Most of what we have to say about college basketball today can be found by CLICKING HERE.
That's where we posted our updated Power 75 Rankings and NCAA Tournament Bubble Watch. We have a small Monday evening college hoops slate, but its one with a few marquee matchups that could impact the postseason picture.
It's do-or-die time for North Carolina, ranked 51st in our latest Power 75, and on the outside of our tournament field looking in. UNC likely needs to win out, which would include a victory over our new No. 1 Duke, and beat a Quad 1 team in the ACC Tournament to even have a shot. Tonight, the Tar Heels face a Florida State team playing out the string as between 2.5- and 3-point favorites in Tallahassee. That game tips at 7 p.m. EST, and we have the Heels with the edge as a money line play at -140.
Nebraska currently is one of the last four teams in our field, and a home victory tonight for the Cornhuskers vs. our No. 17 team and fourth-seeded Michigan Wolverines would go a long way toward securing their spot. Nebraska is a 1- or 1.5-point dog at home against a Wolverine side trying to capture the Big Ten regular-season title, and we give Michigan a money-line edge at -120.
The highest-profile game on the slate features Houston, a team the NCAA Selection Committee somehow has ranked as the No. 8 team in the country, traveling to Texas Tech to take on the consensus No. 2-seed Red Raiders. Houston is our third-ranked team and should absolutely be a No. 1 seed, but what we think doesn't really matter. This game is too close to call, however, but if the Red Raiders can pull off a decisive victory on the road it seems like they'd have to move onto the No. 1 line. Or not.
After allowing a little more than a week for NBA teams to get their feet back under them and for newly acquired players to feel at home after All-Star Weekend and the trade deadline, we have our first recommended NBA play in a while tonight. Check it out along with all of our other daily info below. Actually it's an NBA,/NCAA combo parlay bet.
Friendly Daily Reminder
When you read through today's information, keep in mind that we are extremely selective with our recommended picks as they need to have at least a 60-percent win probability or better according to our proprietary algorithm and also must pass through a stringent set of rules and parameters that we consider for each matchup. In our daily posts, you will find our recommended bets as well as games that don't quite make the cut to be recommended and which might make solid parlay options and other games where we believe there are edges favoring one side.
Parlays always will have a lower win probability than straight bets, but there are times that a parlay will meet our requirements and be recommended. We realize that many sports bettors prefer not to bet very short odds that approach and exceed -200, so as we strive to provide as much information and help as many people as possible, we do provide suggest parlay options that are strong bets and don't quite make the cut for us as recommended selections. We also may present other games that have betting edges but also don't quite meet our high standards to be recommended picks.
Our college basketball betting edges have performed well, hovering between 55 and 58 percent over a large sample size since early November, and our parlay options have been extremely successful as you can see below.
StatLogic Sports Superstar Picks for 2/24
Superstar Picks have a 70% or better win probability
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StatLogic Sports All-Star Picks for 2/24
All-Star Picks have a 60% or better win probability
NBA Sacramento Kings with NCAA Kansas Jayhawks money line parlay at -177 (68%) - WIN
StatLogic Sports Bonus Bets for 2/24
N/A
Parlay City
While we usually don't recommend parlays - mainly because it decreases the win probability while increasing the potential payout - for those who aren't interested in laying the juice, combining two of our money line recommended picks or pairing one of our recommended picks with other picks we think have betting edges often can be very strong plays as well. They just may not be strong enough to meet the criteria for us to recommend them, though, and are "bet at your own risk" like the other games we post that have betting edges.
Our potential money line parlay games from Jan. 4-6 were 19-1 ... they have gone 288-106 (73.1%) since Jan. 4 and were 18-2 Jan. 14-15. They were 14-1 overall Feb. 4-5 (college hoops went 12-0 those two days). On Feb. 11 they were 13-0, and for Feb. 11-13 combined they were 31-2.
Potential CBB Money Line Parlay Options for 2/24
Kansas - WIN
Southeast Louisiana - LOSS
Lipscomb - WIN
Queens - WIN
Howard - LOSS
NBA:
Sacramento Kings - WIN
StatLogic Sports NCAA College Basketball Betting Edges 2/24
North Carolina money line -140 at Florida State - WIN
Michigan -1 at Nebraska (or money line -120) - WIN
Kansas -6.5 at Colorado - WIN
North Florida +7.5 at Florida Gulf Coast - WIN
Austin Peay +7.5 vs. Lipscomb - LOSS
Lamar pick -110 at Incarnate Word - LOSS
Delaware State money line -155 vs. NC Central - WIN
NCAA Basketball Season Betting Edge Record:
776-589-19 (56.8%)
Feb. 25 Record: 5-2
Feb. 23 Record: 6-2-1
Feb. 22 Record: 13-13
Feb. 21 Record: 5-2
Feb. 20 Record: 4-7
Feb. 19 Record: 8-8
Feb. 18 Record: 3-6
Feb. 17 Record: 3-1
Feb. 16 Record: 5-2
Feb. 15 Record: 23-14-2
Feb. 14 Record: 5-2
Feb. 13 Record: 9-5
Feb. 12 Record: 8-7-1
Feb. 11 Record: 11-3
Feb. 10 Record: 4-0
Feb. 9 Record: Off Day
Feb. 8 Record: 17-17-1
Feb. 7 Record: 1-3
Feb. 6 Record: 7-8
Feb. 5 Record: 14-8-1
Feb. 4 Record: 9-8
Feb. 3 Record: 8-5
Feb. 2 Record: 3-3
Feb. 1 Record: 20-19-1
Jan. 31 Record: 6-3
Jan. 30 Record: 13-5-1
Jan. 29 Record; 15-12-1
Jan. 28 Record: 13-7
Jan. 27 Record: 8-1
Jan. 26 Record: 0-4
Jan. 25 Record: 21-17
Jan. 24 Record: 3-4
Jan. 23 Record: 8-6
Jan. 22 Record: 7-10
Jan. 21 Record: 12-6-1
Jan. 20 Record: 6-3
Jan. 19 Record: 2-4
Jan. 18 Record: 20-14
Jan. 17 Record: 6-4
Jan. 16 Record: 15-6
Last 7 days: 44-37-1 (54.3%)
Last 39 days: 345-249-11 (58.1%)
Last 73 days: 639-464-18 (57.9%)
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