While this Tuesday's college basketball slate isn't as strong as previous weeks, we still have four top-10 teams playing on the road and plenty of volume to find betting value.
Our staff is targeting four specific games for their best bets.
So, without further ado, read below for college basketball best bets and odds, including four predictions and picks for Tuesday, February 25.
(A parlay is not our official recommendation, but there's an option below.)
College Basketball Best Bets
The team logos in the table below represent each of the matchups that our college basketball betting staff is targeting from today's slate of games. Click on the team logos for any of the matchups below to navigate to a specific bet discussed in this article.
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Florida vs. Georgia
If there was ever a last stand type of spot when it comes to the NCAA Tournament picture, it’s tonight for Georgia at home against No. 3-ranked Florida.
The Dawgs have lost four in a row and have fallen onto the wrong side of the bubble. They really need a marquee win to save their season.
Mike White gets the chance to get a victory over his old team in Florida, which also happens to be Georgia’s biggest rival.
It won’t be easy, but I think there’s a path for UGA to hang tough here and potentially pull off the upset.
I was encouraged by the type of effort the Bulldogs put out Saturday at Auburn, particularly on the defensive end.
Georgia still has a top-35 defense nationally, per KenPom, and to have any chance of slowing down the lethal backcourt Florida possesses — Walter Clayton Jr., Will Richard and Alijah Martin — you need to be able to really defend.
Florida shot the heck out of the ball in the first meeting between these two, but tonight in Athens with Georgia playing in a do-or-die spot, I expect that to go a little bit differently.
Silas Demary Jr. and De’Shayne Montgomery will both need to get into the game early and make their own share of shots from the outside, and Asa Newell could have some opportunities to expose the Gators in the paint.
Call it personal intuition, but I expect Georgia to put out one of its best efforts of the season.
I don’t know if the Bulldogs will ultimately have enough juice to win outright, but I love their chances of covering this number as a home underdog.
Pick: Georgia +7 (Play to +6)
Florida vs. Georgia
The Georgia Bulldogs and the Florida Gators will meet in Athens on Tuesday.
Georgia enters the game unranked with a record of 16-11, and that record has it on the bubble.
UGA has gone cold at the worst time of the year, losing four straight games against four ranked opponents.
The Gators, meanwhile, have been one of the biggest surprises in college hoops this season.
Florida's record is 24-3, which has it ranked third in the nation. Florida's main goal for the rest of the season is to earn a No. 1 seed in the Big Dance, and it's well on its way to achieving that.
We're getting too many points with the home team on Tuesday. We'll see a desperate Georgia team on the floor, so I anticipate a close back-and-forth contest that favors the 'dog.
Pick: Georgia +7 (Play to +6)
Providence vs. Marquette
Marquette needs some home cooking on Tuesday.
They've dominated this series historically against Providence, and I expect an easy blowout.
The Golden Eagles are 13-2 straight up as favorites this season, and I love them coming off a loss against a Providence team that hasn't been very good this season.
Pick: Marquette -13
New Mexico vs. San Diego State
The Mountain West earned a reputation as a paper tiger in March. During a three-year tournament run from 2019 to 2022, collectively the MWC went 0-8 in the Big Dance.
Then San Diego State flipped the narrative by making a run all the way to the national title game in 2023 and backing it up with a Sweet 16 trip last spring.
