College basketball best bets for Saturday, 3/4 — Pickswise

To say that we have a lot to work with while coming up with some best college basketball bets for Saturday would be a massive understatement. How good is the lineup? Well, exactly 76 percent of the top 25 is taking the court. For those counting, that means 19 top-25 teams are lacing up their sneakers. Eight of them are going head-to-head in four all-ranked battles: #2 Alabama vs #24 Texas A&M, #3 Kansas vs #9 Texas, #25 Pittsburgh vs #16 Miami and #8 Arizona vs #4 UCLA. Another fun one could be #12 Tennessee paying a visit to Auburn.

Let's take a look at my 3 best bets for Saturday.

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Marquette -11.5 over St. John's (-115)

There is no reason to think that St. John's can be competitive in this Big East battle. The Red Storm are wallowing down near the bottom of the conference standings with a 7-12 record, while the Golden Eagles lead the way at 16-3 (24-6 overall). St. John's is without Montez Mathis and Rafael Pinzon, so this team really goes only 7 deep at the moment. Marquette features 4 guys scoring in double-figures and is averaging more than 80 points per game. St. John's doesn't have the offensive arsenal to keep up. The Golden Eagles scored 96 points in the first head-to-head matchup this season, and although the Red Storm put up 85 I don't see the underdogs doing that again. '

  
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