College Basketball Picks

Tuesday was a very uncharacteristic performance for Fairleigh Dickinson, as the Knights got outshot from behind the arc by Prairie View. That doesn’t happen often as the Knights are one of the most accurate shooting teams from 3-point range in the nation. Can Gonzaga defend the arc well enough to win by 28 and help bettors beat their bookie?

With 48 teams having an unprotected seed in terms of travel, the first round often features a matchup where one team has to travel a long distance and the other does not. That’s the case here, as Villanova only has to cover 200 miles while Saint Mary’s must cross three time zones. So it’s time to jump on Villanova, right? Not necessarily. DJ breaks down this first round pick!

Kentucky has been in this situation many times before and is expected to put the game away very quickly. The longer Abilene Christian hangs around — which might be longer than people think — the more difficult it will be for Kentucky to get separation and score the comfortable victory that’s expected here. Translation, Kentucky scoring early takes their soul and gets Kentucky bettors the -22 point cover.

Nevada can cover the -2.5 if Cody and Caleb Martin both play a good game. The Martin brothers have obviously been the leaders for this Wolfpack team and between them they lead the Wolfpack in nearly every offensive category. in 3 of their 4 losses this season, at least one of the Martin brothers have failed to score more than 10 points illustrating that both need to be scoring if they want to continue winning. Matt breaks down the matchup and their potential to score the ball tonight.

The Colgate Raiders take on the Tennessee Volunteers tonight and Matt Lowry takes on the sportsbooks and gives you his college basketball prediction. Colgate is up against a big time team in Tennessee but Volunteer backers are up against a big time spread of 17.5. Can the Vols cover a big number coming off a shellacking at the hands of Auburn?

The first thing to notice about these two teams, is that they score a boatload of points. Kansas has seen the total go over in 7 of the last 10 games and 5 of the last 6. As for the Huskies, the over is 5-5 in their last 10 and 3-2 in their last 5. Both of these two teams last games have gone over the current over under total line of 143. Is that enough to look hard at a pick on the over? Matt Lowry breaks it down!

The Bradley Braves take on the Michigan State Spartans as huge 18.5 point underdogs this afternoon at 2:45pm. Matt Lowry breaks down the matchup, the sportsbook’s monster spread and gives his pick on the total of 133.5.

Dan Jamison tells us why this game between the Arizona State Sun Devils and the St. John’s Red Storm will come down to bench production. DJ takes a look at Mullin’s rotation for St. Johns and and ASU’s depth and considers it a major factor when making his NCAA selection. Read the breakdown and get DJ’s pick against the spead!

Experience matters. The Eagles’ seven seniors have been to Dayton twice before, and they know what it’s like to try to learn about an opponent and get ready for them in less than 72 hours. Nobody from North Dakota State has ever played in the NCAA tournament before. But DJ doesn’t think that is enough to bet on and tells us why he is putting his money behind North Dakota State and laying the points. See DJ’s first four pick!

For all of their trips to the NCAA tournament between them, Rick Byrd and Fran Dunphy haven’t exactly found their way to success in March. Byrd is 0-7 at Belmont and Dunphy sports a mark of 3-16 at Pennsylvania and Temple. Granted, that’s in large part because neither has ever had a very high seed. This year sportsbooks have these two teams separated by 3.5 points meaning its an opportunity to get the rare win! DJ breaks down the match up and offers his free pick.