NCAAB Best Bets Today

College basketball can fill a busy night's board with far more games than anyone can follow. Our way through it: track the picks of more than 100 paid handicapping services and only list a game when enough of them agree on one side.

What you're looking at

Each pick names the game and the bet: point spread, moneyline or total. It shows how many experts are for it and how many are against, plus a star rating. LOCK is the highest, then Platinum, Diamond, Gold and Silver. A pick moves up the scale when more experts back it and the split gets more one-sided.

The record for every star-rated pick is posted above the list, overall and for the last 7 days, yesterday, and each rating. College hoops can be streaky for handicappers, so it's worth glancing at the last 7 days next to the overall number.

Before you bet a college basketball pick

NCAA basketball lines move, especially on smaller-conference games where less money is in the market. A pick made at -3.5 might be -5 by tip-off. Compare the pick with the current line on the board and ask whether you'd still bet it at that number. Sometimes the answer is no, and skipping it is fine.

Picks only show for games that haven't started. After tip-off they drop off the list.

What's free and what's Full Access

The top pick in college basketball is labeled "Free pick of the day" and anyone can see it. Once that game tips, the next one takes its place. The other picks' sides, and which experts made them, are for Full Access members; everyone else sees the sides 10 minutes after a game starts.

Full Access also raises your moneyline limit from -300 to -1000 and doubles what your Free balance converts to, from $1.00 to $2.00 of Paid balance per $100.00.

Bet the picks with a free balance

You don't need to deposit anything. New players get a Free Bet Balance, and the college basketball odds board has the spread, moneyline and total for each game, plus first-half lines. Second-half lines open at halftime and close after a short countdown. College basketball gets lines by half only, no quarters. Parlays are there if you want to link a few picks.

Free bets aren't real money, and your balance refills once it runs out and your bets are graded. The real cash is in the Streak Contest, where you pick one game at a time to build a winning streak, and the Monthly Contest leaderboard. Both pay prizes by PayPal.

More ways to size up an NCAAB game

The NCAAB consensus picks show where the betting public has its bets and money. Our college basketball computer picks give a model's side against the spread and on the total for every game, star-rated with a free record. The streak crowd shows which side our streak players are on, and "Public vs streak players" points out games where the betting public and our players disagree.

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