California plays their first ACC road game as they visit Pitt. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a California-Pitt prediction and pick. California comes into the game at 7-5 on the year.

The model simulates every Division 1 college basketball game 10,000 times. It enters Week 9 of the 2024-25 season on a 183-130 betting roll (+2520) on all top-rated college basketball picks dating back to 2023. Anyone following at sportsbooks and on betting apps has seen huge returns.

For most college basketball teams playing on Monday, this is their first game action since the holiday break, with it being very common for most teams to have had more than a week off. That puts a big onus on coaching to keep their teams sharp and motivated despite the long layoff.