Five of the country's top-10 teams are in action in a loaded college basketball slate. Read on for our college basketball best bets for Thursday.
Purdue gets its first chance at avenging its only loss of the season when it travels to Ohio State on Thursday.
Meanwhile, a team that will surely receive first-place votes in next week's AP poll is also in action, as Houston hosts SMU.
Here are our college basketball best bets for Thursday (odds via FanDuel Sportsbook, PointsBet, Caesars Sportsbook, and BetMGM; pick confidence based on a 1-to-5-star scale).