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StatLogic Sports Daily Hoops Hustle: NCAA & NBA Edges & Picks for 1/7

Scott L.

Updated: Jan 8



We take a look at every single college and pro basketball game on the schedule every day. By using available data and a strict filtering progress, we are able to determine which games might present betting edges for us to examine more closely.


Since we are a small - but hopefully growing - family-oriented business, we only have so much manpower and bandwidth available to create content and break down games. Just trust us when we say that we follow a very detailed extensive process every day, which helps us weed out games, determine where there might be betting edges and ultimately determine which picks will meet our high standards to be the ones we recommend to clients and potential customers.


Because of the number of games that can be on the daily basketball docket - there were 130 college hoops games Saturday - and the attention we give to football now and baseball in the spring, there are some days when we don't have the time to break down our picks and potential picks and provide as much content as we like, so on days like that we may just post picks here or on our Twitter or BlueSky account.


Soon we also will be using TikTok, Instagram and YouTube to post picks, game breakdowns and other content as often ass possible. There also is a podcast in our future plans via which we will provide insight about games, picks and sports gambling to help anyone interested along their sports-gambling journey.


And we will continue to post and break down games that our model feels strongly about that are close to being recommended picks but don't make the cut for one reason or another. Those will be posted for anyone to see along with the games with betting edges you see below that we have been posting for several months now.


Those edges are presented in this space, along with any recommended picks from our proprietary algorithm, several times a week. Most of them will miss the cut to be recommended selections, because we have a very stringent set of requirements that must be met for a game to be released as an All-Star or Superstar Pick.


After analyzing as many as 50 different statistical categories and other factors for each contest, our proprietary algorithm proceeds to provide us with win probabilities for whichever games we run. Percentages are provided for spread bets, money-line bets and totals.


From there. we throw out any games that are below 60-percent win probability and then apply a rigorous set of rules and guidelines to each contest to determine which ones meet our final criteria. Information such as injuries, rest, coaching matchups, styles of play and pace, recent form and other data points are included in this process.


Once the process is complete, hopefully we are left with a few games that become recommended picks - and perhaps a few that narrowly miss the cut.


We usually don't recommend parlays, but we realize there are times when the short odds for one of our recommended picks makes betting a certain side prohibitive for some people. When that happens, although we may not recommend the parlay, we at least want to help those folks have the best chance of winning if that's the direction they choose to take.


So far in our tracking of college basketball games since the season opened in early November, the games we have determined to have betting edges have compiled a record of 420-322-10 (56.6 percent). All of our recommended picks that have been posted in all sports since mid-August have been winning consistently at about a 70-percent clip.



StatLogic Sports Superstar Picks for 1/7

Superstar Picks have a 70% or better win probability

CBB: Akron/Utah State money line parlay at -200 (72% win probability) - WIN


StatLogic Sports All-Star Picks for 1/7

All-Star Picks have a 60% or better win probability

NBA: Suns money line -180 at Hornets (62%) - LOSS



Parlay City

While we usually don't recommend parlays - mainly because it decreases the win probability while increasing the potential payout - for those who aren't interested in laying the juice, combining two of our money line recommended picks or pairing one of our recommended picks with other picks we think have betting edges often can be very strong plays as well. They just may not be strong enough to meet the criteria for us to recommend them, though, and are "bet at your own risk" like the other games we post that have betting edtes.


Our potential money line parlay games from Jan. 4-6 were 19-1 ... 24-4 since Jan. 4 !!!



Potential Money Line Parlay Options for 1/7


NBA:

Phoenix Suns - LOSS

LA Lakers - LOSS


CBB:

Utah State - WIN

Akron - WIN

North Carolina - WIN

Arizona - WIN

Mississippi State - WIN

Western Michigan - LOSS



NCAA Basketball Season Betting Edge Record:

420-322-10 (56.6%)


Jan. 7 Record: 7-9-1

Jan. 6 Record: 5-2-0

Jan. 5 Record: 6-3-0

Jan. 4 Record: 21-15-1

Jan. 3 Record: 5-6-0

Jan. 2 Record: 11-6-0

Jan. 1 Record: 6-4-1


Last 7 days: 61-50-3 (55.0%)

Last 28 days: 223-170-6 (56.7%)



Stat-Logic Sports NCAA College Basketball Betting Edges 1/7

Kent -12.5 at Northern Illinois - WIN

Eastern Michigan +10 at Toledo - WIN

Florida money line -153 vs. Tennessee - WIN

Arizona money line -165 at West Virginia - WIN

Pitt +15 at Duke - LOSS

Clemson +3.5 at Louisville - LOSS

Georgia Tech +1.5 at Syracuse - LOSS

Iowa money line -165 vs. Nebraska - WIN

Tulane +8.5 at UAB - LOSS

Cincinnati +5.5 at Baylor - LOSS

Marquette -13 vs. Georgetown - LOSS

Fresno State +15 at Colorado State - LOSS

Auburn -10 at Texas - LOSS

Mississippi State money line -140 at Vanderbilt - WIN

BYU money line -125 vs. Texas Tech - LOSS

St. Mary's -12.5 vs. Loyola Marymount - WIN

Wyoming +8 vs. New Mexico - PUSH

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