BetQL Editors' College Basketball Picks For Saturday, Dec. 31
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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: No. 10 Gonzaga ATS (vs. Pepperdine)
The recipe for Gonzaga to win and cover in this game is simple: Force the ball out of the hands of Houston Mallette, Maxwell Lewis and Mike Mitchell. Those three make up 53% of Pepperdine's scoring output. Lewis is the team's leading scorer and is second in the conference behind Drew Timme. Mitchell is the team's best 3-point shooter, knocking down 47% of his shots from deep. If Gonzaga can fluster those players, the Waves' offense won't be able to keep up with the Zags, who have the third-best field-goal percentage in the nation. The Zags enter this game with six straight wins and their only three losses on the year have come against ranked teams. Pepperdine's 0-5 road record is about to move to 0-6. Give me Gonzaga to cover.
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Dan Karpuc: No. 2 UConn ATS (at No. 22 Xavier)
UConn is a perfect 14-0 SU this season and has also gone an elite 11-2-1 ATS. Some cold shooting led to a failed cover vs. Villanova on Wednesday, but this team has won 13 of its 14 games by double digits to start the year. Xavier has won seven games in a row, but is just 7-6-1 ATS so far and three of their last four wins against Power 6 opponents have come by one or two possessions. I expect the Huskies to go into hostile territory and utilize their rare depth to cruise to another win and cover.
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Lucy Burdge: Wake Forest ATS (vs. Virginia Tech)
While Virginia Tech has covered the spread in three of their last four games and Wake Forest has failed to cover in two of their last three, Wake Forest is 8-0 SU and 5-3 ATS at home, while Virginia Tech is 0-2 SU and ATS on the road. So I like Wake Forest to cover the spread at home here.
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