Today we have a loaded midweek slate of College Basketball on tap with roughly 60 games to choose from. Let’s examine where smart money is leaning for a trio of matchups using our VSiN CBB Betting Splits, which are updated every 5 minutes and come directly from DraftKings and Circa Sports.

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7 p.m. ET: Arkansas at Alabama (-4.5, 184.5)

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Arkansas (19-6, ranked 20th) has won three straight and just brushed aside Auburn 88-75, covering as 7.5-point home favorites. Similarly, Alabama (18-7, ranked 25th) has won four in a row and just dismissed South Carolina 89-75 but failed to cover as 17.5-point home favorites.

This line opened with Alabama listed as a 3.5-point home favorite.

The public says Arkansas is the better team and 68% of spread bets at DraftKings are grabbing the points with the Razorbacks.

However, despite a majority of tickets backing Arkansas we’ve actually seen the line move further toward Alabama -3.5 to -4.5. Several shops are also juicing up Alabama -4.5 (-115), signaling further liability on the home favorite.

Why would oddsmakers move the line and hand out additional points to Arkansas backers when the public is already pounding the Razorbacks to begin with? Because respected smart money has faded the trendy dog Razorbacks and instead laid the points with Alabama at home, triggering sharp reverse line movement on the Crimson Tide.

Alabama is one of the top “bet against the public” plays of the night as the Crimson Tide are only receiving 32% of spread bets at DraftKings in the most heavily bet nationally televised game of the night on ESPN.

At Circa, Alabama is receiving 25% of spread bets but 60% of spread dollars, a notable “low bets, higher dollars” sharp contrarian split and further evidence of the wiseguys in the desert laying the points with the home chalk.

Alabama has the better free-throw shooting (60th vs 136th) and limit their opponents to a better effective field goal percentage (52nd vs 99th).

The Crimson Tide also average more rebounds per game (41 vs 36).

9 p.m. ET: Vanderbilt (-3.5, 153.5) at Missouri

Vanderbilt (21-4, ranked 19th) has won two straight and just dominated Texas A&M 82-69, easily covering as 7.5-point home favorites. On the other hand, Missouri (17-8) just saw their three-game win streak come to an end, falling to Texas 85-68 and losing outright as 2.5-point home favorites.

This line opened with Vanderbilt listed as a 4.5-point road favorite.

The public thinks this line is too short and 60% of spread bets at DraftKings are laying the points with the Commodores, who have the far better record and ranking.

However, despite receiving a majority of tickets we’ve seen Vanderbilt fall from -4.5 to -3.5. Several shops are also juicing up Missouri +3.5 (-115), signaling further liability on the home dog and a possible dip down to +3.

This signals sharp reverse line movement on Missouri plus the points, as the line has moved toward the Tigers even though the public is backing the Commodores.

At DraftKings, Missouri is taking in 40% of spread bets and 54% of spread dollars, a sharp contrarian “low bets, higher dollars” split in one of the most heavily bet late games tonight.

Missouri has additional buy-low betting system value as an unranked unpopular home conference dog off a blowout loss against a sell-high ranked opponent.

11 p.m. ET: Colorado State at UNLV (-2.5, 146.5)

Colorado State (15-10) has won three in a row and just held off Wyoming 79-68, covering as 3.5-point home favorites. Meanwhile, UNLV (13-12) has also won three straight and just outlasted Boise State 86-83 in overtime, winning outright as 10.5-point road dogs.

This line opened with UNLV listed as low as a 1-point home favorite.

Sharps have pounced on the Rebels laying short chalk at home, steaming UNLV up from -1 to -2.5.

At DraftKings, UNLV is receiving 60% of spread bets and a hefty 76% of spread dollars, a “low bets, higher dollars” sharp split indicating slight public support but also heavy respected sharp action.

Those looking to follow the sharp move but also gain some added protection in the event of a close game may prefer a Rebels moneyline play at -140.

At DraftKings, UNLV is taking in 57% of moneyline bets and 73% of moneyline dollars, another sharp split in favor of a straight up Rebels victory on their home court.

UNLV enjoys a one-day rest advantage, having last played on February 13th while Colorado State last played on February 14th.

UNLV is 8-5 at home. Colorado State is 3-5 on the road.

This is also a revenge play for the Rebels, who lost to the Rams 70-62 on the road back in early January.

When two teams from the Mountain West face off in conference play, the home favorite is 39-5 (89%) straight up with an 8% ROI this season.

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