We cashed our Parlay of the Day yesterday with my Illini -10 against Iowa, and Dan Karpuc cashing with Royce O’Neale getting us o2.5 3PM. That was a nice +244 winner, and we will try once again to put some money in your pockets with another simple 2-leg parlay of our favorite wagers of the night. As usual, we will have my best college basketball bet with Dan’s favorite NBA prop.
Boise State ML vs. Utah State & Andre Drummond Over 8.5 Rebounds vs. Knicks (+175, BetMGM)
For some reason, there are no alt spreads available as I write this on BetMGM. I bet Boise State at -3, and the line is -4.5 now, so I wanted to bring that back to where I got it at for the parlay. If you can get a -3, use that for a better payout, but moneyline will have to suffice for this article.
This is perhaps my favorite wager of the night, saving the best for last. It won’t receive the amount of attention or handle that the Kentucky game will, but nonetheless, there is something diabolical going on here with some of these lines.
Utah State has lost just four games all season, with a 24-4 record, and is a perfect 5-0 ATS as an underdog this season. They have also covered in four straight games coming into this contest, but what is really interesting is their team total, which is set at a very low 73.5. That is hilarious considering what they have been doing offensively lately, scoring over this total in five straight games. In fact, they haven’t even come close to going under this number, with 79 being the fewest they have scored in that span.
Boise State has also won four of their last five and covered in them as well, but they are 19-8 on the season, slightly worse than the Aggies. They are now a -4.5 favorite at some places, showing some line movement already toward the Broncos. This again feels like a tremendous spot for Boise State at home, and I placed a wager at -3 earlier this morning. Since I can’t get that alt spread, I just used their moneyline. The -4.5 will probably be fine, but I don’t like getting a worse number.
Dan is heading to Philadelphia to back 76ers big man Andre Drummond tonight against the New York Knicks, as he explains:
“With Joel Embiid and Guerschon Yabusele both out, Andre Drummond should draw the start against the Knicks at Madison Square Garden tonight, which intrigues me. As someone who grew up in Mount Vernon, NY, Drummond has loved playing at MSG throughout this career and has gone over this number in 17 of his last 18 games there despite playing backup minutes for quite a few of those contests (the one time he failed to go over, he had eight). With 13.4 boards on average in 42 career games against the Knicks, he has had 8.9 rebounds with Embiid out this season and in 449 minutes, he has led Philadelphia with a 22.36% rebound rate.
You can make the argument that Drummond is the best rebounder in the history of the NBA and I expect him to show up under the bright lights of the Big Apple tonight. He will have to play as many minutes as he can handle to match up against Karl-Anthony Towns and his upside on the boards is immense. In 12 career games against KAT, he has also averaged 13.8 rebounds, which is another factor working in his favor.”
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