Northern Colorado is coming into this game with a 25-9 record this season and they were 15-3 in their conference. They were tied for 1st place in their conference, but they lost to the other 1st place team in their conference tournament, losing to Montana 91-83. They have been playing well as they have won 6 of their last 7 games and they were good on the road in their conference, but they also had 3 conference losses this season and 2 of those came on the road. They were also much worse in their non-conference schedule as they lost 4 of their 6 road games this season with 3 of those losses coming by 10+ points. They are going up against a UC Irvine team that is 28-6 this season and they were 17-3 in their conference. They were not the best team in their conference at 17-3 and they lost to that better team in their conference tournament, losing 75-61 against UC San Diego, but they have still been playing well recently as they have won 6 of their last 7 games. They have also been dominant at home this season as they won 2 of their last 3 as well as 10 of their 12 games there this season. They were also a dominant team in their non-conference schedule as they were 10-2 in those games and they won 9 of those 10 games by 8+ points each. They also had just 2 home games in that 12 game span and won both of those non-conference home games by 18+ points each. UC Irvine has a big advantage in this game with their rebounding as well as their free throw shooting, and they have been much better on the defensive end as well. UC Irvine will cover the spread in this game.