Navigate

Saint Louis vs. VCU: Today’s Best College Basketball Bets

by |

Over the weekend, several long-range buzzer-beaters, huge comebacks, and upsets of highly-ranked teams had us feeling that “March Madness” was already here. ESPN Stats & Info took to Twitter to highlight one of the more surprising results of the weekend. Here are our best bets for Tuesday’s college basketball action. Below is a closer look at Saint Louis vs. VCU.

  • YTD (as of 1/21): 40-28

And here are our other top picks for Tuesday:

View 5-star bets and historical prop performance by players with our Prop Bet Analyzer >>

Best College Basketball Bets for Tuesday: Saint Louis vs. VCU

(Odds courtesy of DraftKings)

Saint Louis vs. VCU

VCU ranks second in the A-10 in scoring defense, allowing just 62.7 points per game. Its defense has been even better of late, as the Rams have allowed just 59.8 points per game over their last 13 games. However, Saint Louis’s offense was most successful against them in that span, scoring 65 points and making 40% (8-of-20) of its shots from beyond the arc. In addition, VCU has been playing with much more pace lately, averaging 80.3 points over its last three games while committing fewer than ten turnovers in two of them. Thus, the Rams should have plenty of clean possessions again when facing a Billikens defense that ranks 13th in A-10 play in turnover percentage forced (16.1%).

The Over has cashed in five of Saint Louis’s six games where it had a rest disadvantage, as it will in this game, having played on Saturday while VCU’s last game was Friday. Thus, this is a contrarian play against the Under cashing 11 of the 17 times VCU has been favored at home.

Bet: Saint Louis-VCU Over 142.5 (-110 at DraftKings)

Go premium to view top prop bets based on Cover Probability, Expected Value & Star Rating >>


Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RadioPublic | Breaker | Castbox | Pocket Casts

Whether you're new to sports betting or a betting pro, our How To Bet and Sports Betting Strategy and Advice pages are for you. You can get started with our How To Section - including How to Avoid the 7 Biggest Sports Betting Mistakes - or head to more advanced strategy - like Thinking Like an Expert Sports Bettor - to learn more.

Mike Spector is a featured writer at BettingPros. For more from Mike, check out his archive and follow him @MikeSpector01.

Try Premium for FREE in our mobile app

BettingPros App