Friday 2/15 College Basketball: Betting on Totals

  • In Ross Benjamin
  • Fri, Feb 15th, 2019 2:08:30 pm
  • By Ross Benjamin


Well known professional sports handicapper Ross Benjamin has gone 7-2 with his college basketball free picks during the previous 3 days. Ross has 3 college basketball totals that he likes today and details why within this fact filled article.

St. Joseph’s Hawks @ Davidson Wildcats
Game# 853-854

The current college basketball betting odds at Bookmaker is displaying a total of 138.5 on this contest.

Friday’s game will mark the 2nd meeting of the season between these Atlantic 10 Conference rivals. St. Joe’s upset Davidson 61-60 as a 5.0-point road underdog in their first encounter. That final score easily stayed under the total.

St. Joe’s is coming off a 76-51 embarrassing home loss to St. Bonaventure and that contest stayed under the total. The Hawks have gone under in 8 of their 12 conference games this season.
Davidson has witnessed 8 of their 11 conference games going under the total. Those contests have averaged a combined 125.4 points scored per game.

Any home team (Davidson) with a total of 130.0 to 139.5 that’s playing with same season revenge stemming from an upset loss, and they’re facing an opponent (St. Joseph’s) coming off a home loss by 20 points or more, resulted in those games going 25-5 (83.3%) under the total since 1997. Furthermore, there was a cumulative average of 127.3 points scored per contest.
Pick: Under 138.5


Iona Gael’s @ St. Peter’s Peacocks
Game# 869-870

Bookmaker is presently showing a total of 139.0 on this Metro Athletic Association matchup.

St. Peter’s has seen each of their previous 4 games go under the total and there was a combined average of just 113.0 points scored per contest. Throughout its last 5 games, the Peacocks are averaging a mere 54.0 points scored per outing. St. Peter’s is a dismal 3-8 in Metro Athletic Association action. Nevertheless, they allowed a more than respectable 62.8 points per game during those 11 conference outings.

Iona has gone under the total in 7 consecutive games. Those contests went under by an average of 19.8 points per outing. Iona is averaging a lofty 77.1 points scored per game throughout their 2018-2019 regular season campaign. However, thru their last 5 outings, the Gaels are scoring just 65.8 points per game while shooting a poor 41.0%.
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I’m looking for this game to be a low scoring affair. One of my Friday college basketball picks will be reflective of that prognostication.
Pick: Under 139.0


Marist Red Foxes @ Quinnipiac Bobcats
Game# 875-876

The college basketball odds at 5Dimes indicates there’s a total of 139.0 on this MAAC showdown.
These teams have seen each of their last 4 games against one another go over the total. There were a combined 159 points or more scored on each of those occasions. That includes Quinnipiac’s 92-78 road win over Marist on 1/25.

Marist has scored 78 points or greater in 5 of its last 6 games. The Red Foxes have gone over in 8 of their 12 conference games. Conversely, Quinnipiac has observed 5 of their previous 6 games go over the total.
We are all guilty at one time or another of making college basketball betting way more difficult than it needs to be. Sometimes it’s beneficial to simplify things and purely trust what you see. This quantifies as one of those situations for me.
Pick: Over 139.0


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