COLLEGE HOOPS SATURDAY BEST BETS: 1/31/2026

Duke(-12.5) @ Virginia Tech

Texas Tech(-4.5) @ UCF

BYU @ Kansas OVER 158.5

UConn(7.5) @ Creighton

MCBB Best Bet Season Record: 10-7-0

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Duke(-12.5) @ Virginia Tech

DK -110

FD -102

Virginia Tech has been a solid story. They are a good 16-6 with a shot to make the dance. They have a great win over their intrastate rival Virginia, but that is really their only great win. Virginia Tech has been beating the teams they should, like against Cal, Notre Dame, and Syracuse, but have lost to teams they should have, like Louisville, Stanford, and SMU.

What all this means is Duke will likely beat them by 20 plus. Go Blue Devils.

Texas Tech(-4.5) @ UCF

DK -115

FD -115

Texas Tech is on a heater. They're 9-1 in their past 10 and they've won 5 in a row, including an impressive stretch of beating BYU, Baylor, and Houston all in a row. UCF, similar to Virginia Tech, is a nice story about an improving program. They like Virginia Tech, have their one big win at home over a ranked team, Kansas in this case, but they've lost to teams like ISU and Arizona the other times they've stepped up in class.

BYU @ Kansas OVER 158.5

DK -115

FD -110

This game rocks. BYU loves to run up and down the floor. AJ Dybantsa and Richie Saunders put the rock in the net. Kansas is unbelievably good at home in Big 12 play they've put up a minimum of 80 points a game with the high being 104. Lets see a game played in the 80s.

UConn(-7.5) @ Creighton

DK -105

FD -106

The huskies are on an absolute heater. They've won 10 in a row. Now they haven't covered a spread in a while, but eventually they'll blow a team out, and I think that team will be the worst Creighton team we've seen in over a decade. The spread is also small enough for UConn to win by multiple 2 point possessions and cover, so I think they'll get it done.

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