Utah has only covered one Pac-12 game on the road, and I like the Beavers to hang around Thursday. The Utes haven't been the same since losing point guard Rollie Worster (9.9 ppg, 5.5 apg, 4.9 apg). Back lowly Oregon State to cover its fifth straight.

The moment of truth has arrived for the Utes, who are going to have to overcome their season-long yips on the road if they want to stay on the Big Dance bubble. Any road trip looks daunting for Utah, which has only beaten UCLA on a buzzer-beater on the Pac-12 trail this season. Now they're asked to win by multiple buckets at Corvallis, where the host Beavers have played their best this season and are 6-1 vs. the line their last seven as a conference host. OSU has also covered its last four, and expect real focus from hot scorer G Jordan Pope (25 ppg the last three), held to single digits for the only time this term in January loss at SLC. Play OSU