Conference play begins to get in full swing, as Tuesday's slate is highlighted by ACC clashes between North Carolina-Pittsburgh and Wake Forest-Boston College. Read on for our top college basketball player props and best bets for Tuesday based on the best college basketball odds.
Now that the calendar has flipped to 2024, college basketball will begin to heat up with conference play taking place over the next two months. It will become increasingly difficult for even the best teams to win on the road, and NCAA Tournament seeding implications will be on the line nearly every night.
The ACC will provide some of the best games on Tuesday, with North Carolina slated to travel to Pittsburgh and Boston College hosting Wake Forest. Both games are expected to be decided by a single possession, and could go a long way in determining the overall outlook of the 2023-24 season.
Here are our college basketball player props and best bets for Tuesday (odds via our best March Madness betting sites; pick confidence based on a 1-to-5-star scale).
Tuesday college basketball schedule and odds
(Odds via Caesars)
- Purdue (-6) vs. Maryland
- Creighton (-12) vs. Georgetown
- Iowa vs. Wisconsin (-6)
- North Carolina (-4.5) vs. Pittsburgh
- Wake Forest (-1.5) vs. Boston College
- Syracuse vs. Duke (-14)
- New Mexico vs. Colorado State (-3.5)
Tuesday's college basketball best bets
- Boston College (+2) vs. Wake Forest (-110 via bet365) ????
- Western Michigan vs. Miami (OH) Under 148 (-110 via BetRivers) ????
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Tuesday's college basketball game picks
Our best sports betting apps have come to a consensus on the spread, making Wake Forest a 1.5-point favorite on the road. That's why we encourage readers to take advantage of the +2 bargain at bet365 before that shop follows suit.
Bart Torvik's projections actually make Boston College a 3-point favorite at home. The Eagles are 9-3 and honestly might be flying a bit under the radar entering league play. Quinten Post is one of the more underrated players in the country, despite his overwhelming 7-foot stature.
Boston College dropped its ACC opener back on Dec. 2, suffering an overtime loss to NC State at home. But ShotQuality's metrics a ctually graded that performance as a 67% post-game win expectancy for the Eagles, who have responded from that defeat by winning four in a row.
In a toss-up game, we are siding with the underrated team at home to begin 2024. But there is no reason to take anything lower than +1.5 on the spread.
This is another outlier number based on what the best sports betting sites are offering. The total for this game is trading as low as 146.5 at FanDuel, and is being offered at 147.5 at most places. BetRivers is providing us with the lone 148, making it the best place to shop for the Under.
ShotQuality projects a total of 141.8 for this game, as it's hard to envision where the points are coming from in this one. Both offenses ranks outside the top 200 in adjusted efficiency as well as ShotQuality's Rim and Three rate metric. Simply put, they don't have the best shot selection and they don't have effi cient offenses.
To make matters worse, Western Michigan ranks 357th in the nation with a free-throw percentage of 60.1% and Miami (OH) is 355th in offensive rebound rate at 19.9%. So not only are the offenses poor overall, but they struggle with the easy stuff.
We are expecting a low-scoring affair in this one, and would be willing to play the Under at 147.5 or better.
College basketball best bets made Tuesday at 11:25 a.m. ET.
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