COLLEGE BASKETBALL · TUESDAY NOV 3

College Basketball Picks

Big Blue Nation gets Rupp back, Rocky Top tips off, and five ranked teams open at home against schools that got paid to show up. The favorites are going to win. That's not the bet. The bet is whether anybody wins by 30-plus on the first Tuesday in November, and I'm taking the points all six times.

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UAPB@#12 UAPBTUE 8:00 PM · SEC NETWORK+

Golden Lions with the points.

Arkansas-Pine Bluff +41.5−104FanDuel

Arkansas went 28-9 and made the Sweet 16 before Arizona put 109 on it.

Pine Bluff went 13-19. The Hogs win this game, and Bud Walton will be calling the Hogs all night. Forty-one and a half, though? That's the biggest number on the board, and we have Arkansas by about 28.

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WOF@#8 TENNFINAL · WOF 59 · TENN 90

Terriers with the points.

We said: Wofford +25.5LOST

MAN@#23 UKFINAL · MAN 57 · UK 85

Give me Manhattan with the points.

We said: Manhattan +33.5WON

DREX@#9 UVAFINAL · DREX 60 · UVA 89

Dragons with the points.

We said: Drexel +31.5WON

SHSU@#20 ALAFINAL · SHSU 74 · ALA 96

Bearkats with the points.

We said: Sam Houston +27WON

LIP@IOWAFINAL · LIP 54 · IOWA 76

Bisons with the points.

We said: Lipscomb +23WON

Here's the logic. Buy games get out of hand early, and once they do, the starters sit and the margin stops growing. Our numbers don't give credit for anything past a 25-point win, which is exactly why they land under every one of these lines. Early-season college lines are hard to beat, so these are Leans. Rosters turn over every spring, and last season's numbers can't see who transferred in or out. Every game pick here lands on the receipts page win or lose.

Lines as of Tuesday morning. Confirm them before tip.

Picks are opinion and analysis, not financial advice. Odds move; confirm at the book.