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NCAA Basketball Betting: Kansas State Downs Point Favorite Texas

Jacob Pullen poured in 20 points despite a wrist injury to rally the Kansas State Wild­cats over the No. 8 Texas Long­horns, 7–70 on Monday. Draw­ing around 65% of the NCAA bas­ket­ball bet­ting action, the Kansas State Wild­cats, with col­lege bas­ket­ball lines at +8.5, were the favorites against Texas among Lines­Maker bet­tors, if not the odd­mak­ers. Kansas State delighted the major­ity of bet­tors by defeat­ing the point favorite Longhorns. Pullen played with his left hand on some dri­ves later on after injur­ing his right wrist with 5:55 remain­ing. He scored 16 of... 

Pittsburgh Downs West Virginia in NCAA Basketball Betting Action

Nasir Robin­son scored to make a strong sec­ond half as the No. 6 Pitts­burgh Pan­thers ral­lied to a 71–58 vic­tory over the West Vir­ginia Moun­taineers on Thursday. Draw­ing around 60% of the NCAA bas­ket­ball bet­ting action, the Pitts­burgh Pan­thers were the clear favorites against West Vir­ginia among Line­Maker bet­tors. With the col­lege bas­ket­ball lines at –8, Pitts­burgh lived up to the expec­ta­tions of the major­ity of bet­tors by defeat­ing the Mountaineers. Com­plet­ing 6-of-8 shots from the field, Robin­son chipped in with 15 points to pace Pitts­burgh... 

NCAA Basketball Betting: Texas Dominates Iowa State

Jor­dan Hamil­ton pulled in 20 points with eight rebounds to rally the No. 5 Texas Long­horns to a 76–53 win over the Iowa State Cyclones on Tuesday. Draw­ing around 65% of the NCAA bas­ket­ball bet­ting action, the Texas Long­horns were the clear favorites against Iowa State among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the col­lege bas­ket­ball lines at –18, Texas delighted the major­ity of bet­tors by defeat­ing the Cyclones. Tris­tan Thomp­son chipped in with 17 points and hauled down 14 rebounds for Texas, which made a come­back from a loss to Nebraska on Sat­ur­day.  Gary John­son... 

Kansas Downs Oklahoma State in NCAA Basketball Betting

Mar­cus Mor­ris pulled in 27 points as the No. 2 Kansas Jay­hawks dom­i­nated the Okla­homa State Cow­boys, 92–65, on Monday. Draw­ing around 60% of the NCAA Bas­ket­ball Bet­ting action, the Kansas Jay­hawks were the clear favorites against Okla­homa State to win among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the col­lege bas­ket­ball lines at –17, Kansas lived up to the expec­ta­tions of the major­ity of bet­tors by defeat­ing the Cowboys. Mor­ris com­pleted 9-of-13 from the field for the Jay­hawks (26–2, 11–2 Big 12), who were play­ing with­out sus­pended guard Tyshawn... 

NCAA Basketball Betting: Wisconsin Downs Penn State, Fails to Cover Spread

Keaton Nankivil scored on 5-for-5 from 3-point range to spark the No. 10 Wis­con­sin Bad­gers’ 76–66 win over the Penn State Nit­tany Lions on Sunday. Draw­ing nearly 60% of the NCAA bas­ket­ball bet­ting action, the Wis­con­sin Bad­gers were the clear favorites against Penn State among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the col­lege bas­ket­ball lines at –11.5, the Bad­gers failed to delight the major­ity of bet­tors despite win­ning over the Nit­tany Lions, as they did not cover the point spread. Nankivil scored 22 points while 8-of-9 shoot­ing over­all for Wis­con­sin... 

NCAA Basketball Betting: Arizona Beats Washington State

The No. 13 Ari­zona Wild­cats ral­lied over the Wash­ing­ton State Cougars, 79–70, on Thurs­day, thanks to Der­rick Williams who helped the Wild­cats to lead early in the sec­ond half. Attract­ing nearly 70% of the NCAA bas­ket­ball bet­ting action, the Ari­zona Wild­cats were the clear favorites against Wash­ing­ton State among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the col­lege bas­ket­ball lines at –8, Ari­zona rejoiced the major­ity of bet­tors by defeat­ing the Cougars. Hav­ing an eight point lead at half­time, Ari­zona (22–4, 11–2 Pac-10) pre­vented Wash­ing­ton... 

NCAA Basketball Betting: Villanova Overwhelms Seton Hall

James Bell poured in game-high 21 points to help the No. 14 Vil­lanova Wild­cats in ral­ly­ing over the Seton Hall Pirates to a 60–57 win on Tuesday. With nearly 75% of the NCAA bas­ket­ball bet­ting action, the Vil­lanova Wild­cats were the clear favorites against Seton Hall among Lines­Maker bet­tors. Listed at –3.5 on col­lege bas­ket­ball lines, Vil­lanova rejoiced the major­ity of bet­tors by defeat­ing the Pirates. Con­nect­ing on 4-of-6 from beyond the arc, Bell scored eight point late in the game to help Vil­lanova (20–6, 8–5 Big East) seal their third vic­tory... 

Kansas State Defeats NCAA Basketball Betting Favorite Kansas

Jacob Pullen chipped in 38 points with five 3-pointers to help the Kansas State Wild­cats take over the top-ranked intrastate com­peti­tor Kansas Jay­hawks, 84–68, on Monday. Attract­ing around 85% of the NCAA bas­ket­ball bet­ting action, the Kansas Jay­hawks were the favorites against Kansas State to win among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the col­lege bas­ket­ball lines at –6, Kansas dis­ap­pointed the major­ity of bet­tors for los­ing to the Wildcats. Com­plet­ing 5-of-6 bas­kets from beyond the art and 15-of-19 from the free throw line, Pullen had five assists for the... 

Illinois Overwhelms NCAA Basketball Betting Favorite Minnesota

The Illi­nois Fight­ing Illini dom­i­nated the No. 25 Min­nesota Golden Gophers on Thurs­day, thanks to Mike Davis and Demetri McCamey who pulled in 17 points each. Attract­ing around 70% of the NCAA bas­ket­ball bet­ting action, the Min­nesota Golden Gophers were the clear favorites against Illi­nois to win among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the col­lege bas­ket­ball lines at –2, Min­nesota dis­ap­pointed the major­ity of bet­tors as it suc­cumbed to a loss at the hands of the under­dogs Fight­ing Illini. Blake Hof­far­ber scored on a layup with 7:28 remain­ing to help... 

Kentucky Dominates NCAA Basketball Betting Favorite Tennessee

The No. 18 Ken­tucky Wild­cats rolled past the Ten­nessee Vol­un­teers 73–61 Tues­day, while DeAn­dre Lig­gins and Josh Har­rell­son scored 19 and 16 points, apiece. With almost 65% of the NCAA bas­ket­ball bet­ting action on their side, the Ten­nessee Vol­un­teers, with col­lege bas­ket­ball lines at +8.5, were the favorites against Ken­tucky among Lines­Maker bet­tors, if not the odd­mak­ers. How­ever, Ten­nessee dis­ap­pointed the major­ity of bet­tors as they lost to the point-favorite Wildcats. Lig­gins poured in 11 of his points in the first half, includ­ing...