The final regular-season Saturday of the college basketball season has arrived and rivalry matchups such as Duke vs. North Carolina, Alabama vs. Auburn and Utah vs. BYU take center stage. Several conference tournaments are on the slate as well, with the Horizon, the OVC and the Big Sky among the conferences that will settle a champion this weekend. The latest college basketball odds from the SportsLine Consensus list Auburn as a 7.5-point favorite, while Duke is -10.5 in their respective matchups.
The games begin at noon ET and the final tip of the day is 10 p.m. ET. With 2025 NCAA Tournament bracket bids on the line and big rivals battling, which teams are on upset alert? Before making any college basketball picks for Saturday, be sure to see the predictions from SportsLine’s proven computer model.
The model simulates every game 10,000 times and it has returned nearly $1,900 for $100 bettors on top-rated college basketball picks dating back to last season. Now, here are the top upset picks for Saturday, according to the model.
The Spiders have had a tough campaign overall at 8-20, though they’ve shown some signs of life late in the season. Richmond upset Fordham and La Salle in back-to-back games in mid-February and the Spiders were also competitive in a 64-58 loss at George Mason earlier this season. FanDuel Sportsbook has the best price on Richmond at +205:
Stanford has won three of its last four and it will be upset-minded against a Louisville squad that has won eight straight, but could get caught looking ahead to the ACC Tournament. Louisville lost as a huge -457 favorite against Georgia Tech last month, and more recently the Cardinals have let Virginia Tech and Florida State, both big underdogs, stick around. The model projects that Stanford keeps this game within two possessions, making the Cardinal a live underdog in this spot. Stanford is +550 at DraftKings Sportsbook:
The Big Sky Tournament gets underway with an 8 vs. 9 matchup and the model gives the underdog the slight edge in this one. Eastern Washington limps into the postseason on a five-game losing streak, however the Eagles had a four-game winning streak in February, pulling off a pair of outright upsets during that span. Eastern Washington has the slight edge in shooting percentage and some stronger defensive numbers in steals and blocks. Eastern Washington is +150 at Bet365 Sportsbook:
You’ve seen the model’s best longshot picks for Saturday. Now, get spread, total, money-line and prop picks for every game at SportsLine here, all from the model that’s simulated every game 10,000 times.
