The Washington Huskies and the USC Trojans will clash in the Pac 12 opener for both teams Friday night. The Huskies have won eight of their last nine games and I think they'll give the Trojans all they can handle here. They're great at hustling their opponent and lead the Pac-12 and rank 15th nationally with 9.3 steals per game, which can be compared to the Trojans' 4.8 steals per game.

USC is coming off three consecutive triumphs, but the last two haven't been very impressive, just barely beating Middle Tennessee St. and a come-from-behind victory against New Mexico State on Christmas Day.

This looks like too many points to cover for the home team.

My selection is an 8* play on Washington Huskies.