College basketball schedule today has 147 games
That is a lot of games. That is a lot of teams. There are 363 Division I teams and 295 of them are scheduled to be in action on Saturday. Chicago State plays a lower-division team, but the other 146 games feature Division I foes going head-to-head. For the purposes of this article, the time difference, the sheer size of the card and some lead time for readers before the games tip off means that I’ll be focusing on the later games, generally looking at 2 p.m. ET or later, so that cuts it down a little bit.
I can’t promise good results on Saturdays, but with this many teams on the court, there are going to be mistakes, oversights and inaccuracies with the lines. This is why conference specialization works so well. I look at the country as a whole because it’s my job, but for those with limited handicapping time, try to pick a few conferences you like or have easy access to for information and become an expert on those. It will help on days like today.
As always, check out Jonathan Von Tobel’s daily NBA best bets and Andy MacNeil’s top NHL picks.
Here are some thoughts on the January 28 card (odds from DraftKings):