Feb. 18, 2026, 2:21 p.m. ET

The No. 8 Gonzaga Bulldogs (25-2, 13-1 WCC) and San Francisco Dons (15-13, 7-8) meet in West Coast Conference action Wednesday. Tip time at The Sobrato Center is 11 p.m. ET (ESPN2). Let’s analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s NCAA basketball odds around the Gonzaga vs. San Francisco odds and make our expert college basketball picks and predictions for the best bets.

Gonzaga, which edged USF 68-66 but failed to cover as a 15.5-point home favorite on Jan. 24, lost its first game this month — an 87-80 loss as a 22.5-point favorite at Portland on Feb. 4 — but is 3-0 with a trio of comfortable winning margins since. In their most recent game on Saturday, the Bulldogs covered as 5.5-point favorites (Over 158.5) with a 94-86 win at Santa Clara. Gonzaga shot 33 of 46 (71.7%) from inside the arc that game and is hitting 66% of its 2-pointers over its 3-game winning streak.

San Francisco, which is 3-1 against the spread (ATS) in its last 4 games against Gonzaga, played its most recent game on Sunday. The Dons snapped a 3-game skid with a 92-79 (Over 148.5) conquest at +5.5 San Diego.

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Moneyline (ML): Gonzaga -1200 (bet $1,200 to win $100) | San Francisco +750 (bet $100 to win $750)Against the spread (ATS): Gonzaga -14.5 (-102) | San Francisco +14.5 (-118)Over/Under (O/U): 148.5 (O: -115 | U: -105)Gonzaga at San Francisco picks and predictionsPrediction

Gonzaga 81, San Francisco 69

No interest; PASS.

Even with impressive 2-point shooting of late, Gonzaga has filed some recent offensive-efficiency performances that have at best been uneven. The Bulldogs are certainly the more talented team, but there is some 3-point-defense regression baked into their numbers. And Gonzaga finds itself up against a high-frequency-tripling San Francisco squad.

BACK SAN FRANCISCO +14.5 (-118).

The Over is 5-1 across the Dons’ last 6 games and is 5-1 in the last 6 series meetings.

The pace combo here features the up-tempo Bulldogs and slow-down Dons, but San Francisco has sped up against recent fast-paced conference foes. Games against Santa Clara and San Diego both landed as Overs — and with comfortable margins.

Figure Gonzaga as getting some extra scoring input in the transition and second-chance departments. And look for San Francisco to garner plenty of 3s and frees. That all spells opportunity for scoring surges and a game total in the low 150s.

The OVER 148.5 (-115) is the value play.

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