You know, I needed to take some time to recalibrate after the disaster class High Point put together a week ago.
I said I wanted to average a bet a day during this college basketball season, so long hiatus requires a nice little three pack of bets on this cold and gloomy Friday. Hopefully all my luck wasn’t used up in Auburn last weekend.
I’m a little worried it may have been after watching the New York Giants do their best New York Mets impression on Thursday Night Football.
North Alabama Team Total OVER 59.5 vs. Miami
North Alabama’s five leading scorers are all new to the team this year. Such is the state of college sports in 2026. All those five new faces a new place have done is play winning basketball, upsetting a solid UC Davis team on the road to begin the season before giving Oklahoma a scare in their third game of the season.
Now Oklahoma may be pretty bad (hello East Texas A&M) and Miami is objectively good BUT even in a Hurricanes route North Alabama should be able to easily reach the 60-point threshold.
A bad Wagner program scored 57 against the Hurricanes after putting up just 50 on Boston College then inching its way to 41 points on the road against UConn. The Lions project to be much better than Wagner.
North Carolina -3.5 vs. Georgia
It’s been a down couple of year’s for UNC, but senior guard Terrence Brown is about to change that.
The 6-foot-3 scorer has averaged 20 points per game each of the past two seasons, first at Fairleigh Dickinson before he proved he can play at the high major level with Utah last year.
Brown is the best player in this game, and with the home court advantage, I’ll back UNC and points.
Kentucky -30.5 vs. Northern Arizona
Mark Pope’s seat wasn’t hot, but it was warming entering the 2026 season.
A blowout loss at the hands of Kansas in the Champions Classic sprung his chair straight from the broiler to the fryer. The No. 24 ranked Wildcats have now put together two consecutive subpar outings after an opening night drudging of Marshall.
It would be good for Pope and his job security if he didn’t hold back against an 0-3 Northern Arizona team tonight. Kentucky does just that and wins this game by 40+.
2026-2027 Record: 2-2
11/1: Villanova TT under 76.5
11/2: Tennessee State +10.5
11/3: Drexel +31.5
11/4: High Point -34.5
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