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College Basketball Best Bets: Men's and Women's Odds
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12/23/2024
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We welcome you back to the early line live right here on this
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Monday morning, our three hours coming to a close here on T-E-L.
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A lot of college basketball to get you caught up on before we
00:17
enter the holiday break this week around the sport. Really
00:21
some great games on Saturday that maybe you missed because
00:24
you were watching the college football playoff or a double
00:27
header of NFL action around the National Football League.
00:30
Let's start with a great top 10 tilt in women's college
00:33
basketball between number 7 USC. That's going to change on
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this Monday and number 4, UConn. The Huskies had started
00:43
perfect this year in Hartford on Saturday night. They were
00:48
hosting Juju Watkins and Southern Cal. UConn has dropped
00:52
two straight to UCLA and USC. And oh, by the way, Juju
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Watkins, 25 points, six boards, five dines in that matchup
01:04
against Connecticut. How did Paige Becker's answer on the
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other side? 22 points as well. Sarah Strong, 22 points and
01:11
13 boards to match Becker's for a co-game high, team high,
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I should say, for UConn. Big win for USC in that matchup
01:21
against Connecticut. So quickly, let's just look at the
01:24
national championship odds in women's college shoots before
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we give you those updates around men's college basketball
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from Saturday afternoon as well. South Carolina still remains
01:35
a short favorite of plus 280. The Gamecocks haven't been
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nearly as dominant this year as they have been in years past,
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but of course they have earned that pedigree. South Carolina
01:45
was nearly a minus money favorite before this year got
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underway. Still the favorite team, but those odds a little
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bit more compact. USC, alongside a team they just beat in
01:57
Connecticut, both tied for the second best price at plus
02:00
450. Hannah Hidalgo at Notre Dame, plus 470. They have been
02:04
highly impressive this year. A lot of good college basketball
02:08
in the Big Ten right now. UCLA at plus 750 as well. Teams
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like Maryland, Ohio State, Indiana, Illinois, and of course
02:16
Iowa going to factor into that conference title race and
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what it might mean for the national championship race as
02:23
well. Michigan State women's basketball, by the way, off
02:27
to a historic start. Also, if you can see this glove, it's
02:30
because it's a little cold here in the studio. Don't want
02:33
you to think I'm a weirdo. Anyway, let's get to the rest
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of our college basketball scores from Saturday. A bunch of
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top 25 teams in action in some marquee matchups, including
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in Birmingham, where number two, Auburn, absolutely hammering
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16th ranked Purdue. 87-69, the victory for the Tigers.
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Jani Broome has been without a doubt. There might be some
02:58
freshmen that catch a little bit more accolades or storyline,
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but the big man from the SEC and for Bruce Pearl's Auburn
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team, the preseason SEC player of the year in Jani Broome
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has lived up to the billing and then some. Auburn has been
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ridiculous this year. They have played a very difficult
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schedule and they have looked great in doing so. A bunch of
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quad one wins and their only losses this year in those quad
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one spots as well, including in a matchup in Durham, taking
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on Duke. CBS Sports Classic at the Garden on Saturday. That
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would be Madison Square Garden. Ohio State, as a pretty
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hefty underdog against Kentucky, catching six and a half,
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seven and a half points, wins outright by 20 over a Cats
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team that was in the top five. We'll get the AP poll later
03:48
this afternoon. 85-65, couple of marquee wins for Ohio State,
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sees an opener against Texas. That one, of course, in Madison
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Square Garden will do well. The other game in Madison Square
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Garden, UNC needed a power conference win and a quad one
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victory. North Carolina got that on Saturday. 76-74, over
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18th ranked UCLA. UNC is 7-5. None of their five losses are
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bad or will, I guess from the idea, hamper them come selection
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Sunday. It's just the quantity of those losses without a really
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quality win. So a big victory for the Tar Heels on Saturday
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at MSG. In some Big East games, as you saw, Marquette edges
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out Xavier. UConn continues to win, beating Butler on the road
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in Indianapolis. Let's look at those men's championship odds
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as well. We just sung the praises of Auburn. Short number
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at 6-1, the shortest price we have seen on any men's program
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to win the national championship this year. Auburn at plus
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600. Duke 9-1, Tennessee 11-1. The Volunteers, the number
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one team in the country this past week. We also have some
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bowl games starting at 11 a.m.
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Eastern Time. In just a few moments, UTSA against Coastal
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Carolina will get a doubleheader of bowl action started on this
05:17
Monday. The early line returns tomorrow, 8 a.m.
05:20
Eastern Time here on The Grid.
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