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REASON FOR PICK: Matt has erupted for a POWERFUL 92-52-3 (63.9%) run to start 2012 which includes an AWESOME 38-23-3 (62.3%) in CBB! It is Super Bowl weekend and Matt has big plans! He has EIGHT CBB Plays Saturday and all are available right now! Do not forget his 10* Super Bowl Enforcer as he extends his PERFECT 3-0 record with 10* Enforcers! Arizona is coming off a massive win on Thursday as it won at California, ending the Golden Bears' 17-game winning streak at Haas Pavilion. The victory improved the Wildcats to 6-4 in the conference and kept them two games behind Washington for first place. They have been decent on the road this season, going 5-3 overall including 3-2 in the Pac 12 but the other two wins came against bottom feeders USC and Utah. While the travel is not a lot, it still presents a tough spot. Stanford rolled over Arizona St. to also improve to 6-4 in the conference and like California, it has a strong home court edge. The Cardinal are 12-1 at Maples Pavilion with the only loss coming against Butler in non-conference action. The easy victory over the Sun Devils on Thursday allowed some rest for the starters as Stanford cleared the bench for a lot of the game as 11 players logged nine or more minutes of action and no starter played more than 27 minutes. The Wildcats suffered a tough loss last week with the loss of guard Kevin Parrom which hurts the depth of the backcourt. Now it gets worse as Thursday night, Arizona also lost the services of guard Jordin Mayes which really thins out the backcourt. Without Parrom and Mayes, the Wildcats’ bench basically consists of guard Brendon Lavender and center Angelo Chol. Freshman shooting guard Nick Johnson will be the backup point guard and the Wildcats now have only seven players logging double-digits in minutes. Stanford has Arizona in a position to snap its five-game losing streak against the Wildcats. Stanford's most recent victory over Arizona came back on Jan. 4, 2009 which was also at home. Overall the Cardinal are 63-17 at home since the start of 2007 so it is a tough place for the opposition to come into. They have covered 26 of their last 37 home games against teams with a winning road record and they are 7-1 ATS this season against teams coming off a win in their last game. 3* (568) Stanford Cardinal

REASON FOR PICK: Gonzaga (17-4) is a powerhouse team and faces a Pepperdine squad (8-14) that has a .500 home record. Gonzaga won't be in a good mood after blowing a game at BYU, with 15 first half turnovers. Gonzaga turned the ball over 19 times total, including 14 BYU steals. Bulldogs coach Mark Few criticized his team for not handling the task of playing in a tough road environment well and the Bulldogs are 24-8-2 ATS in their last 34 games vs. a team with a winning percentage below .400. Pepperdine is 3-7 ATS in their last 10 vs. the West Coast Conference. The Bulldogs are 8-2 ATS in the last 10 meetings in Pepperdine and the favorite is 18-7-1 ATS in the last 26 meetings. Play Gonzaga!