Iowa State vs Arizona Predictions Today: Best College Basketball Picks For 1/27/25
Iowa State and Arizona clash in a Big 12 matchup on Monday night in college basketball. Get college basketball picks for today around Iowa State vs Arizona clashing in a conference showdown in Tucson, AZ!
Here’s a breakdown of predictions and picks for this Big 12 matchup tipping off at 10:30PM ET on January 27, 2025!
Iowa State vs Arizona Game Details
Date: Monday, January 27, 2025
Time: 10:30 PM ET / 7:30 PM PT
Broadcast: ESPN
Location: McKale Memorial Center, Tucson, AZ
Spread: Arizona -2.5 | Total: 151.5
Iowa State vs Arizona Preview
Early money has shown on Arizona in this Big 12 battle, and we are happy to grab the points with Iowa State. The Wildcats have enjoyed a very comfortable introduction into the Big 12 thus far.
Arizona has only played two teams in the top half of the conference, and they lost by 16 in one of those games.
Tip your cap to Tommy Lloyd for playing a difficult non-conference schedule against the likes of Wisconsin, Duke, Oklahoma and UCLA, but Arizona lost all of those games. Arizona has played eight games against teams rated inside KenPom’s top-50, and the Wildcats have gone 2-6 straight-up and against the spread in those eight games.
So we’re struggling to see where the confidence is coming from in the betting market for Arizona in this one. Back-to-back wins over Oklahoma State and Colorado (combined 2-14 in Big XII play) are not moving the needle for us.
Iowa State has only lost one game in the last two months, and that came at West Virginia where the Cyclones shot 1-for-17 from three-point range. That was certainly an outlier performance for a team that shoots 35.0-percent from beyond the arc.
Iowa State vs Arizona Predictions
What other faults does Iowa State have? The Cyclones are top-10 in the country in both offensive and defensive efficiency.
We’ve got one battle-tested team that has already beaten the likes of Marquette, Baylor, Texas Tech and Kansas, facing another battle-tested team that has lost every “big” game that it has played thus far.
Until we see something to change our mind, we know which side we prefer to be on.
Iowa State vs Arizona Prediction: Iowa State +2.5
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