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posted March 14, 2008 at 12:09 in NCAA B Articles

BetUS NCAA basketball betting odds: Oklahoma -9, Total 188.5

The Colorado Buffaloes (12-19 SU, 15-12 ATS), coming off a big effort on Thursday, will try to pull another surprise on Friday when they take on the Oklahoma Sooners (21-10 SU, 14-14 ATS) in quarterfinal action of the Big 12 Tournament, which tips off at 3 PM ET at the Sprint Center in Kansas City.

In the BetUS Sportsbook, Oklahoma is listed as a nine-point favorite, with a total of 188.5 points.

Here are some of the NCAA basketball betting trends as they relate to this matchup:

* COLO has lost 12 of its last 15 games SU

* COLO has covered eight of its last 11 games

* COLO has played four of its last six games UNDER the total

* OKLA has won six of its last eight games SU

* OKLA has covered five of its last eight games

* OKLA has played its last five games UNDER the total

* OKLA has covered 11 of the last 16 meetings

* OKLA has won 12 of the last 16 meetings SU

* COLO has had the rebounding edge in three of the last five meetings

* OKLA has made more three-pointers in six of the last seven meetings

Colorado deserves quite a bit of credit for yesterday's 91-84 double overtime win over Baylor, achieved behind 54% shooting and 59 points from the emerging guard tandem of Richard Roby and Marcus Hall. Of course, they were able to take advantage of a Baylor team that couldn't go to a "Plan B" with an inside game. That is not the case with Oklahoma, which comes at the opponent with big people.

However, center Longar Longar has not been so dominant since coming back from injury - averaging just eight points and five rebounds since coming back from injury. And Blake Griffin, the sensational freshman forward, is available but just coming off arthroscopic knee surgery.

And even thought it is admittedly hard to come back from a double OT game to play the next day, there is an extra mobilizing factor for the Buffs here. After a previous 14-point Colorado home win, Oklahoma coach Jeff Capel described it as “The most embarrassing thing I’ve ever been a part of.” Colorado is understandably angry at that expression of disrespect.

"That's extreme motivation," according to Buffs' guard Dwight Thorne. His backcourt mates, Roby and Hall, are going to be hard to match up with, having each scored 19 points in the previous meeting.

We're going to grab the points with Colorado, the nine-point underdog in the BetUS NCAAB betting odds.

JAY'S PLAY: COLORADO

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(Charles Jay of http://www.eBookies.com gives it the old college try as a regular contributor to the BetUS Locker Room)