College Basketball Picks and March Madness Best Bets

Free College Basketball Expert and Computer Picks For Every Game March 14, 2026

Oklahoma Sooners logo OKLA @ Arkansas Razorbacks logo ARK Fri, Mar 13 • 9:30 PM ET
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Points
Nijel Pack logo Nijel Pack o17.5 Points (-110)
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Pick made: 6 hours ago
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Douglas Farmer
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Nijel Pack has cleared this number in three straight games, five of his last six and seven of his last nine. In the last nine games, the Oklahoma Sooners’ veteran guard has shot 53.0% from deep on 7.3 attempts per game. This is a heater to be trusted.

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Clemson Tigers logo CLEM @ Duke Blue Devils logo DUKE Fri, Mar 13 • 9:30 PM ET
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Assists
Cameron Boozer logo Cameron Boozer o4.5 Assists (+122)
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Pick made: 10 hours ago
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Chris Hatfield
Betting Analyst

Cameron Boozer should operate as Duke’s primary point forward in what projects to be a half-court game. Clemson’s defense is vulnerable to perimeter cuts, allowing about 0.90 points per possession on those actions, that’s something Duke attacks extremely well. Boozer is typically the facilitator when those cuts develop. Add the situational angle that backup point guard Cayden Boozer was barely playable yesterday, which should push even more creation through Cameron.

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Kansas Jayhawks logo KU @ Houston Cougars logo HOU Fri, Mar 13 • 9:30 PM ET
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3 Point FG
Emanuel Sharp logo Emanuel Sharp u2.5 3 Point FG (-115)
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Pick made: 7 hours ago
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Rohit Ponnaiya
Betting Analyst

Sharp went 1-6 from deep last night and also went 1-6 from downtown against Kansas last month. He has hit fewer than 2.5 threes in five of his last six games, with the only exception coming against Baylor, which ranks 275th in the country in 3-point defense (35.5%). Meanwhile, the Jayhawks elite defense ranks 13th in opponent 3PT% (30.2%). Sharp thrives on corner threes, but Kansas does a great job funneling shooters above the break, where he's far less accurate.

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Vermont Catamounts logo UVM @ UMBC Retrievers logo UMBC Sat, Mar 14 • 11:00 AM ET
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Total
Vermont Catamounts logo UMBC Retrievers logo u137.0 (-116)
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Pick made: 1 hours ago
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Eric Rosales
Betting Analyst

The Under has gone 7-2-1 in the last 10 head-to-head matchups, and these are the top-scoring defenses in America East: UMBC allows 67.3 points per game, with Vermont at 68.4. The Retrievers haven’t let an opponent touch 70 points in 13 straight, and the Catamounts just once in the last nine.

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