Saturday College Basketball Odds
(The Spread) – There are 19 top-25 college basketball games on the docket Saturday in 18 games, one involving a pair of ranked teams in West Virginia and Villanova. Continue reading for opening odds, spreads and totals on all of Saturday’s games in the NCAA.
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Among the top games on the schedule in college basketball Saturday is a Big East battle between 25th-ranked West Virginia (15-6) and 12th-ranked host Villanova (18-4). Action begins at 12:00PM EST.
Oddsmakers and online sports book Sportsbook.com have made Villanova 5.5-point favorites in the showdown. According to the latest trends, West Virginia is 2-1 against the spread versus Villanova over the past three seasons.
Villanova shook off a rough 12-day stretch at the end of January in which it lost three of four by winning its first game of February with a 75-70 victory over Marquette. West Virginia, on the other hand, has won two straight and three of four with the only loss in that stretch being a 55-54 defeat at Louisville.
Casey Mitchell paces the Mountaineers in scoring as he averages 16.6 points per game, while teammate Kevin Jones puts in 13.2 ppg. Villanova’s Corey Fisher leads his squad in scoring at 15.6 points per game, while Corey Stokes is not too far behind at 15.2 ppg.
Elsewhere, No. 2 Kansas travels to Nebraska at 4:00PM EST. Kansas are 6-point favorites according to oddsmakers. No.5 5 Duke is home against North Carolina State at 6:00PM EST and is a 19.5-point favorite. Fourth-ranked Pittsburgh is home against Cincinnati at 6:00PM EST and is a 9-point favorite.
For opening odds and over/under totals for all the top-25 games in college basketball on Saturday, see below.
College Basketball Opening Odds & Over/Under Totals
523 West Virginia +5.5
524 Villanova -5.5
525 Providence +11.5
526 Georgetown -11.5
541 South Carolina +12.5
542 Vanderbilt -12.5
549 Baylor +5
550 Texas A & M -5
551 Syracuse -7.5
552 South Florida +7.5
577 UNLV +7.5
578 Brigham Young -7.5
581 Washington -8
582 Oregon +8
593 Kansas -6
594 Nebraska +6
609 North Carolina State +19.5
610 Duke -19.5
623 Cincinnati +9
624 Pittsburgh -9
641 UConn -2.5
642 Seton Hall +2.5
643 Colorado +10
644 Missouri -10
651 DePaul +19.5
652 Louisville -19.5
665 Arizona +2.5
666 California -2.5
671 Boise State +12
672 Utah State -12
675 Kentucky -1.5
676 Florida +1.5
679 Texas Tech +21
680 Texas -21
693 Texas Christian +21
694 San Diego State -21
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