The Stanford Cardinal and Cal Golden Bears meet Saturday in college basketball action at Haas Pavilion. We will look at this from a betting perspective and identify the best bets for this game. Here’s a prediction between California and Stanford.

Stanford summary

The Stanford Cardinal come into this game looking to build on a 77-63 win over Utah Valley last game and improve to 7-2 on the year. After this game, Stanford will face Merrimack, Oregon and Clemson.

Cardinal wants to build momentum

Maxime Reynaud leads the Cardinals in scoring and rebounding, averaging a double-double per game with 22.3 PPG and 12.2 RPG, while Jaylen Blakes has 15.9 PPG with 3.7 RPG and a team-high 5.4 APG leads the Cardinals in the assist department. Oziyah Sellers has 14.1 PPG, capping the trio of double-digit scorers for Stanford to this point of the year. As a team, Stanford is averaging 79.2 PPG on 44.2% field shooting, 31.1% three-point shooting and 73.8% from the foul line this season.

Why the Stanford Cardinal will win

• California has lost each of its last five games against the Atlantic Coast Conference.
• Stanford has won nine of its last 11 games against opponents not ranked in the AP rankings.

Cal summary

The Cal Golden Bears come into this game looking to bounce back from a 98-93 loss to Missouri in their last outing. California will then face Cornell, Northwestern State and San Diego State.

Golden Bears want to recover

Andrej Stojakovic has a team-high 18.8 PPG with 5.1 RPG, while Jovan Blacksher Jr. leads the Golden Bears in assists with 15.6 PPG with 2.8 RPG and a team-high 4 APG. Jeremiah Wilkinson has 11.8 PPG while BJ Omot has 10.8 PPG to round out the group of double-digit scorers for Cal so far this season. Lee Dort leads Cal with 7.4 RPG, also this year. As a team, Cal is averaging 81.5 PPG on 48.2% shooting from the field, 36.9% from three and 73% from the foul line this season.

Why the California Golden Bears will win

• California has won each of its last seven games at Haas Pavilion.
• Stanford has lost four of its last five games at Haas Pavilion.

California vs Stanford Prediction

I’m here at Cal. I understand that Stanford is worth a look as they will have the best player on the floor in Reynaud, but Cal is the stronger team in my opinion and I really like what Mark Madsen is doing and the work he is doing with this Cal team does, it hasn’t necessarily been the greatest success in recent years. I think Cal will be a team to watch this season. Give me Cal at home.