College Basketball Daily Tip Sheet - Best Bets

Dave Schwab is back to provide his best bets, predictions and odds for College Basketball matchups on Tuesday, November 15th.

College Basketball Best Bets for Tuesday, November 15

• Kentucky Wildcats vs. Michigan State Spartans (ESPN, 7:00 p.m. ET)
• Duke Blue Devils vs. Kansas Jayhawks (ESPN, 9:30 p.m.)

Kentucky Wildcats vs. Michigan State Spartans

Score Prediction: Kentucky 77, Michigan State 69
Best Bet: Kentucky -7 (-110)

Kentucky blew out Howard and Duquesne by sizeable margins in its first two home games this season. The total went OVER against Howard and stayed UNDER against Duquesne. Michigan State handled Northern Arizona at home by 18 points but the Spartans were tripped up by Gonzaga 64-63 as 12-point underdogs.

Guards’ Antonio Reeves (18 points) and CJ Fredrick (14 points) went on to lead the Wildcats past Duquesne. From the carrier deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln at North Island Naval Air Station, Michigan State’s Mady Sissoka put up 14 points in the losing effect over Gonzaga.

The Wildcats are 8-0 in the games played in November and the total went OVER in seven of the last 10 games against a Big Ten opponent. Michigan State is 0-5 ATS in its last five games played on a Tuesday and the Spartans are 1-6 SU in their last seven games played outside of East Lansing, Michigan.   

Duke Blue Devils vs. Kansas Jayhawks

Score Prediction: Kansas 76, Duke 74
Best Bet: Over 144.5 (-110)

Duke scored a combined 155 points in its wins over Jacksonville and USC Upstate in its first two games of this season. Kansas went 2-0 SU in blowouts against Nebraska-Omaha and North Dakota State but did not cover the huge spreads.

Freshmen center Kyle Filipowski put up 15 points and 10 rebounds to lead Duke to the win against USC Upstate. Blue Devils’ forward Mark Michell shot 54.2% in those two games this season. Kansas forward Jalen Wilson averaged 20 points and 10 rebounds for the team in his first two games this season.

Duke is 4-1 ATS in its last five games against the Big 12 and 11-1 SU in its last 12 games played in November. Kansas is 4-2 SU in its last six games against Duke and the total went OVER or PUSHED it seven of the last eight November games overall.