Top College Basketball Bets to Win Big: Friday’s 3 Picks

Today’s highlight in college hoops is the top-five battle between UConn and Kansas. However, value can still be found elsewhere in Friday’s college basketball action. Here’s college basketball’s best bets and Three Man Weave’s three picks for Friday, including San Diego State vs. UC San Diego on December 1. Matt Cox has you covered!

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College Basketball Best Bets

The table below showcases the matchups our college basketball betting staff is targeting from today’s games. Click on the team logos for any of the matchups to navigate to a specific bet discussed in this article.

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By Matt Cox

Here’s a quintessential bounce-back spot with Xavier, which welcomes big bad Houston to the Cintas Center. It’s been tough sledding for Xavier this year, as the absence of pivotal frontcourt pieces has left Sean Miller scrambling to retool his roster. Historically, Xavier is a house of horrors for non-conference foes (just ask crosstown-rival Cincinnati). The power-conference home team is 19-11 ATS this season, favoring home teams in cross-conference clashes like the Big East-Big 12 Battle.

Xavier looked abysmal against Oakland last time out, but it went into Mackey Arena and hung with the Boilermakers for 35 minutes in a hostile environment. Consider this another ripe spot to back Miller, who’s getting zero respect in a vintage “buy-low” spot.

Pick: Xavier +8.5 (Play to +8)

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By Matt Cox

South Dakota State slept walked through its post-Thanksgiving return to the hardwood on Monday. Head coach Eric Henderson told the radio after the game he was disgusted with the Jackrabbits’ effort against Mount Marty, which played to a stalemate for the first 20 minutes. South Dakota State hit the gas pedal in the second stanza to win comfortably, but that sleepy start is part of the handicap this evening as the Jackrabbits return to the Pentagon — their “home away from home” — to “host” Towson.

South Dakota State is simply in a different class right now than the young Tigers, despite being relatively thin in the depth department. This will be the worst team South Dakota State has played to date, and there’s every reason to believe the Jackrabbits will come out focused and anxious to put last game’s sluggish start behind them. The 1H angle is the one to target in this simple, straightforward handicap.

Pick: South Dakota State 1H -2.5 (Play to -3.5)

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By Matt Cox

For the first time ever, UC San Diego, will host San Diego State in its gymnasium. It’s not often the big boys travel to the mid-major gyms, especially in a local rivalry tilt. For UCSD, there’s minimal motivation for most of the regular season as far as postseason placement goes. This year, Eric Olen’s bunch is more talented, buoyed by the timely return of interior physical beast Emmanuel Tshimanga. The former UC Irvine transfer could be just what the doctor ordered to combat Jaedon LeDee, who’s been borderline unstoppable so far.

Pick: UC San Diego +14.5 (Play to +14)

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