With just under five weeks until Selection Sunday, the ranks of the unbeaten have officially thinned to one.
Kansas, playing without its best player, knocked off No. 1 Arizona 82–78 on Monday night in Lawrence. The Wildcats fell to 23–1 (14–10 ATS) after the betting market reacted sharply to the late news that freshman Darryn Peterson would miss the game with flu-like symptoms. The line moved from Arizona -2.5 to as high as -4.5 at Circa and -5.5 at DraftKings — and Kansas still delivered the upset.
That result leaves Miami (Ohio) as the last perfect team in college basketball at 24–0 (15–6 ATS).
Meanwhile, Nebraska — unbeaten until its Jan. 27 loss at Michigan — returns to the spotlight tonight, hosting Purdue in the marquee matchup on the schedule.
Embed from Getty ImagesAdam Burke breaks it down:
This is actually a tough handicap because it could be a high-variance game based on 3-point shooting numbers. Only 29.7% of Purdue’s field goal attempts come at the rim and only 32.3% of Nebraska’s are Close Twos.
Greg “Hoops” Peterson also has an opinion on Purdue-Nebraska as part of his daily Best Bets column.
Greg posts handicapped lines every day and breaks down every game on the Coast-to-Coast Hoops podcast throughout the season.
Adam offers his college basketball Best Bets Monday–Saturday, available mid-morning on our college basketball page. You’ll also find Tyler Shoemaker’s picks, based on his men’s and women’s power ratings, Monday–Thursday.
ICYMI: Steve Makinen updated his betting splits systems for college hoops.
Other college hoops resources
>Makinen’s daily power ratings
>DraftKings/Circa Betting Splits
>College Basketball Picks Page
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