College Basketball Best Bets for Thursday: Matchups, Odds, Picks, Predictions

The Big East and Big 12 conferences will play each other over the next several days. Creighton Bluejays and Texas Longhorns are playing each others on Thursday. The game features two of the AP poll's top seven teams.

Oklahoma State is favored to beat UConn. Arizona is favoured to defeat Utah. Seton Hall is expected to win against Kansas.

Oregon (-189 via Caesars) vs. Washington State, Utah +7.5 (-110 via FanDuel) against Arizona, and Washington-Oregon State Under 133. 5 (-115 via DraftKings)

Oregon (-189 via Caesars) vs. Washington State, Utah (-7.5 via FanDuel) against Arizona, and Washington-Oregon State (-115 via DraftKings) versus. Mount Saint Mary's (+145 via Craveys) and Saint Peter's (-145) at Creighton. Creevil team total Under (OFF) is prop pick for Texas vs Creiller.

Oregon is playing in their Pac-12 opener against Villanova. The team is short on scholarship players. They beat Villanova in the Phil Knight Invitational seventh-place game. N’Faly Dante, Oregon”s second-leading scorer and top rebounder, could be back from a one-game absence.

Arizona is the top-scoring team in the country. Utah is built to make opponents grind it out in half-court. Arizona has a frontcourt with Azoulas Tubelis and Oumar Ballo, but Utah has Ben Carlson and Branden Carlson.

Oregon State did a great job defensively against Duke. The Beavers are not well-equipped to shoot over the top of Washington's 2-3 zone. DraftKings is the only sportsbook offering a line of 133.5 for Washington-Oregon state.

Mount Saint Mary's is playing in the MAAC for the first time. Saint Peter's was a strong team last season, but it's a rebuilding project. Caesars is the most generous book with its moneyline odds.

Creighton takes on Texas on Thursday. Texas is a top-six team in the defensive categories. Creighton has an implied team total of 67.5.   The last time a team from the top seven went to Austin, it lost by 19 points.

College basketball best bets for Thursday are available from 12/1/2022 at 6:28 a.m. ET.