UConn vs. Florida: College Basketball Betting Picks & Predictions (Wednesday)
At DraftKings, Purdue’s Zach Edey has stormed atop the odds leaderboard for the Wooden Award with +350 odds. Oscar Tshiebwe of Kentucky is the only other player with odds shorter than +1400. Edey has averaged 23.3 points and 12.8 rebounds per game thus far and gets another chance to add to his POY resume with a home game against Hofstra tonight.
Here are our best bets for Wednesday’s college basketball action. And here’s a closer look at UConn vs. Florida.
(Odds courtesy of DraftKings)
UConn vs. Florida: College Basketball Betting Picks & Predictions (Wednesday)
UConn vs. Florida ML
After Creighton’s shocking home last to Nebraska earlier this week, is it fair to dub UConn as the Big East favorite? The Huskies have won their first nine games by more than 24 points per game and are one of five teams in the country with two Quad 1 wins without a loss.
This game will come down to who wins the big-man battle between Adama Sanogo and Colin Castleton. Florida relies heavily on Castleton; his 16.6 ppg is 57.4% of the team’s frontcourt scoring. However, against Xavier’s physical frontcourt of Zach Freemantle and Jack Nunge, Castleton scored just 11 points on 5-of-14 shooting. There is arguably no frontline in the country more physical than UConn’s, and Big East Player of the Year frontrunner Sanogo could quickly send the Gators’ best player to the bench early with foul trouble. The Gators do not have many other options to guard Sanogo, while UConn can throw several different bodies at Castleton to protect its big man.
Bet: UConn ML (-190 at DraftKings)
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