California has been shooting the ball more effectively than Stanford over their last three games. The Golden Bears are shooting it at 54.3 percent as compared to the Cardinal's 50.3 percent. California's defense isn't the best, but they do guard the perimeter well, holding their opponents to 30.2 percent from beyond the arc. They've also been shooting it 37.5 percent over their last three as well. Stanford has the edge on defense, but in this in-state match-up, this just seems like too many points. I'm on California.

Only Power 5 game of the night. Cal is quite awful, but Stanford (0-4 in Pac-12) isn't much better so this seems high in a rivalry game on the Bears' home court. Here is a summary of why college basketball is perplexing me this season: Cal has been without leading scorer Devin Askew in three games this season and is 2-1 in them. When he has played: 0-12. This kind of thing is happening every night all over the country. Maybe Askew is too much of a ball-hog. Not clear if he's playing tonight but regardless Cal has deployed a deeper rotation since graduate guard DeJuan Clayton made his Golden Bear debut on Dec. 29 vs. Utah.