Overview
- The teams meet Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada, with a semifinal berth on the line.
- Sportsbooks price Oklahoma around a 9.5 to 10-point favorite with a total near 163.5 to 166 and money lines close to Oklahoma -422 and Colorado +326.
- SportsLine’s 10,000-simulation model projects about 161 combined points and shows the Under cashing in 65% of simulations.
- OutKick recommends a first‑half Under, citing two weeks off for both teams and unfamiliar sight lines in the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
- Colorado travels short-handed, with top scorer Isaiah Johnson and forwards Sebastian Rancik and Bangot Dak in the transfer portal, a set of losses reported to have pushed the spread several points toward Oklahoma.