An enormous 64-game slate lies before us Wednesday night, and it’s my job to make you money betting parlays the remainder of the 2022-23 college basketball betting season. With the Georgia Bulldogs just winning a second straight National Championship and the NFL playoffs kicking off this weekend, the thick of conference play has begun on the collegiate hardwood. That means just about every slate moving forward will be loaded with matchups to sink our teeth into at the online sportsbook.
Here’s to getting off on the right foot with some sides to add to your Hump Day parlay card!
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Georgia Bulldogs
The Dawgs return home from Gainesville with their eighth point spread cover in 11 tries after cashing in as 8.5-point underdogs in an 82-75 loss to the Florida Gators. Fresh off the football team winning a second straight national title, Stegeman Coliseum figures to be in a frenzy with the basketball team looking to remain undefeated at home (9-0, 4-5 ATS). This figures to be a defensive grinder with Mississippi State and Georgia each excelling at the defensive end of the floor.
But as great as Hail State’s defense has been, the offense has been wretched. It feeds off forcing turnovers and getting after it in transition. Though the Dawgs turn it over at a high clip (No. 272), I fully expect Terry Roberts to will his mates to the dub once the clock reads double zeroes.
Creighton Bluejays
Two teams that will have a say in how the Big East ultimately shapes up come March will duke it out Wednesday night when Creighton closes its two-game road trip in the Cintas Center where Xavier will attempt to remain undefeated in conference play. The Musketeers return home from ousting Villanova on the road a game removed from holding serve at home against UConn. The same Huskies team that just handed Ryan Kalkbrenner and co. a tough 69-60 defeat as 7.5-point dogs over the weekend.
While the road has been unkind to the Bluejays (0-3), I have this circled as a letdown spot for the X-Men who could have major issues defending the 3-ball should Creighton rediscover its shooting stroke from deep. The BJs shouldn’t be getting more than a few possessions, but I could see linemakers inflating the number due to the Musketeers riding a nine-game win streak.
Texas A&M Aggies
The Aggies haven’t been able to build off the end of last season’s dramatic run that saw it fall in both the SEC and NIT tournament finals, but Buzz Peterson’s kids look to finally be coming around. With triumphs in four straight which include wins and covers at Florida and at home against LSU, Texas A&M will be gunning to keep the win streak going when the Missouri Tigers pay Reed Arena on Wednesday night.
While the Tigers sport one of the best offenses in the country with it currently ranked No. 3 at KenPom, its defense is what I expect ultimately holds it back in this spot. A&M owns the better of the two defenses by far (No. 45), and it’s currently locked in at the moment conceding no more than 67 points in its last five games. Clamp down on D’Moi Hodge and Kobe Brown, and the Aggies will be in a position to win a fourth straight in front of the hometown faithful.
Northwestern Wildcats
Having just seen its five-game SU and ATS win streak get snapped in an ugly home loss to the Iowa Hawkeyes, I expect Rutgers to be a very popular road favorite on Wednesday night; especially with Northwestern just going into Bloomington and shocking the Hoosiers as 6.5-point road dogs. The Scarlet Knights play a nasty brand of defensive basketball that thrives off forcing turnovers and slowing the game to a crawl.
However, the veteran-laden Wildcats do the exact same thing with it ranked No. 9 in defensive efficiency per the Pomeroy Ratings while sporting the nation’s No. 29 ranked defensive turnover percentage. It’s darn near close to impossible to score from 2-point range against Chris Collins’ kids (No. 2) which means they also have the trees down low to fend off the Scarlet Knights excelled offensive rebounders. This will be a low scoring dog fight till the bitter end that the home team will have a great shot of coming out on top of.
Louisville Cardinals
This one won’t be for the faint of heart. The Cardinals are 2-14 SU and 0-5 in ACC play. They’ve also gone a bankroll bursting 4-11-1 against the closing college basketball betting odds. So why the heck am I recommending taking the heaping load of points with Kenny Payne’s kids? It’s quite simple really. Clemson has been playing well over its head with Brad Brownell’s squad currently sitting atop the ACC standings at 13-3 overall and an unblemished 5-0 in conference play.
This is a team that just eked out back-to-back road wins at Virginia Tech and PITT, and has a huge clash at home against Duke next up on the docket. You really think they’ll be 100 percent locked into the Ville come Wednesday night? I don’t! That’s perfectly alright with me considering El Ellis and co. have covered at a 3-0-1 clip in their last four games and will be taking back a huge number. Positive regression baby, positive regression!
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