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If the No. 15 Auburn Tigers are to have any shot of tracking down the No. 8 Kentucky Wildcats to attain regular season bragging rights in the SEC, it’s going to need to extend both its SU and ATS win streaks to three straight in the recent rivalry. John Calipari’s troops dropped a second straight to the Tigers back on February 1 when it let an early second half lead get away before ultimately going on to fall 75-66 and fail to cover the closing 2.5-point college basketball betting odds. This time around, Immanuel Quickley and his Wildcat teammates will be laying a number of possessions in the rematch. Having dropped four of seven on the true SEC road to date (2-5 ATS), online sportsbooks will no doubt be bracing themselves for the heavy influx of Kentucky money certain to come through the pipeline for this crucial conference rematch. ... 

ESPN’s Big Monday double-dip tips off with a good one in Tallahassee where the No. 8 Florida State Seminoles will attempt to hold serve and bust the brooms out on the No. 11 ranked Louisville Cardinals with ACC regular season bragging rights on the line. The Noles went into the KFC Yum! Center and scored a huge 13-point outright win as 6.5-point underdogs which finds them holding the tiebreaker entering this crucial tilt. Should Devin Vassell and company hold serve at online sportsbooks, FSU would put itself in a position to share bragging rights of the regular season title. That’s something Jordan Nwora and company will without a doubt be looking to avoid! ... 

The No. 7 ranked Maryland Terrapins invade Columbus winners of nine in a row that’s seen them catapult themselves into the catbird seat of the Big Ten standings. That’s a view Chris Holtmann’s No. 25 Ohio State Buckeyes once had not too long ago when they were the toast of the town after getting out to such a strong start to their 2019-20 campaign. But these teams now find themselves on two incredibly different paths with the Terps currently checking in as a No. 2 seed in Bracketology mocks and the Buckeyes locked into a No. 6 seed. That could all dramatically change later Sunday afternoon when the teams close out their regular season rivalry against one another with the Buckeyes out to prevent Maryland from sweeping the season series. ... 

There will only be two top-25 pairings going in primetime at online sportsbooks on Saturday night; the No. 14 Oregon Ducks squaring off against the No. 24 Arizona Wildcats is one of them. If it plays out anything like the first meeting in Eugene at the beginning of January, college basketball bettors will be in for a treat after Dana Altman’s kids scored the 74-73 overtime win but failed to cover the closing 3-point spread. Sean Miller’s squad sat a full game back of both the Ducks and Colorado Buffaloes for Pac-12 supremacy heading into Thursday night’s home tilt with the Beavers. Should everything hold true heading into Saturday, this will arguably be Nico Mannion and company’s most important game of the season if it’s to compete for conference title bragging rights. ... 

The No. 12 ranked Villanova Wildcats will be out to put the finishing touches on a dominant three-game road trip when they close it out in the Cintas Center where Naji Marshall and the Xavier Musketeers will attempt to not get swept in both regular season meetings for the third time in the last four years. Jay Wright’s troops have been nothing short of world-beaters on the current trip smashing its first two opponents by 20 points per game each, and already own a 68-62 win and cover versus the X-Men from back in December. The Wildcats did however only fall for the first time in the last eight meetings in last year’s visit to the ‘Natti, so Xavier knows it can get the job done should it bring its “A” game to the gym. Y’all best be tuning into this one as it’s going to be a war right from the opening tip! ... 

The No. 1 ranked Baylor Bears are either going to win the Big 12 regular season title on Saturday, or they’re going to allow the No. 3 Kansas Jayhawks tie them atop the standings. Having already broken KU’s Big 12 record of most consecutive regular season wins, it only makes perfect sense for Scott Drew’s kids to add to their already fantastic resume by busting out the brooms on the team that’s dominated the conference since it came into existence. Easier said than done however! Saturday will mark the 23rd time a team will have a shot at sweeping Kansas in the regular season with Bill Self manning the controls. Only one of those teams managed to pull off the deed. Now the hunted and not the hunter, how will Baylor deal with the pressure of living up to the pressure? If history is any sort of indicator, not so good; Baylor’s 0-3 SU and ATS laying points to the Jayhawks in Waco. ... 

The only thing that would prevent the No. 3 Kansas Jayhawks from opening up another can of you know what upon the Iowa State Cyclones is Bill Self. KU is going to be installed enormous favorites to sweep the season rivalry from the Clones at online sportsbooks. However, Devon Dotson and company just so happen to have the biggest game of the regular season scheduled for Saturday in Waco where the Baylor Bears will await. It remains to be seen just how long KU’s frontline will be participants in the game should it get out of hand. With that, you might want to entertain the thought of taking as many points as possible in the second half of ESPN’s Big Monday telecast. ... 

The Louisville Cardinals win streak is no more. It was halted at Georgia Tech earlier in the week which should have Chris Mack’s kids ready to go to war when they invade Littlejohn on Saturday looking to sweep the regular season rivalry from the Clemson Tigers. Easier said than done however with Brad Brownell’s kids normally at their best when playing in front of the hometown faithful where they’ve logged 10 wins through 14 tries and covered the closing number at online sportsbooks in half of them. That said, Jordan Nwora and company already handled them with ease once trouncing the Tigers by 18 points three weeks back. This series has however been dominated by the home team since the programs started battling one another as ACC rivals back in 2015. ... 

Two of the worst bets in the ACC - as well as the country - will square off in the Dean Dome on Saturday night when the Virginia Cavaliers and North Carolina Tar Heels mercifully close out their regular season rivalry against one another. It’s been nothing short of a nightmare campaign for Roy Williams this season, and it doesn’t look to be getting better anytime soon. The Wahoos have owned UNC over the last 10 meetings winning and covering seven times. Tony Bennett’s troops will be out to sweep the season rivalry and rattle off a sixth straight win and cover at online sportsbooks in the process. Having split its 14 played home games to date, the odds of that occurring are likely greater than it not. A week removed from dropping a gut-wrenching overtime game to the Dookies, UNC returns to the scene of the crime. Maybe they can hit a free throw or two or come up with a rebound when it matters most this time around! ... 

A good one is set to go down in East Lansing on Saturday night when the No. 9 Maryland Terrapins square off against Tom Izzo’s Michigan State Spartans with first place in the Big Ten there for the taking. Sparty most recently fell out of the top-25 but likely got back in after scoring the last second win at Illinois last time out. The Terps have recently been playing with their hair on fire and will invade MSU winners of seven straight that’s seen it cash tickets at online sportsbooks five times while covering all three played games away from College Park. Should their win streak improve in this spot, Mark Turgeon’s kids would’ve snapped a three-game losing streak to a Spartans side that’s won and covered each of the last three times they hosted this rivalry winning by an average of 17.7 points per game. ... 

With only seven games remaining on the regular season docket for both the No. 17 Colorado Buffaloes and No. 16 Oregon Ducks, Thursday night’s rematch at Matthew Knight Arena could go a long way in deciding the winner of the Pac-12 regular season title. With that, much will be on the line when Tad Boyle’s troops square off against Dana Altman’s revenge minded group. The Buffs handed the Ducks a 74-65 defeat as short 1.5-point home favorites at online sportsbooks when these teams squared off in Boulder to open up the New Year. However, the home team has won and covered the closing college basketball betting line in each of the last 10 skirmishes, so history will certainly be on the side of Payton Pritchard and company when they return home looking to snap a two-game losing streak in hopes of pulling even with CU for conference supremacy. ... 

A huge game is set to tip-off on Big Monday from Cameron Indoor Stadium where the Duke Blue Devils will be out to earn a fifth straight win against a Florida State Seminoles outfit it’s currently fighting with for the No. 2 seed in the upcoming ACC Tournament. Should Louisville crash back down to earth in the coming weeks, the winner of this game would have an opportunity to seize control of the ACC and with it the No. 1 seed that comes with it. With that, much will be on the line when the Dookies attempt to avoid letting down after taking on the hated North Carolina Tar Heels over the weekend. If they do, you can bet your bottom dollar at online sportsbooks that Leonard Hamilton’s troops will do their best to take advantage. ... 

The Duke Blue Devils and North Carolina Tar Heels will collide for the 252nd meeting of what is arguably the greatest rivalry in all of sports on Saturday night with the nation watching on ESPN. Though the rivalry doesn’t have as much at stake this time around with the Heels a wounded bunch basically just fighting for their NIT lives, that doesn’t mean the rivalry will cool off. Especially with the Dookies looking to avenge what UNC did to them at online sportsbooks last season by sweeping the regular season meetings. Granted Zion Williamson missed both, but the Blue Devils only won by a single point with him back in the lineup for round three in the ACC Tournament. Still, North Carolina is a vastly different team now than they were then which will find them dogged to their hated rivals on their own hardwood for the first time since 2014. ... 

The Tennessee Volunteers got the best of the Kentucky Wildcats a season ago in splitting the regular season rivalry before knocking John Calipari’s squad out of the SEC Tournament in the semifinal round. Rick Barnes’ troops return home for this rivalry match fresh off an upset win in Tuscaloosa where they toppled the Alabama Crimson Tide as short dogs. The last time the Knoxville faithful saw their team in live action, they got embarrassed by the Texas A&M Aggies whom they closed as near 10-point favorites to defeat at online sportsbooks. While Jordan Bowden and company are sure to put their best foot forward, it’s going to take an optimum effort to get the best of the Wildcats as effective a brand of ball Nik Richards has been playing of late. ... 

The No. 10 Villanova Wildcats will return to the Wells Fargo Center looking to put an end to a two-game losing streak after falling at the buzzer last time out against Butler. It’s the longest losing streak of the season for Jay Wright’s troops, so it’s safe to assume Saddiq Bey and company will be doing everything in their power to get back on track in this spot. Easier said than done however with Myles Powell and the Big East leading Seton Hall Pirates hitting their hardwood looking to sweep the road trip after going into Georgetown and coming out with the win and cover over the Hoyas. Regardless of The Hall ranking out as the No. 10 team in the country, it hasn’t ousted the Wildcats on their home court since before the turn of the century. Should it, the Pirates just might be something truly special this season. ... 

The No. 10 Villanova Wildcats just got rolled up and smoked at home by the Creighton Bluejays which saw their seven-game win streak go up in smoke. The No. 19 Butler Bulldogs also came out on the wrong end of the scoreboard against Providence over the weekend to fall for only the second time in front of the hometown faithful this season. With that, you’d expect both squads to bring their “A” games to the hardwood on Wednesday night when the team’s close out their regular season rivalry. Butler will be out to even the score after the Wildcats logged the dominant 76-61 win and cover as 3.5-point favorites at online sportsbooks in the first showdown to move to a perfect 5-0 SU and ATS in the last five overall meetings between the two schools. ... 

Since falling at home to the Baylor Bears for the first time in program history, the Kansas Jayhawks have been on a roll in winning five straight games while covering the closing college basketball odds at online sportsbooks four times. One of those wins and pointspread covers occurred in Austin a few weeks back when Bill Self’s squad scored the 66-57 triumph as 7.5-point favorites. Of the five wins, it proved to be the toughest to secure with the Horns taking a 5-point lead into the break before coming unraveled in the second half. Can Shaka Smart’s kids see it all the way through in the rematch? I’m betting they do; especially with KU in a prime letdown spot following Saturday’s huge home clash with the Texas Tech Red Raiders. ... 

The Duke Blue Devils and Syracuse Orange split their pair of regular season meetings a season ago with the road team coming out on top in each instance. The Dookies then got the last laugh in the ACC Tournament when they scored the 84-72 triumph but failed to cover the closing 12.5-point spread at online sportsbooks. Syracuse has had all sorts of issues in the recent rivalry dropping seven of the last 10 meetings, but has gone a money making 5-2 ATS in the last seven. With it coming up winners in just nine of 15 home games, Jim Boeheim’s kids are going to need to put forth a stellar effort to hand the Blue Devils their second road defeat of the season. ... 

Chris Beard is one heck of a coach to have the Texas Tech Red Raiders clocking in at 13-7 and 3-3 in Big 12 play with all the firepower lost from last season’s runner-up squad. A huge challenge awaits them late Saturday afternoon when they invade Lawrence looking to hand the No. 3 ranked Kansas Jayhawks a second home defeat in Big 12 play. Bill Self gets the benefit of having David McCormack back from his two-game suspension, and that could go a long way in helping wear down a Red Raiders defense that’s nowhere near as lock down as it was last year. Should that be the case, the Red Raiders will need its offense to rise up for it to have any chance of pulling the upset. Easier said than done with KU holding Texas Tech to an average of just 65.6 points in its last five visits to the Phog! ... 

The Auburn Arena is going to be in a frenzy early Saturday evening when the No. 13 Kentucky Wildcats come a calling looking to stockpile a third straight impressive win on the road after tasking down Arkansas and Texas Tech in their two most recent treks away from Lexington. That’s something Bruce Pearl’s No. 17 Auburn Tigers will attempt to prevent when they return home off winning a third straight after fighting back to defeat Ole Miss in overtime. John Calipari’s kids swept the regular season rivalry from the Tigers a season ago, but Auburn had the last laugh when the team’s met up in the Final Four and survived in overtime to punch the program’s first-ever ticket to the National Championship Game. Online sportsbooks are without a doubt bracing themselves for the copious amounts of action set to be booked on this grudge match! ... 

A loaded slate of college hoops tips off early on Saturday in New Jersey where Myles Powell and the No. 10 ranked Seton Hall Pirates will attempt to continue their upward ascension in the rankings against an Xavier Musketeers outfit it already handled once this season in early January. Kevin Willard’s troops were installed underdogs at online sportsbooks in that one, but you can bet your bottom dollar linemakers will have the Pirates installed heavy chalk this time around with the X-Men winners in just one of their last six played games and The Hall out to build upon their current 10-game win streak that finds them atop the Big East. ... 

Could tired legs play a role when the Oregon Ducks play host to the UCLA Bruins on Sunday night? Dana Altman’s kids secured a marathon overtime win against the USC Trojans on Thursday night a game removed from needing overtime to dispose of the Washington Huskies in Seattle. As for UCLA, it looks like it’s recently started to figure things out since dropping three straight to Washington State, USC and Stanford all in non-covering fashion at online sportsbooks. Does that mean that we should just blindly take the points with the Bruins considering they’ve owned the recent rivalry in taking four of the last five meetings both SU and ATS? If you can believe it, I’m leaning that way! ... 

Assembly Hall will be at a fever pitch come Sunday afternoon when the Indiana Hoosiers attempt to upset another ranked team in Big Ten play when Mark Turgeon’s No. 17 Maryland Terrapins come to town. Both clubs enter this tilt off big wins. The Terps got more than they bargained for in Evanston to kick off the week, but Jalen Smith and Aaron Wiggins came up huge in the second half to allow for the team to log a second straight win and cover to remain in the thick of the conference title race. As for the Hoosiers, Archie Miller’s kids might have just put forth their statement game of the season by upsetting the No. 11 Michigan State Spartans as short underdogs. With the teams tied in the standings and Maryland sweeping the rivalry a season ago, Indiana can’t afford to let down in this spot before hitting the road for a pair of tough games. ... 

Getting the showcase treatment on Saturday night will be the No. 1 ranked Baylor Bears who will be venturing into unchartered territory to Gainesville where the Florida Gators have made minced meat of its recent opposition. Mike White’s kids will be taking to their home hardwood in an ornery mood as well after dropping a tough decision in Baton Rouge to the LSU Tigers last time out. That said, no team has excelled more than Baylor in the Big 12/SEC Challenge with it coming out on top five of the last six seasons. With that, you can expect Scott Drew’s side to be a popular choice of the betting markets when these team collide at online sportsbooks in prime-time! ... 

The No. 18 Texas Tech Red Raiders have been unable to build upon the success the program experienced in last year’s NCAA tournament. Chris Beard’s kids have managed a 12-6 record to this point of the season, but have gone on to cost CBB bettors money at online sportsbooks by managing just eight pointspread covers in those matchups. On top of that, they’ve failed to come through against any team faced with a pulse. They’ll be looking to remedy that on Saturday night in front of what will no doubt be a raucous crowd when Tyrese Maxey and the No. 15 Kentucky Wildcats come a calling looking to log their biggest win on the true road to date. ...