games this season, Colorado alternated wins and losses SU, and in the first six games ATS as well, until they failed to cover last time out in a 3-point win over Yale as nine-point favorites — marking the third straight time they have lost ATS. At 74.3 points per game, the Buffaloes rank fourth in Pac-12 scoring. They last won back-to-back games in 2021-22 and in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 tournament.