College Basketball and NBA Bets for 12/23
By: Kris Franklin
Tags: NCAA Basketball, NBA, Sports, College Basketball, Sports Betting

We returned yesterday with some college basketball bets and ended up going 3–0! We’re also going to dive into tonight’s NBA slate. Let’s review how it went and then try to ride our hot streak with tonight’s slate.

What Went Right?

We chose La Salle over Maryland yesterday due to recency bias. La Salle was 3–1 over their last 4 and Maryland was on a bit of a losing streak. Maryland won but didn’t cover and we had our first win of the day. Tennessee Tech got destroyed by 20 points. Luckily for us we had them +22 and picked up our second win. Our third win came from North Dakota St. I thought the Bison might pull off the upset but they lost by 7. Thankfully we had them +12.

College Basketball Bets for 12/23

The first basketball game that has my attention is the Northwestern State Demons taking on the Washington State Cougars. The Demons are only 1–9 but they’ve had a tough schedule as of late. The past two nights they’ve had to play Gonzaga back to back. Washington State is 7–0 mostly thanks to their defense. I see this being a low scoring game and that benefits the underdog. Northwestern State may not win but I like them covering the 18.5 points.

At 5:00 the Georgetown Hoyas will be traveling to Seton Hall to take on the Pirates. Seton Hall is 5–4 coming off of an overtime loss to Providence. The Hoyas are only 3–4 but they’ve kept their games competitive and have 4 players scoring over 10 points per game. If the Hoyas defense can get it together this game should stay close enough for Georgetown to stay within 9.5 points.

The last game I’m looking at for tonight is the DePaul Blue Devils hosting the Western Illinois Leathernecks. DePaul is certainly the better team here but this is their first game of the season. They haven’t played a game in 9 months after Covid has twice delayed their season. I’m not saying they’ll be upset tonight by the 2–4 Leathernecks but I do think the score will be within 16.5 points.

NBA Bets for 12/23

I’m not sure if betting the New York Knicks is the smartest way to start off my NBA betting season but here we are. The Knicks have played quite well together during the preseason. They have a new head coach and added two rookies in hopes that they’ll finally get back on the right track. The Indiana Pacers have a new head coach also and are dealing with injuries. Myles Turner was dealing with a concussion but returned to practice on Sunday. TJ Warren is day to day with his foot injury. I think 7.5 is too large of a spread for the Pacers to overcome.

The Detroit Pistons made quite a few changes to their roster during the offseason. Despite the new faces they still have consistency with their leadership with Blake Griffin and Derrick Rose returning. The Minnesota Timberwolves added rookie Anthony Edwards to their roster. Edwards should fit right in on the roster but it may take a few games for the team to gel. Unsure if they’ll be upset here by Detroit but I think the Pistons can cover the spread.

The Kris Bets This…

NCAAM (6–4) (60%) (+1.6 units)

Northwestern St +18.5

Georgetown +9.5

Western Illinois +16.5

NBA

New York Knicks +7.5

Detroit +6

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