College Basketball Best Bets: Men's and Women's Odds

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00:00We welcome you back to the early line live right here on this

00:08Monday morning, our three hours coming to a close here on T-E-L.

00:14A lot of college basketball to get you caught up on before we

00:17enter the holiday break this week around the sport. Really

00:21some great games on Saturday that maybe you missed because

00:24you were watching the college football playoff or a double

00:27header of NFL action around the National Football League.

00:30Let's start with a great top 10 tilt in women's college

00:33basketball between number 7 USC. That's going to change on

00:38this Monday and number 4, UConn. The Huskies had started

00:43perfect this year in Hartford on Saturday night. They were

00:48hosting Juju Watkins and Southern Cal. UConn has dropped

00:52two straight to UCLA and USC. And oh, by the way, Juju

00:57Watkins, 25 points, six boards, five dines in that matchup

01:04against Connecticut. How did Paige Becker's answer on the

01:07other side? 22 points as well. Sarah Strong, 22 points and

01:1113 boards to match Becker's for a co-game high, team high,

01:15I should say, for UConn. Big win for USC in that matchup

01:21against Connecticut. So quickly, let's just look at the

01:24national championship odds in women's college shoots before

01:27we give you those updates around men's college basketball

01:31from Saturday afternoon as well. South Carolina still remains

01:35a short favorite of plus 280. The Gamecocks haven't been

01:38nearly as dominant this year as they have been in years past,

01:42but of course they have earned that pedigree. South Carolina

01:45was nearly a minus money favorite before this year got

01:48underway. Still the favorite team, but those odds a little

01:52bit more compact. USC, alongside a team they just beat in

01:57Connecticut, both tied for the second best price at plus

02:00450. Hannah Hidalgo at Notre Dame, plus 470. They have been

02:04highly impressive this year. A lot of good college basketball

02:08in the Big Ten right now. UCLA at plus 750 as well. Teams

02:13like Maryland, Ohio State, Indiana, Illinois, and of course

02:16Iowa going to factor into that conference title race and

02:20what it might mean for the national championship race as

02:23well. Michigan State women's basketball, by the way, off

02:27to a historic start. Also, if you can see this glove, it's

02:30because it's a little cold here in the studio. Don't want

02:33you to think I'm a weirdo. Anyway, let's get to the rest

02:36of our college basketball scores from Saturday. A bunch of

02:40top 25 teams in action in some marquee matchups, including

02:44in Birmingham, where number two, Auburn, absolutely hammering

02:4916th ranked Purdue. 87-69, the victory for the Tigers.

02:54Jani Broome has been without a doubt. There might be some

02:58freshmen that catch a little bit more accolades or storyline,

03:01but the big man from the SEC and for Bruce Pearl's Auburn

03:05team, the preseason SEC player of the year in Jani Broome

03:09has lived up to the billing and then some. Auburn has been

03:13ridiculous this year. They have played a very difficult

03:16schedule and they have looked great in doing so. A bunch of

03:19quad one wins and their only losses this year in those quad

03:24one spots as well, including in a matchup in Durham, taking

03:29on Duke. CBS Sports Classic at the Garden on Saturday. That

03:33would be Madison Square Garden. Ohio State, as a pretty

03:36hefty underdog against Kentucky, catching six and a half,

03:39seven and a half points, wins outright by 20 over a Cats

03:44team that was in the top five. We'll get the AP poll later

03:48this afternoon. 85-65, couple of marquee wins for Ohio State,

03:52sees an opener against Texas. That one, of course, in Madison

03:56Square Garden will do well. The other game in Madison Square

03:59Garden, UNC needed a power conference win and a quad one

04:05victory. North Carolina got that on Saturday. 76-74, over

04:1118th ranked UCLA. UNC is 7-5. None of their five losses are

04:16bad or will, I guess from the idea, hamper them come selection

04:21Sunday. It's just the quantity of those losses without a really

04:25quality win. So a big victory for the Tar Heels on Saturday

04:31at MSG. In some Big East games, as you saw, Marquette edges

04:35out Xavier. UConn continues to win, beating Butler on the road

04:39in Indianapolis. Let's look at those men's championship odds

04:43as well. We just sung the praises of Auburn. Short number

04:47at 6-1, the shortest price we have seen on any men's program

04:51to win the national championship this year. Auburn at plus

04:55600. Duke 9-1, Tennessee 11-1. The Volunteers, the number

04:59one team in the country this past week. We also have some

05:04bowl games starting at 11 a.m.

05:07Eastern Time. In just a few moments, UTSA against Coastal

05:12Carolina will get a doubleheader of bowl action started on this

05:17Monday. The early line returns tomorrow, 8 a.m.

05:20Eastern Time here on The Grid.

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