Stephen Nover's CBB Total of the Year
(NCAAB) UC Davis vs. UC Irvine, 03/03/2018 5:30 PM, Score: 90 - 84
Total: 132.00 | -105.00 Over
Result: Loss
There were just 117 points scored when these teams last met back in January with UC Davis winning, 64-53. The Aggies had their leading scorer and rebounder, Chima Moneke, for that game. He scored 20 points in that game and averages 18.4 points on the season. However, Moneke is suspended and won't play here.

At stake in this matchup is the Big West Conference title. So I expect the intensity and defensive pressure to be as strong as it has been all season.

UC Davis ranks 64th defensively. Irvine is even better defensively ranking 42nd and and fourth in the nation in defensive field goal percentage. The Anteaters won't have to deal with Moneke either. Cal Irvine plays at a slow pace, too, which is an added plus for the Under. The Under has cashed in 17 of the Anteaters' last 22 games.

This series has an Under history, too, with four of the last five going below the total. The Under has cashed six of the past seven times the teams have met at Irvine.