Free Sports Game Preview and Prediction: Portland vs. Oregon
Wednesday, December 15, 2021 9:00 PM
Play: Point Spread: 17.5/-110 Portland
The Portland Pilots entered this season enduring six straight seasons of losing basketball. The Pilots did something about that after last season hiring Shantay Legans, who coached Eastern Washington to the NCAA Tournament last season while establishing himself as one of the up-and-coming coaches. Legans is making a huge difference so far at Portland as the Pilots are 8-3. Despite this it's doubtful Oregon gets too excited about this West Coast Conference opponent. Not after the Ducks just played their first two Pac-12 games and host top-ranked Baylor on Saturday. It's a major lookahead spot for Oregon, who have failed to cover seven of its last eight games. Portland has covered in all five of its road/neutral site games this season. The combination of Oregon's slow tempo, Portland's outstanding free throw shooting ability and excellent coaching plus the Ducks' look-ahead matchup to Baylor leads me to believe the Pilots can stay within this large point spread.