Best College Basketball Games Today: March 9 Top NCAA & NCAAW -VAL

It is a fantastic day to be a college basketball fan. With several smaller conference tournaments that are already ongoing and large programs that collect their regular season, there is no shortage of games that matters.

But what are the best opportunities for players?

We have done the leg work and identified these three as our Best NCAA initiatives For Sunday March 9 (odds via Draftkings).

NCAAM: Michigan (+240) against Michigan State (-6.5)

The Spartans have already unlocked the Big Ten regular seasonal title, which takes some of the brilliance of this game. But it is still a rival matching, and no one wants to lose for a rival – especially at home. So I would expect Michigan State to bring his A game.

The loss to Michigan State a couple of weeks ago was when Michigan’s sens -season struggle began. After two ugly wins against Nebraska and Rutgers, Wolverines was crushed by Illinois at home and lost his last home game a year to Maryland, 71-65. Michigan was a favorite of 3.5 points.

Michigan State has been on cruise control since its surprising loss to Indiana on February 11 and won six in a row, including four wins in a row over ranked teams. They haven’t crushed anyone; They just play well enough to win the winnings.

The Spartans are not a spotted team that makes it rain every night or run up the point. They only play well on both ends of the track and do what is needed to win games. However, Michigan has jumped on the fight bus at the worst time of year.

Wolverines can easily be on a four-game’s losing line that comes into this-not just a two-game skid. The desire to beat a rival will help Michigan remain competitive, but Michigan State is the better team. They will cover.

Our choice: Michigan State -6.5

NCAAW: Texas against South Carolina

Sec Tournament Final

It fits in a way that No. 1 Texas and No. 5 South Carolina are facing in the Sec tournament. They are undoubtedly the two best teams at the conference this year, and they shared the regular season series. So now they get tiebreaker.

The first meeting, January 12, was a one -sided business. South Carolina Defense closed Madison Booker down and rolled quite a lot into a simple 67-50 victory. Booker, who an average of 16.1 points per match this season, recorded only seven after shooting 3-for-19.

But in Rematch on February 9, Booker played a double double with 20 points and 11 returns. The Texas defense held South Carolina’s crime against a bleak 35.8% shooting percentage that day. This time Texas got the victory, 66-62.

South Carolina got her place in the final by crushing Vanderbilt, 84-63, in the quarter finals and then beat Oklahoma, 93-75, in the semi-finals. Texas had a tougher road and was beating Ole Miss, 70-63, and then taking care of Business vs. LSU, 56-49.

We have two fantastic teams here that happen to play solid basketball right now. If I was forced to choose a winner, I would lean on South Carolina, as it had more convincing gains in the first two rounds. But I expect this game to look like the first two-low points.

Our choice: Under 134.5

NCAAW: UCLA VS. USC

Big Ten Tournament Final

Do your rival always lose, but lose them twice during the same season? It’s just painful. But what happens if Fortune smiled at you and gave you the opportunity to play this team for the third time?

Oh – and not only do you get the satisfaction of beating your rival, but there is also a trophy on the line.

After closing the regular season with its second loss to USC, Bruins Nebraska met in the quarter finals and won with 11 points, 85-74. But then the absolute Ohio State crushed in the semi-finals, 75-46.

I’m sure you’ve heard this somewhere before: it’s pretty challenging to beat a team three times during a single season. If a team is definitely weaker, maybe not. But a top-five team like UCLA? Yes, I think Bruins will have something figured out for this game.

All they have to do is prevent Juju Watkins from getting off – again (she had 30 and 38 in the first two). Easier said than done, of course. But without a significant point threat of their own, Bruins cannot let Watkins dictate the game’s flow.

Our choice: UCLA ML at +120