Saturday College Basketball Odds
(The Spread) – There are 16 games on the college basketball schedule involving top-25 teams Saturday and a quarter of those contests are battles in which both schools are ranked. Continue reading for opening odds, spreads & totals for February 12, 2011.
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So far, No. 1 Ohio State (24-0) has either blitzed through or squeaked by everyone on its schedule. Perhaps the toughest test all regular season for the Buckeyes is today at 2:00PM EST when they travel to 13th-ranked Wisconsin (18-5) to play in one of the toughest venues in the nation.
Oddsmakers and online sports book Sportsbook.com have made Wisconsin 1.5-point favorites in the contest. Wisconsin is a perfect 13-0 at home this season and an astounding 149-11 at the Kohl Center in the tenure of head coach Bo Ryan. Ohio State is 5-0 on the road this season, but the Buckeyes have lost in their last eight trips to the Kohl Center.
According to the latest trends, Wisconsin is 17-7 against the spread in all home games over the past two seasons but Ohio State is 3-1 ATS versus the Badgers the past three seasons.
Freshman phenom Jared Sullinger leads the Buckeyes at 18.0 points per game and 10.3 rebounds, while the tandem of Joe Leuer (19.8 ppg) and Jordan Taylor (17.7 ppg) pace Wisconsin.
In other top-25 action, 12th-ranked Syracuse (20-5) is at No. 16 Louisville (18-6) at 12:00PM EST. The Cardinals are 2.5-point favorites. No. 18 Kentucky (17-6) is at No. 23 Vanderbilt (17-6) starting at 1:00PM EST. The Commodores are listed as 1-point favorites. At 9:00PM EST, ninth-ranked Villanova (19-5) is on its home floor to face No. 4 Pittsburgh (22-2). Villanova is a 3-point favorite.
Continue reading for opening odds on all of the top-25 games in college basketball on Saturday.
NCAA College Basketball Opening Odds
519 Syracuse +2.5
520 Louisville -2.5
521 Notre Dame -6
522 South Florida +6
527 Kentucky +1
528 Vanderbilt -1
529 North Carolina -1
530 Clemson +1
533 Temple -2.5
534 Dayton +2.5
535 Texas A & M -5
536 Texas Tech +5
537 Oklahoma +16
538 Missouri -16
553 Ohio State +1.5
554 Wisconsin -1.5
561 DePaul +18
562 West Virginia -18
585 Baylor +11.5
586 Texas -11.5
587 Iowa State +19.5
588 Kansas -19.5
601 Utah +20
602 Brigham Young -20
605 Tennessee +5.5
606 Florida -5.5
635 San Diego State +1
636 UNLV -1
655 Pitsburgh +3
656 Villanova -3
659 Fresno State +16.5
660 Utah State -16.5
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