College Basketball Best Bets Tuesday (1/13/24)
Author: Dylan Lieck | February 13, 2024 | 2:11 A.M. CST
Below are my best bets for Tuesday’s college basketball slate. These are both free plays, released to everyone. If you want to purchase my premium plays, please hit my up via email, text, or social media. These picks will be released early to allow followers to get ahead of line movement today. However, I will try to post these picks with in depth breakdowns tomorrow before tip off occurs. Good luck, and let’s keep the money coming in!!
Best Bets:
Top Play #1 of the Night: Providence -1 vs. St. John’s
2 Units
Short Summary here is that Providence has been really good at home, and they are facing a struggling St. John’s team that has struggled on the road. They’ve all but been eliminated for an at-large bid in the NCAA tournament, and their effort has reflected that in their recent games. They are coming off blowing a big lead at #4 Marquette, and that is likely to wear on their minds coming into this one. Additionally, Providence has been playing some great basketball at home. It’s a super tough place to play. It’s also a revenge spot as St. John’s beat them earlier this season
Top Play #2 of the Night: Butler +4 vs. Marquette
2 Units
Short Summary here is that Butler is playing it’s best basketball of the season, as they have won 6 of their last 7. They’ve lost just twice at home all season, and although it’s not the toughest place to play, it does carry a significant home court advantage. Marquette is a veteran laced team, but they struggled last game at home against St. John’s and required some incredible performances to come back and win that game at home, against an inferior team, mainly from Tyler Kolak (who was outstanding in that game). One thing to note is that Butler actually went into Marquette earlier this season and got a road win against the Golden Eagles. While I normally don’t like playing against a team in a revenge spot, I’m choosing to look at that game differently. I think the Bulldogs are just a poor matchup for the Golden Eagles. Lastly this is just too many points to pass up in this spot. Catching a whole 4 points, at home with an really solid unranked team against a team who is ranked in the top 5 is oddly enough something we don’t get much anymore, largely because the markets have adjusted to these spots. Additionally, this is a HUGE look ahead spot for the Golden Eagles, as they have UCONN on deck this Saturday, and they will no doubt have that game on their minds. That game is a MUST WIN for Marquette to have any shot of winning the regular season Big East Title. It also will solidify them as no worse than the #2 seed in the Big East Tournament. Overall, tough spot for the Golden Eagles, and I’m just always taking the points in a game like this. Give me Butler all day here, and thanks for the 4 extra points Vegas.
