With a pair of Pac-12 showdowns headlining the slate, here are our best college basketball player props and best bets for Thursday based on the best college basketball odds.
The once No. 1-ranked Arizona Wildcats began reeling in late December, dropping three of their final five games in 2023. The now No. 10 Wildcats (10-3) are hoping for a fresh start in 2024 when they host the Colorado Buffaloes (11-2) in a matchup that could have a major impact on the Pac-12 odds. The game will be broadcast on ESPN as the biggest college hoops game of the night.
Elsewhere in the conference, Oregon is slated to travel to Washington in what is considered the second-biggest contest of Thursday's slate. With most of our attention focused out west tonight, we can take advantage of some valuable spots in college hoops.
Here are our college basketball player props an d best bets for Thursday (odds via our best March Madness betting sites; pick confidence based on a 1-to-5-star scale).
Thursday's college basketball schedule and odds
(Odds via Caesars)
- Appalachian State (-3.5) vs. South Alabama
- Memphis (-9) vs. Tulsa
- Minnesota vs. Michigan (-6)
- North Texas vs. Wichita State (-1)
- Oregon vs. Washington (-4.5)
- Colorado vs. Arizona (-12.5)
- Oregon State vs. Washington State (-12)
- Utah (-5.5) vs. Washington State
- Saint Mary's (-13.5) vs. San Diego
Thursday's college basketball best bets
- Jose Perez Under 14.5 points (-120 via DraftKings) ?????
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Thursday's college basketball player props
We are indeed turning our attention to the Pac-12 tonight, but instead focusing on a non-marquee game. In the night's final game, a matchup between Utah and Arizona State could end up being a low-scoring affair. Neither of these teams has reached 70 points in the last three head-to-head meetings, with the total finishing between 124 and 126 all three times.
Thursday's total is trading in the high 140s, so there is reason to believe more points will be scored than in previous league matchups. But we still have our sights set on an Under in the player prop market, thanks to the matchup difficulty in this one.
Arizona State senior Jose Perez is averaging just 11.6 points per game this season. He has failed to clear this scoring prop of 14.5 in his last four games, going Over this mark in just five of his 13 contests.
While Perez does rank second on the team in minutes percentage, his shot percentage of 17% ranks sixth on the team, according to KenPom. Perez hasn't even attempted more than eight field goals in a game since Dec. 3.
As a team, the Sun Devils are 360th in the nation in Shot Quality's Shot Making metric. That doesn't bode well in a matchup against Utah, which ranks 43rd in adjusted defensive efficiency and 42nd in 2-point defense. Simply put, we expect Perez and Co. to have difficulty scoring.
In what could be a lower-scoring contest, we are confidently taking the Under on the highest point total in this game. This same Under is priced as high as -155 at Caesars, so take advantage of the -120 discount at both DraftKings and bet365.
College basketball best bets made Thursday at 9:55 a.m. ET.
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