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TCU Horned Frogs logo TCU @ Texas Tech Red Raiders logo TTU Tue, Mar 3 • 7:00 PM ET
1 Expert Pick
Points
XE Xavier Edmonds o13.5 Points (+100)
Best Odds
o13.5 +100 bet365
Pick made: 12 minutes ago
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Jason Logan
Senior Betting Analyst
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o13.5  +100
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Edmonds hauls in 3.5 offensive boards per Big 12 tilt and flips those into 3.6 second-chance points. The TCU Horned Frogs forward cleans the glass hard since seeing a spike in minutes in late January while also scoring 14 or more points in eight of his last 10 games. Edmonds’ player projections range from 14.1 to 16 points tonight, sitting higher than his current points total.

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Syracuse Orange logo SYR @ Louisville Cardinals logo LOU Tue, Mar 3 • 9:00 PM ET
1 Expert Pick
Spread
Louisville Cardinals logo LOU -12.5 (-116)
Best Odds
-12.5 -110 Caesars
Pick made: an hour ago
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Chris Hatfield
Betting Analyst
-12.5  -112
-12.5  -116
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-12.5  -115
-12.5  -110

The Cardinals rank in the 97th percentile in attack & kicks and Syracuse simply doesn’t defend that well enough (0.93 PPP allowed). In addition, an elite transition offense will get a boost against a Syracuse team that allows transition at a 90th percentile frequency. Even with Mikel Brown out, this number is too short.

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Nebraska Cornhuskers logo NEB @ UCLA Bruins logo UCLA Tue, Mar 3 • 11:00 PM ET
2 Expert Picks
1st Half MoneyLine
Nebraska Cornhuskers logo NEB 1st Half (+100)
Best Odds
 +100 FanDuel
Pick made: 38 minutes ago
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Rohit Ponnaiya
Betting Analyst
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Playing on the West Coast in late night games has been extremely tough for Midwest schools but Nebraska stayed in L.A. following Saturday's win against USC. The Huskers might fatigue late in this game but expect them to get out to a fast start, just like Purdue and Illinois did before hitting a wall. They rank fifth in the country in adjusted defense and 10th in opponent 3PT% (29.4%) which should slow down a UCLA attack that needs to hit threes to get going. On the other side of the floor, Nebraska ranks 21st in the country in 2PT (58.3%) while the Bruins are just 244th in opponent 2PT% (53.3%).

Spread
Nebraska Cornhuskers logo NEB -1.0 (-110)
Best Odds
+1.5 -120 FanDuel
Pick made: 10 hours ago
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Chris Vasile
Publishing Editor
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The only thing UCLA has going for it in this game is that they are at home. I'm willing to overlook that because defense travels and the Cornuskers own the 16th-best defensive rating in the country. This is the time of year when good teams take charge, and Nebraska has the tools to brush the Bruins aside. 

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