Bet UCLA at Maryland NCAAB Lines, Spread, Totals, Prediction & Preview

The lone ranked team in action around college basketball on Friday night is No. 22 UCLA, as the Bruins make the long trip across the country to face Maryland for the first time as co-Big Ten members.

The Terps are solid favorites on the NCAAB odds in Week 10.

How to Bet UCLA at Maryland NCAAB Lines & TV Info

NCAAB Moneylines: Maryland -238 / UCLA +189
When: Friday, 8 PM ET
Where: XFINITY Center, College Park
TV: FOX
Stream: FOX Sports Live

UCLA Basketball Analysis

No. 22 UCLA (11-4, 2-2 Big Ten) is going to fall out of the Top 25 on Monday as the Bruins were dominated on Tuesday at home by No. 24 Michigan, 94-75, for a second straight loss. UCLA opened the second half with an 18-4 run that gave the team its first lead of the game. But then the Bruins went 7:14 without a field goal while Michigan was making seven 3-pointers and Tre Donaldson was scoring 14 points to put Michigan ahead by 12 points.

The Wolverines shot 54 percent (15-28) from 3-point range, with Donaldson hitting six. The Bruins missed all nine of their 3-pointers in the first half and finished 2 of 20. Following the game, Coach Mick Cronin publicly berated his team and questioned its toughness.

Mick Cronin

“Obviously, they shot the ball well,” Cronin said. “But we’re soft. We’re too soft to play hard enough. Even in the [crucial moments], you can’t get a rebound. … So don’t tell me you want to win. Just don’t tell you want to win. I mean, we’re soft. To be fair, they have a unique skill set. But we’re soft.”

Cronin was particularly frustrated with his team’s lack of production and intensity defensively and on the offensive boards, and called out a number of players individually, including leading scorers Tyler Bilodeau and Sebastian Mack.

“I have to run on the court to get guys to play hard. It’s crazy. And it’s every day. I’m tired of it,” said Cronin. “I have the most energy of everybody at practice every day. I’m upset with everybody in that locker room, my assistant coaches and my players.”

Scored Points

Bilodeau and Mack paced UCLA’s offense with 17 points each. Bilodeau connected on eight of his 13 shot attempts, while Mack finished with 17 points and seven rebounds. It was Bilodeau’s 11th double-digit game of the season. Eric Dailey Jr. finished with 13 points and Kobe Johnson had 12 points. Johnson was 7-for-10 at the free throw stripe. As a team, UCLA shot 68 percent at the free throw line, knocking down 23 of 34 free throw attempts.

Four Bruins in

Bilodeau – 15 PTS
Mack – 14 PTS
Dailey Jr. – 13 PTS
Johnson – 10 PTS#GoBruins pic.twitter.com/5RoSGCKTer

— UCLA Men’s Basketball (@UCLAMBB) January 8, 2025

60 Points

The magic number for UCLA is 60. The Bruins are 59-3 since the start of the 2019-20 season when limiting the opposition to fewer than 60 points (all under head coach Cronin). This season, the Bruins have gone 7-0 when holding the opponent to fewer than 60 points. The Bruins currently rank 10th in scoring defense nationally at 61.5 ppg.

Since UCLA began recording minutes in 1978-79, the Bruins have always had at least one player average 30.0 or more minutes per game (by the end of the year). But currently, no player is averaging more than Bilodeau’s 27.7. He leads the team in scoring (14.7 ppg) and is second in rebounding (5.2 rpg).

The Record

Since the start of the 2021-22 season, UCLA has compiled a 37-26 record on the road. Earlier this season, the Bruins notched a 73-71 win at No. 12 Oregon. That marked UCLA’s first win on the road against a top-20-ranked program since an 87-60 win at No. 20-ranked Maryland on Dec. 14, 2022.

Maryland Basketball Analysis

Maryland (11-4, 1-3 Big Ten) has been off since an 83-79 loss at then-No. 9 Oregon on Sunday as the Terps went 0-2 on their swing through the Pacific Northwest as they also lost last Thursday at Washington. Against the Ducks, Maryland took its biggest lead at 30-17 in the first half when Selton Miguel converted a three-point play with 10:09 left, and it still led by three at the half, but Oregon was the better team after the break. After Julian Reese opened the second half with a basket to put the Terps up 47-42, Oregon followed with 14 straight points.

Rodney Rice

Rice led the Terps with 19 points to go along with four assists and three rebounds. He shot 5-of-8 from the floor, including 3-for-5 from three. Freshman Derik Queen made a big impact with 17 points, four rebounds, two assists and two blocks. He has scored in double figures in 12 straight games. Ja’Kobi Gillespie added 16 points, scoring 11 in the second half.

Double-R is locked in @rodneyrice__ leads the Terps with 10 pic.twitter.com/9QGGEIGnSN

— Maryland Men’s Basketball (@TerrapinHoops) January 5, 2025

Kevin Willard

“We have to come up with rebounds late in the game. It’s two games in a row, especially on the road, you’re not going to get a foul called, you’re not going to get a push in the back,” Terps coach Willard said. “We got them to take two bad shots, and you have to give them credit, they got two huge offensive rebounds that were the difference in the game.”

Willard is now 5-19 on the road in Big Ten play and 8-20 in games decided by six or fewer points. The Terps have led at halftime in every loss this season and have been unable to close out games in crunch time. All of Maryland’s losses this season have come by six-or-fewer points, with an average of 4.75 per game. Two of the losses were on the road against Top 10 ranked opponents (at #8 Purdue, at #9 Oregon).

Julian Reese

All-time, Reese has the eighth-most double-doubles for any Terp (28). Reese is one of nine players in program history to post over 1,100 career points and 800 career rebounds. Despite having a talented group of high-scoring guards and the addition of Queen to the front court, Reese has nearly matched his career-high totals from last season. Even more impressive is that Reese has been hitting these marks, playing 7.3 fewer minutes per game than last year. Additionally, his 3.5 offensive rebounds per game leads the Big Ten and are the most for a Maryland player since Jordan Williams averaged 3.7 in 2010-11.

Derik Queen

Queen arrived in College Park as one of the most heralded recruits in program history, and has lived up to the hype. Queen leads Maryland in scoring at 16.0 points per game and is second with 8.0 rebounds per game. His scoring average is third-best among all-time Maryland freshmen, dating back to 1947-48. Since 2008-09, there have been 34 20-point games by Maryland freshmen. In just his first 15 games, Queen already has five.

The Rankings

Maryland is ranked No. 23 in the NCAA NET, No. 24 in the Kenpom ratings, No. 18 in the Torvik ranking, No. 25 on EvanMiya.com, and No. 24 on the ESPN Basketball Power Index. Maryland has been explosive offensively, averaging 85.5 points this year, which ranks as the sixth-best average in program history and ranks No. 17 nationally this season. Defensively, the Terps are giving up just 63.5 points per game, which is 23rd nationally.

UCLA vs Maryland Series History

Maryland and UCLA have a long history, dating to when Hall of Fame Terps coach Lefty Driesell famously declared the Terrapins had the potential to be the “UCLA of the East Coast” when he was introduced as Maryland’s head coach in 1969. UCLA leads 7-3 and this will be the mark of the third straight year the teams have met during the regular season, after UCLA won in College Park in 2022-23 and the Terps won in Westwood in 2023-24.

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