COLLEGE BASKETBALL · THURSDAY NOV 5

College Basketball Picks

Two Final Four teams, the Duke team that lost to UConn by a point in the Elite Eight, and a Penn team that gets another crack at the Illinois team that beat it by 35 in March. Thursday is the first big college hoops night of the season on TV, and I've got eight plays. My favorite isn't one of the blowouts. It's South Florida getting six and a half at DePaul.

Already played

8 games
WAKE@#24 VANFINAL · WAKE 51 · VAN 74

Deacs with the points.

We said: Wake Forest +18.5LOST

BELL@IUFINAL · BELL 69 · IU 92

Knights with the points.

We said: Bellarmine +29.5WON

CCU@#2 DUKEFINAL · CCU 52 · DUKE 113

Chants with the points.

We said: Coastal Carolina +41.5LOST

TOL@#6 MSUFINAL · TOL 61 · MSU 91

Rockets with the points.

We said: Toledo +27.5LOST

PENN@#3 ILLFINAL · PENN 70 · ILL 112

Quakers with the points.

We said: Pennsylvania +31LOST

USF@DEPFINAL · USF 80 · DEP 82

Go Bulls.

We said: South Florida +6.5WON

BCU@#19 TTUFINAL · BCU 58 · TTU 76

Wildcats with the points.

We said: Bethune-Cookman +29.5WON

CP@#5 ARIZFINAL · CP 84 · ARIZ 104

Mustangs with the points, and stay up for this one.

We said: Cal Poly +30.5WON

Early-season college lines are hard to beat, so these are Leans. Every game pick here lands on the receipts page win or lose.

Lines as of Thursday morning. Confirm them before tip.

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