No. 13 seeds or lower are 37-68 against the spread as underdogs of 3.5 to 9.5 points after three or more straight wins. UC Irvine fits that model, carrying a 17-game win streak into this one after knocking off Kansas State. But they step up in competition again and the Anteaters are 2-8 ATS versus the Pac-12. Oregon is on a red-hot roll of 9-0 SU/ATS after blasting Wisconsin, 72-54, as a dog. The Ducks were tops in the Pac-12 in scoring margin (+7.8), defense (62.7 points per game allowed), field goal defense (.399) and three-point defense (.291). They just harassed Wisconsin's star center Ethan Happ into 12 points, zero assists, five turnovers. The Ducks are 49-28 ATS after allowing 55 points or less and 9-3-1 ATS versus the Big West conference, including 4-1 ATS against UC Irvine. Play Oregon.
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