Monday College Basketball Picks: LSU, Purdue & Big Spreads

College basketball tonight had a couple of interesting spots. I'm playing a non-ranked LSU game against Louisiana Tech. They're out to prove a point for LSU, but the number's a little out of control against La Tech. I took the 29 and a half with LSU. Indiana, Syracuse, I know people are watching. UConn rolling up Wagner early. Anything college catch your eye? Yeah, I was thinking about pulling the trigger on Oakland and Alabama over 171 and a half. It's 35, 15, 6, 35, 16 now for Alabama. In-game total is 176 and a half. It's a little bit high to jump in here in-game. You know, a lot of big numbers tonight in the college basketball world. Yeah, I was trying to talk myself into, you know, man, it's a lot of points, right? I mean, you've got some massive, massive point spreads tonight. Kevin mentioned Louisiana Tech getting 29 and a half. Against LSU, North Alabama getting 27-and-a-half against an Oklahoma team that we've already seen lose outright as 28-and-a-half-point favorites. Yep. Um, What was the, you know, we've got Illinois State and Purdue. well, Purdue playing for the first time since their double overtime loss to Valparaiso. Laying 15-and-a-half. They should be in a bad mood tonight. I actually like the over 143-and-a-half of that game. I think that goes over to 143-and-a-half. Seton Hall only laying 4-and-a-half to Charlotte. I like to fade Seton Hall when they're bigger favorites, but it's only four and a half tonight. Yeah, that's not a big number. Yeah, but I think the odds makers are on to something. Eastern Washington getting 16 and a half against Oregon State. They said some big, and our favorite, Mississippi Valley State against Washington. Washington minus 31 and a half. I was wondering, 31 and a half, that means that number dropped, I think. I think that was 34. I wonder, Gabe, if there's some people in the market who are like, what if the Mississippi Valley team isn't the worst in the history of college basketball again? So they played against Oklahoma. It was a comfortable cover. Comfortable cover. 84-57. Yeah. So again, like they lost. You're right. They've only played one game. And now here comes the trip for them, which I've stated too. I don't know how they're not the richest school in college. Like all they do is paycheck games. Um. Up next, they get the Oregon Ducks, then they play at Oregon State, then they play at Arkansas, then they play at New Mexico, then they play at Michigan. All right. Everyone getting a piece of Mississippi Valley State. Then they go to North Texas. Oh, then they play UConn. Like, if you're UConn, what do you play these guys? And even Michigan, what are we doing? It's going to be 50. Like, what are we doing? But, Gabe, it's very funny. If they just once, instead of being the absolute worst team in the country, or like the seventh worst team in the country, They're going to cover every number for a month because they get numbers that are... I mean, they caught 40 from an Oklahoma team who had lost outright to A&M Commerce. It's only a 40-minute game, guys. It's hard to score that many, you know, score a team in that many, like, unless you really... If you look at Washington, Washington have also only played one game. They played Colgate, and they hung 90 on them. 90 to 76. They gave up 76, though. I think Washington team total. Yeah, well, Washington team total, right? They're going to score on them. So what, Oklahoma got to 84, and Washington scored 90 against Colgate, who are a lot better than Mississippi Valley State are, just for the record. Uh-huh. 92 and a half. They'll get into the mid-90s. This team usually gives up like 100 for fun, so I don't hate the direction. Gosh, just look at their results from last season. It's a good bet. I'll just tell you, it's a good bet.