The Rutgers Scarlet Knights take on the Oregon Ducks in Eugene, Oregon. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. ET on FS1.
Oregon is favored by 7.5 points on the spread with a moneyline of -298. The total is set at 153.5 points.
Here are my Rutgers vs. Oregon predictions and college basketball picks for February 16, 2025.
Rutgers vs Oregon Prediction
My Pick: PASS | Lean Oregon ATS
My Rutgers vs Oregon best bet is on the Ducks spread, with the best odds currently available at DraftKings. For all of your college basketball bets, be sure to find the best lines by using our live NCAAB odds page.
Rutgers vs Oregon Odds
| Rutgers Odds | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spread | Total | Moneyline |
+7.5 -115 | 153.5 -110 / -110 | +240 |
| Oregon Odds | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spread | Total | Moneyline |
-7.5 -105 | 153.5 -110 / -110 | -298 |
- Rutgers vs Oregon spread: Oregon -7.5
- Rutgers vs Oregon over/under: 153.5 points
- Rutgers vs Oregon moneyline: Oregon -298, Rutgers +240
- Rutgers vs Oregon best bet: PASS | Lean Oregon ATS
Spread
I'm passing on this game altogether. But I'd lay the points with the Ducks if I had to pick a side.
Moneyline
I'm passing on the moneyline.
Over/Under
I'm passing on the over/under.
My Pick: PASS | Lean Oregon ATS
Rutgers vs Oregon College Basketball Betting Preview
The Ducks have lost five of their past six games, but can you blame them? They just had a stretch of four road contests in five games, a stretch of travel that saw them go from Minnesota to UCLA back home to Nebraska to Michigan to Michigan State.
They finally bounced back with a home win over Northwestern on Tuesday, but it wasn’t a perfect performance, as they won by six after closing as 9.5-point favorites.
Oregon should be able to run its offense. The Ducks like to play through Nate Bittle in the post, running inside-out by dishing it back out to dribble playmakers like Jackson Shelstad.
I don’t trust Rutgers’ interior defense, especially after the Scarlet Knights surrendered 20 points on 15 post-up sets to Illinois and Maryland.
I also don’t trust their dribble defense, as Dylan Harper has been a shaky on-ball defender all year.
On the other end of the court, I can’t get a great feel for Oregon’s ball-screen coverage, which has been up and down all season.
The Ducks will switch between drop coverage and amoeba zone coverage on defense; the former will funnel on-ball creation into the middle of the court, while the latter will force traps in the corner.
Harper and fellow freshman superstar Ace Bailey could easily shred drop coverage, but I don’t think their dribble-heavy isolation approach profiles well against Dana Altman’s diamond-and-one zone.
Honestly, I’m unsure which defensive coverage the Ducks will opt for. So, if I’m going to make any play on this game, I’d probably live bet either Oregon or Rutgers after checking out some of the in-game schematic decisions from both coaches.
However, if you’re dying to make a pre-game wager, I’d likely look toward Oregon.
The Ducks are a little undervalued after their brutal travel stretch, and it’s a brutal travel situation for the Scarlet Knights, who head all the way cross-country from Piscataway to Eugene after losing at home to Iowa on Wednesday.
