Monday 2/18 College Basketball Odds: Betting the Totals



Professional sports handicapper and OSGA featured writer Ross Benjamin has gone 10-5 during the past 6 days with his college basketball free picks. Ross likes 3 totals on Monday’s card, and he tells us precisely why throughout the course of this fact filled article.

Idaho Vandals @ Eastern Washington Eagles
Game# 559-860

The college basketball betting odds at Bovada is displaying a total of 141.0 on this Big Sky Conference game.

Idaho Vandals free betting pickThis will be the second meeting of the season between these conference rivals. Idaho (4-20) defeated Eastern Washington at home by a score of 74-71 in the first encounter. That game went easily over the total 136.5. Furthermore, Idaho shot 50.0% from the field and made 52.6% of its 3-point shots.

Eastern Washington struggled with their shooting during the season’s first half. However, that’s not been the case in recent games. As a matter of fact, throughout their previous 5 games, Eastern Washington has shot 47.5% and that includes making an outstanding 39.0% of its 3-point shots. Additionally, they’ve witnessed each of their last 5 at home going over the total while a combined average of 155.6 points were scored per game.

This Idaho team isn’t going to be mistaken for an offensive juggernaut any time soon. Nevertheless, they have converted on a highly efficient 40.8% of their 3-point shots thru its last 5 games. Contrarily, Eastern Washington has allowed their past 5 opponents shoot a cumulative 40.3% from 3-point territory.
Idaho has played matador defense over their previous 5 contests. During that stretch, the Vandals have allowed 84.4 points per game and their opponents shot 49.8%.
Pick: Over 141.0


Illinois Illini @ Wisconsin Badgers
Game# 853-854

Wisconsin Illinois free basketball pickIllinois is coming off a 63-56 win at Ohio State in a game which went way under the total of 144.0. Conversely, Wisconsin has gone under the total 7 in straight games. The Badgers went under in those 7 games by a combined 92.5 points. The college basketball odds at 5Dimes is showing a total of 135.0 on this Big 10 Conference matchup. The amalgamation of this data leads us to a very successful college basketball betting angle illustrated below.

Any college basketball team (Illinois) with a total of 130.0 to 139.5 that went under the total by 24.0 points or more in their previous game, and they’re facing an opponent (Wisconsin) which went under the total by a collective 42.0 points or greater thru its last 7 outings, resulted in those games going 30-8 (78.9%) over the total during the most recent 5 seasons. Those 38 contests had an average total of 134.7 and there were 145.5 points scored per game.
Pick: Over 135.0

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TCU Horned Frogs @ Oklahoma State Cowboys
Game# 857-858

At this present time, Bookmaker is listing a total of 139.5 on this Big 12 Conference meeting.

TCU has gone over the total in 5 of its last 6 outings and there were a joint 151.2 points scored per game. The Horned Frogs allowed their opponents to shoot 48.1% or better on 4 of those 6 occasions.

TCU vs Oklahoma State over underOklahoma State has also gone over the total in 5 of their last 6 games. The Cowboys have permitted its previous 5 opponents to shoot 48.5% and knock down an alarmingly high 42.5% of their 3-point shot attempts. On a more positive note for Oklahoma State backers, their team has shot a very respectable 38.4% from 3-point territory over the course of its last 5 games.

There’s a lot of betting value which can be identified on college basketball totals. This contest is indicative of such. Relative to the total, I like this game to be a higher scoring affair.
Pick: Over 139.5


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