UCLA vs Maryland Prediction
UCLA vs Maryland Game Information
| What: | UCLA vs Maryland Prediction 1/10/2025 College Basketball Picks |
| When: | Friday, January 10, 2025 at 8:00 EST/5:00 PST |
| Where | XFINITY Center, College Park, Maryland |
| UCLA vs Maryland Line: | Maryland -4.5 |
| Total: | 137.5 |
| TV: | FOX |
UCLA vs Maryland Preview
No. 22 UCLA (11-4, 2-2 in Big Ten) heads to College Park to face Maryland (11-3, 1-3 in Big Ten) in a Big Ten Conference showdown from the XFINITY Center on Friday night. This will be the first meeting between these two schools as Big Ten members. In their last 5 games, the Bruins are just 2-3, beating Prairie View by 36 (111-75), losing to North Carolina by 2 (76-74), beating Gonzaga by 3 (65-62), and then losing back-to-back games at Nebraska by 8 (66-58) and vs Michigan by 19 (94-75). In their last 5, the Terrapins are 3-2, topping St. Francis (PA) by 54 (111-57), Syracuse by 27 (87-60), and UMES by 25 (81-66) before losing at Washington by 6 (75-69) and at Oregon by 4 (83-79). Online sportsbook DraftKings currently has Maryland priced at 75/1 to win the 2025 NCAA Basketball Tournament with UCLA at 55/1 odds.
UCLA Faces Tough Test vs the Dribbling Turtles
UCLA (9-6-0 ATS, 4-11-0 O/U) has been a heavy Under team and the Bruins (+185 Moneyline) have struggled lately, losing 3 of the last 4 and the first 2 of 2025 after humbling Gonzaga in the West Coast Hoops Showdown. The Bruins allow 61.5 PPG and score 75.9 PPG (#175) and it has been that Defense which has helped this team be ranked. But with Big Ten play heating up and the Bruins on the Road, we will see how strong this team really is. UCLA is led in scoring by F Tyler Bilodeau (14.7 PPG, 5.2 RPG), G Eric Dailey Jr. (11.5 PPG, 4.4 RPG), G Sebastian Mack (10.2 PPG), G Dylan Andrews (7.2 PPG, 2.7 APG), versatile G Kobe Johnson (7.8 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 3.3 APG), G Skyy Clark (6.7 PPG, 2.7 RPG, 2.6 APG), G Lazar Stefanovic (6.3 PPG), C Aday Mara (4.7 PPG, 3.4 RPG), and G Trent Perry (3.3 PPG).
UCLA Betting Trends
- UCLA is 7-3-0 SU in its last 10 games overall
- The Under is 7-3-0 in the Bruins last 10 games, 3-1-0 last 4
- UCLA is 0-2-0 ATS in its last 2 games (NEB, MICH)
- The Bruins are 1-3 SU in their last 4 games overall
- UCLA has won 3 of its last 4 outright when Underdogs (ORE, AZ, GONZ)
Maryland an Unranked Home Favorite on Friday
Maryland (8-7-0 ATS, 8-6-1 O/U) find themselves in the role of an Unranked Home Favorite (UHF), a sports gambling Trend followed by many in College Basketball and College Football. The Terrapins (-225 Moneyline) have a nice Starting 5 in C Derik Queen (16.0 PPG, 8.0 RPG), G Ja’Kobi Gillespie (13.0 PPG, 4.1 APG), F Julian Reese (13.0 PPG, 8.7 RPG), G Rodney Rice (12.1 PPG), and G Selton Miguel (11.9 PPG) and the Terrapins come in here averaging 85.5 ppg (#14) and allowing just 63.5 PPG with 38.5 Rebounds Per Game (Tied-#80). The 22.0 Scoring Margin for Maryland ranks No. 3 in the DI behind Houston and Florida. Kevin Willard improved his team a lot in the offseason, adding Five-star Montverde Academy standout Queen, Belmont Transfer Gillespie, Virginia Tech Transfer Rice, Georgia Tech Transfer Tafara Gapare (4.9 PPG, 3.1 RPG). Memphis Transfer Jay Young, and Three-star Mt. Zion Prep G Malachi Palmer.
Maryland Betting Trends
- Maryland is 0-2 SU in its last 2 games
- The Terrapins have been Favorites in 9 of their last 11 games
- Maryland has played 2 straight Road games (@ORE, @WAS)
- The Under is 3-1-0 in the Terrapins last 4 games
- Maryland has won in a range of 1 Point (VIL) to 71 points (CANISIUS)
UCLA vs Maryland Prediction
These teams have had 3 recent meetings with UCLA going 2-1 SU/ATS with 2 consecutive Overs. Last December, Maryland won outright as 4-Point Underdogs (69-60) in a game that trickled Over the closing Total (127.5) by just 1.5 Points. UCLA won a year earlier (2022), also winning outright as the Underdog (+2). The Unranked Home Favorite Trend is interesting, but it didn’t work for Ohio State against another former Pac-10 team that joined the Big Ten (like UCLA), Oregon, who won in Columbus earlier this week. This UCLA vs Maryland NCAAB pick will look for UCLA to wake up and maybe get its first Win of the calendar year, but the 5 points seems like an awful lot in what is expected to be a low-scoring game in College Park this evening.