College basketball picks, odds, Feb. 17, 2024 best bets by proven model: This 5-team parlay pays 25-1
Top-ranked UConn will try to maintain its spot atop the polls when it hosts No. 4 Marquette in a Big East showdown during Saturday's college basketball schedule. The Huskies are 6.5-point home favorites in the latest college basketball odds from SportsLine consensus as they try to extend their 13-game winning streak. No. 13 Auburn enters its SEC matchup against No. 22 Kentucky with a perfect home record, and the Tigers are 8.5-point favorites in the college basketball spreads. Should you include Auburn or UConn in your college basketball parlays for Saturday?
Another top-25 contest on Saturday pits No. 6 Kansas against No. 25 Oklahoma at 4 p.m. ET. The Jayhawks are 1-point road favorites and already have a double-digit win over the Sooners this season, so they will be one of the popular college basketball parlay picks. Before making any Saturday college basketball picks or college basketball parlays, be sure to see the college basketball predictions and betting advice from SportsLine's proven computer model.
The model simulates every Division I college basketball game 10,000 times. It enters Week 15 of the 2023-24 season on a 131-88 roll on all top-rated college basketball picks dating back to last season, returning nearly $2,500 for $100 players. It is also off to a sizzling 24-12 start on top-rated spread picks this season. Anyone following has seen huge returns.
Now, the model has locked in five confident college basketball best bets for Saturday. If you successfully parlay its picks, you'd be looking at a massive payout of around 25-1. You can only see the model's college basketball picks at SportsLine.
Top Saturday college basketball picks
After simulating every game 10,000 times, the model is high on the No. 12 Baylor Bears (-6.5) to win by double digits against the West Virginia Mountaineers at 6 p.m. ET. Baylor has won four of its last five games following a three-game skid, with three of those wins coming against ranked opponents. The Bears are coming off a 79-62 win over No. 25 Oklahoma on Tuesday, powered by a season-high 27 points from Jayden Nunn.
He has knocked down 11 of his last 21 attempts from 3-point range while averaging 16.3 points over that four-game stretch. The Bears have won their last five games against the Mountaineers and eight of the last nine meetings overall. Meanwhile, West Virginia has dropped three straight games and five of its last six, which is why the model has Baylor covering the spread in almost 60% of the latest simulations. See which other college basketball parlay picks to make here.
How to make Saturday college basketball parlays
The model also jumped on four other college basketball matchups where it says the line is way off, including an underdog that wins outright. You can only see the model's Saturday college basketball best bets and parlay at SportsLine.
What are the model's top Saturday college basketball picks, and which other college basketball matchups should you target for a strong 25-1 payout? Visit SportsLine now to see the college basketball best bets from a model on a 131-88 run on top-rated picks, and find out.
