While this Tuesday’s college basketball slate isn’t as strong as previous weeks, we still have four top-10 teams playing on the road and plenty of volume to find betting value.
Our staff is targeting four specific games for their best bets.
So, without further ado, read below for college basketball best bets and odds, including four predictions and picks for Tuesday, February 25.
(A parlay is not our official recommendation, but there’s an option below.)
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College Basketball Best Bets
The team logos in the table below represent each of the matchups that our college basketball betting staff is targeting from today’s slate of games. Click on the team logos for any of the matchups below to navigate to a specific bet discussed in this article.
Game | Time (ET) | Pick |
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[teammatchup link=”#1″ firstfullname=”Florida Gators” firstlogo=”https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaab/100/fla.png” secondfullname=”Georgia Bulldogs” secondlogo=”https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaab/100/uga.png”][/teammatchup] | 7 p.m. | |
[teammatchup link=”#2″ firstfullname=”Florida Gators” firstlogo=”https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaab/100/fla.png” secondfullname=”Georgia Bulldogs” secondlogo=”https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaab/100/uga.png”][/teammatchup] | 7 p.m. | |
[teammatchup link=”#3″ firstfullname=”Providence Friars” firstlogo=”https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaab/100/prov.png” secondfullname=”Marquette Golden Eagles” secondlogo=”https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaab/100/marq.png”][/teammatchup] | 7 p.m. | |
[teammatchup link=”#4″ firstfullname=”New Mexico Lobos” firstlogo=”https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaab/100/nm.png” secondfullname=”San Diego State Aztecs” secondlogo=”https://static.sprtactn.co/teamlogos/ncaab/100/sdsu.png”][/teammatchup] | 11 p.m. | |
Specific betting recommendations come from the sportsbook offering preferred odds as of writing. Always shop for the best price using our NCAAB Odds page, which automatically surfaces the best lines for every game.
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If there was ever a last stand type of spot when it comes to the NCAA Tournament picture, it’s tonight for Georgia at home against No. 3-ranked Florida.
The Dawgs have lost four in a row and have fallen onto the wrong side of the bubble. They really need a marquee win to save their season.
Mike White gets the chance to get a victory over his old team in Florida, which also happens to be Georgia’s biggest rival.
It won’t be easy, but I think there’s a path for UGA to hang tough here and potentially pull off the upset.
I was encouraged by the type of effort the Bulldogs put out Saturday at Auburn, particularly on the defensive end.
Georgia still has a top-35 defense nationally, per KenPom, and to have any chance of slowing down the lethal backcourt Florida possesses — Walter Clayton Jr., Will Richard and Alijah Martin — you need to be able to really defend.
Florida shot the heck out of the ball in the first meeting between these two, but tonight in Athens with Georgia playing in a do-or-die spot, I expect that to go a little bit differently.
Silas Demary Jr. and De’Shayne Montgomery will both need to get into the game early and make their own share of shots from the outside, and Asa Newell could have some opportunities to expose the Gators in the paint.
Call it personal intuition, but I expect Georgia to put out one of its best efforts of the season.
I don’t know if the Bulldogs will ultimately have enough juice to win outright, but I love their chances of covering this number as a home ‘dog.
Pick: Georgia +7 (Play to +6)
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The Georgia Bulldogs and the Florida Gators will meet in Athens on Tuesday.
Georgia enters the game unranked with a record of 16-11, and that record has it on the bubble.
UGA has gone cold at the worst time of the year, losing four straight games against four ranked opponents.
The Gators, meanwhile, have been one of the biggest surprises in college hoops this season.
Florida’s record is 24-3, which has it ranked third in the nation. Florida’s main goal for the rest of the season is to earn a No. 1 seed in the Big Dance, and it’s well on its way to achieving that.
We’re getting too many points with the home team on Tuesday. We’ll see a desperate Georgia team on the floor, so I anticipate a close contest that favors the ‘dog.
Pick: Georgia +7 (Play to +6)
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Marquette needs some home cooking on Tuesday.
They’ve dominated this series historically against Providence, and I expect an easy blowout.
The Golden Eagles are 13-2 straight up as favorites this season, and I love them coming off a loss against a Providence team that hasn’t been very good.
Pick: Marquette -13
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The Mountain West earned a reputation as a paper tiger in March. During a three-year tournament run from 2019 to 2022, collectively the MWC went 0-8 in the Big Dance.
Then San Diego State flipped the narrative by making a run all the way to the national title game in 2023 and backing it up with a Sweet 16 trip last spring.
But now it’s time for a passing of the torch, as New Mexico is ready to stake its claim as the bully of the MWC.
Richard Pitino’s Lobos won 26 games last season before suffering a quick exit in the NCAA Tournament. Then the portal opened and two of Pitino’s best players traded in Albuquerque for greener pastures (read: money).
Jamal Mashburn Jr. headed to Philly to play for Temple and head coach Adam Fisher, and JT Toppin made the leap from the mid-major ranks to the big-time when he signed with Texas Tech.
If you just followed Mashburn and Toppin this season, you’d feel bad for New Mexico. Mashburn leads the AAC in scoring with 22 points per game, the third-highest average in America. And Toppin has been an unstoppable force in Big 12 play. The sophomore is one of three major college basketball players averaging over 17 points and nine rebounds per game.
Knowing that it stands to reason that New Mexico is in a rebuild without those two borderline Player of the Year candidates in the AAC and Big 12, right? Somehow the Lobos are even better this season.
New Mexico’s resume is hard to ignore given its impressive non-conference victories over UCLA, USC and VCU, and its season sweep of Utah State.
Pitino’s team plays up-tempo (fourth), without being sloppy with the basketball, which is a rare combination. The Lobos keep teams off the offensive glass and always seem to win the turnover margin (t-22nd).
Donovan Dent, in his first year of full-time point guard duty, is largely responsible for the Lobos’ efficiency on the offensive end. He can score (19.6 PPG), facilitate (6.5 APG), and handle on-ball pressure despite a high usage rate (2.9 TOs per game).
The Lobos are second to none in transition, pouring in over 17 fast-break points per game (first), and Dent is the main driver of those easy buckets.
Dent makes them a fun watch, but it’s Nelly Junior Joseph who makes them a tough out. The imposing senior has realized his full potential out in the desert. He’s a double-double machine (13) and a defensive eraser wrapped into one. He averages 2.8 “stocks” per game, which is the second-best mark in the Mountain West Conference.
In their first meeting with the Aztecs, Joseph was a non-factor, yet the Lobos still won going away by forcing 14 turnovers and gobbling up 18 offensive rebounds.
While I’ve been impressed with the Lobos, particularly during their dismantling of SDSU last month, this play is predicated more on the Aztecs’ deficiencies than the Lobos’ strengths.
Brian Dutcher is an absolute tactician as a coach, but he can’t coax better shooting out of his players. San Diego State is 250th in 3-point accuracy, and it doesn’t have the kind of dribble-drive playmakers to stabilize its scoring by consistently getting to the line (17.7 FTA, 259th).
Nick Boyd, the Aztecs’ best option offensively, has been neutralized by the league’s top teams. In his three games against Utah State and New Mexico, he’s shot just 9-for-30 from the field.
San Diego State has lost its bite at home (4-8 ATS), and that trend will continue on Tuesday.
Pick: New Mexico +2.5 (Play to +1)
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