BetQL Editors' College Basketball Picks For Thursday, Jan. 12

Today's College Basketball Best Bets

There's more college basketball action today, which means even more tough decisions for bettors to go along with NBA, NFL, NHL and college football this week. To help you make the best bets today, the BetQL editors have picked a few of their favorite college basketball bets below using key trends, data and picks from the BetQL model.

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Kate Constable: Michigan at Iowa Under 154
If you think of offense when you think of Iowa, you’re not wrong. The Hawkeyes have averaged 82.0 points a game in their previous three Big Ten games, however two of those three teams rank near the bottom of the Big Ten in defensive efficiency. Tonight the Hawkeyes will host a Michigan team that has the best defense in the conference. Michigan is first in defensive efficiency, opponents effective field-goal percentage and opponent 2-point percentage. They also allow the second-fewest offensive rebounds and second-lowest 3-point percentage. The Hawkeyes are going to try and push the pace tonight, but the Wolverines defense has what it takes to keep this game under the total.

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Dan Karpuc: James Madison -2.5 at South Alabama
To me (and the BetQL Model), this is a clear misprice. James Madison ranks 90th in KenPom’s all-encompassing efficiency rankings while South Alabama comes in at 196th. JMU's defense also ranks 68th in Adjusted Defensive Efficiency, while USA’s offense ranks 237th in Adjusted Offensive Efficiency. James Madison has covered the spread in three of its last four road games and has gone 9-5 ATS on the season, outperforming expectations. I’m comfortable grabbing the Dukes up to -3 and think this is clearly the best value today. Don’t miss out on BetQL’s projection for this game, either; check out the ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ best bet above!

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Lucy Burdge: James Madison -2.5 at South Alabama 
South Alabama has failed to cover in five of its last six games, while JMU is 7-2 ATS on the road this season. James Madison is also ranked 11th in the nation in scoring, so I like James Madison to cover this spread as the road favorite in this one.

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