Today we catch our breath after a jam-packed college basketball Saturday and the first Sunday without football since August.
While some folks are mourning the loss of football, in some ways it provides a nice break after an intense 22 weeks and allows us proper time to really dig into college basketball as we prepare to enter the stretch run toward March Madness. March and April have been big months for us the last several years, so we look forward to this time of year.
Oh, and how about that NBA trade?!?!? WHAT IS GOING ON IN THAT LEAGUE?
Hopefully the lack of football also will provide us with more opportunities to provide NBA betting information, although we are very careful and picky when it comes to those selections.
Tomorrow we will present our first NCAA basketball power rankings and tournament projections of the season. But for now, scroll to the bottom of the page for today's college hoops recommended picks, betting edges and potential parlay options.
Our Superstar and All-Star picks had a nice 3-0 bounceback day yesterday, and we are looking to close out a winning weekend Sunday afternoon and evening.
When you read through today's information, keep in mind that we are extremely selective with our recommended picks as they need to have at least a 60-percent win probability or better according to our proprietary algorithm and also must pass through that stringent set of parameters that we consider for each matchup. In our daily posts you will find our recommended bets as well as games that don't quite make the cut to be recommended and which might make solid parlay options and other games where we believe there are edges favoring one side.
Parlays always will have a lower win probability than straight bets, but there are times that a parlay will meet our requirements and be recommended. We realize that many sports bettors prefer not to bet very short odds that approach and exceed -200, so in our goal to provide as much information and help as many people as possible, we do provide potential parlay options that are strong bets that don't quite make the cut for us as well as other games that have betting edges but also don't quite meet our high standards to be recommended picks.
Our college basketball betting edges have performed well, hovering at around 56 to 57 percent over a large sample size since early November, and our parlay options have been extremely successful as you can see below.
StatLogic Sports Superstar Picks for 2/2
Superstar Picks have a 70% or better win probability
None
StatLogic Sports All-Star Picks for 2/2
All-Star Picks have a 60% or better win probability
None
StatLogic Sports Bonus Bets for 2/2
Bonus Picks are solid selections that don't quite make the cut to be recommended picks
West Virginia +6 at Cincinnati - WIN
Quinnipiac/TCU money line parlay at +100 - 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 edges.
Our potential money line parlay games from Jan. 4-6 were 19-1 ... they have gone 165-66 (71%) since Jan. 4 and were 18-2 Jan. 14-15.
Potential CBB Money Line Parlay Options for 2/2
TCU - WIN
Qunnipiac - LOSS
Oregon - LOSS
Merrimack - WIN
Iona - WIN
NBA:
N/A
NCAA Basketball Season Betting Edge Record:
629-484-15 (56.5%)
Feb. 3 Record: 8-5
Feb. 2 Record: 3-3
Feb. 1 Record: 20-19-1
Jan. 31 Record: 6-3
Jan. 30 Record: 13-5-1
Jan. 29 Record; 15-12-1
Jan. 28 Record: 13-7
Jan. 27 Record: 8-1
Jan. 26 Record: 0-4
Jan. 25 Record: 21-17
Jan. 24 Record: 3-4
Jan. 23 Record: 8-6
Jan. 22 Record: 7-10
Jan. 21 Record: 12-6-1
Jan. 20 Record: 6-3
Jan. 19 Record: 2-4
Jan. 18 Record: 20-14
Jan. 17 Record: 6-4
Jan. 16 Record: 15-6
Last 7 days: 78-54-4 (59.1%)
Last 19 days: 186-131-5 (58.7%)
Last 53 days: 478-354-12 (57.5%)
StatLogic Sports NCAA College Basketball Betting Edges 2/2
South Florida +8 at Florida Atlantic - LOSS
Tulsa +10 at Tulane - WIN
West Virginia +6 at Cincinnati - WIN
Memphis -10 at Rice - LOSS
IPFW +4.5 at Milwaukee - WIN
Seton Hall +5 at DePaul - LOSS
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