Our college basketball player props and best bets for Tuesday based on the best college basketball odds help you turn the page on the college sports season.
Tuesday's slate of college basketball games – the day after the college football season concluded with Michigan beating Washington in the national title game – will feel like the year's second (or maybe even third) season opener. Many college football bettors will now turn their attention to college hoops, so welcome to any new readers looking to have some action on college sports!
Fortunately for us, tonight's card is loaded from start to finish. As is usually the case, the best games will occur in the Big 12 when Baylor hosts BYU and undefeated Houston travels to Iowa State. We also have matchups featuring Colorado State-Boise State, Duke-Pittsburgh, Missouri-Kentucky, and more.
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's college basketball schedule and odds
(Odds via FanDuel)
- Missouri vs. No. 6 Kentucky (12.5)
- No. 25 Texas vs. Cincinnati (-5.5)
- No. 2 Houston vs. Iowa State
- No. 22 Creighton (-15.5) vs. DePaul
- No. 17 Colorado State (-2.5) vs. Boise State
- No. 18 BYU vs. No. 14 Baylor (-3.5)
- No. 1 Purdue (-7.5) vs. Nebraska
- No. 19 San Diego State (-10.5) vs. San Jose State
Tuesday's college basketball best bets
- Noah Waterman (BYU) Over 1.5 3-pointers (-110 via DraftKings, BetMGM) vs. Baylor ?????
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Tuesday's college basketball player props
BYU's introduction to the Big 12 didn't go according to plan, as it dropped a home game against Cincinnati. The Cougars, ranked as high as No. 4 in the nation via Kenpom, have now dropped to No. 9.
While that's still a bit rich for a proper power rating, this team is talented enough to be in the top 20. The Cougars aren't our favorite style of basketball due to their over-reliance on the 3-ball, and forward Noah Waterman is the perfect example of that.
Waterman is averaging 11.4 points per game this season on 46.6% shooting. Of his 8.4 field goal attempts per game, an ave rage of 5.6 are coming from beyond the 3-point line. Nineteen of his 23 shots over the last two games have come from long range, as he's hit six triples over that span.
Our projections show value on his current Over of 9.5 points at DraftKings, but he's likely not going to get there without hitting multiple 3-pointers based on his shot diet. And Baylor is due for some regression at defending the long ball, as ShotQuality's numbers suggest that opposing teams should be shooting 3% better from 3-point range against the Bears this year.
In what might end up being the game of the night, bet on Waterman to hit multiple 3-pointers. This Over is playable at -120 or better before we'd prefer taking his points prop instead.
Noah Waterman best bet made Tuesday at 10:10 a.m. ET.
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