7 Best Bets For Wednesday’s Loaded College Basketball Betting Slate

• We’ve gathered our seven best bets from Wednesday’s loaded college basketball slate of conference tournament battles.
• Our best picks from the early slate are North Carolina -10.5 vs Notre Dame and Vanderbilt -2.5 vs Texas, before the action heats up with Mississippi State -8.5 vs LSU at 7 p.m. ET.
• We’ve also went with Rutgers to win outright (+100) vs USC, Georgia -3.5 vs Oklahoma, and SMU -9 vs Syracuse to close out the night.
• All of these wagers can be found at Bovada Sportsbook.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Bovada Sportsbook is the best place to bet on college hoops for Wednesday’s conference tournament matchups. Our seven best legal sports betting wagers start in Charlotte, North Carolina with the Tar Heels as 10.5-point favorites against Notre Dame in the ACC conference tournament.

• North Carolina -10.5 (-105) Vs Notre Dame
• Vanderbilt -2.5 (-110) Vs Texas
• Merrimack ML (-160) Vs Sacred Heart
• Mississippi State -8.5 (-110) Vs LSU
• Rutgers ML (+100) Vs USC
• Georgia -3.5 (-110) Vs Oklahoma
• SMU -9 (-110) Vs Syracuse

Before UNC lost their regular season finale to Duke, they covered the spread in five straight games. The Tar Heels won by 19.8 points per game across that stretch and should handle business against a low-scoring Notre Dame squad.

We have three picks in the SEC conference tournament, starting with Vanderbilt -2.5 against Texas. The Commodores picked up an eight-point win over the Longhorns earlier this season and have a disruptive defense that can stop star freshman Tre Johnson.

Texas has lost seven of their last nine games, including a loss to South Carolina, who has only two wins in SEC play. Ride with the Commodores and also go with the Mississippi State Bulldogs -8.5 at college basketball betting sites against the LSU Tigers.

Mississippi State defeated the Tigers by 12 points earlier this month thanks to 20 second half points from Josh Hubbard. LSU’s poor defense won’t have an answer for him again when they meet in the SEC tournament on Wednesday night.

Our final pick from the SEC Tournament is Georgia -3.5 against a sloppy Oklahoma team that struggles turning the ball over and playing interior defense. That poor formula led to a 10-point Bulldogs win when the two teams met earlier this season despite Georgia shooting just 18% from three-point range, so we’re rolling with the Dawgs at legal Georgia sports betting sites to handle business on Wednesday night.

Betting Analysis For Other College Basketball Picks

Merrimack has -160 odds to win outright against Sacred Heart after splitting the season series 1-1. The Warriors will rely on Adam Clark, who leads the team in points (20.2), assists (5.8), and steals (2.7) per game this season.

Rutgers moneyline at +100 odds is our only underdog play of the slate, but the Scarlet Knights led by their NBA-bound freshman duo of Ace Bailey and Dylan Harper are too good to pass up at this price. Rutgers won by 10 points the last time they played USC, who enters the tournament off a 27-point loss to UCLA and losers of six of their last seven games.

Our final pick is SMU -9 against Syracuse, who just escaped a low-scoring game with FSU where the Orange shot 14.3% from three-point range. That won’t cut it against the SMU Mustangs, who average over 81 points per game and are desperate for wins as they try to reach March Madness.

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