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Nebraska Cornhuskers logo NEB @ UCLA Bruins logo UCLA Tue, Mar 3 • 11:00 PM ET
3 Expert Picks
MoneyLine
Nebraska Cornhuskers logo NEB (-105)
Best Odds
 -105 DraftKings
Pick made: 9 hours ago
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Douglas Farmer
Betting Analyst
 -105
 -127
 -115
 -120
 -115

The Nebraska Cornhuskers actually have the travel edge in this road game, given they played USC on Saturday and hung tight on the West Coast while the UCLA Bruins had to fly back after a loss at Minnesota on Saturday. Nebraska is already the better of these two teams, but giving the Cornhuskers a travel edge should make this a pretty quick decision.

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1st Half MoneyLine
Nebraska Cornhuskers logo NEB 1st Half (+100)
Best Odds
 -120 DraftKings
Pick made: 14 hours ago
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Rohit Ponnaiya
Betting Analyst
 -120
 -125
 -120
 -125
 -120

Playing on the West Coast in late night games has been extremely tough for Midwest schools but Nebraska stayed in L.A. following Saturday's win against USC. The Huskers might fatigue late in this game but expect them to get out to a fast start, just like Purdue and Illinois did before hitting a wall. They rank fifth in the country in adjusted defense and 10th in opponent 3PT% (29.4%) which should slow down a UCLA attack that needs to hit threes to get going. On the other side of the floor, Nebraska ranks 21st in the country in 2PT (58.3%) while the Bruins are just 244th in opponent 2PT% (53.3%).

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Texas Longhorns logo TEX @ Arkansas Razorbacks logo ARK Wed, Mar 4 • 7:00 PM ET
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Total
Texas Longhorns logo Arkansas Razorbacks logo o165.5 (-110)
Best Odds
o164.5 -110 BetMGM
Pick made: 3 hours ago
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Rohit Ponnaiya
Betting Analyst
o164.5  -112
o164.5  -116
o165.5  -110
o164.5  -110
o164.5  -110

Arkansas is sixth in the country in adjusted offense while Texas ranks seventh. The Longhorns have four players averaging more than 13.0 ppg led by Dailyn Swain (17.7 ppg, 55.4 FG%) who is the most efficient isolation scorer in Div 1. That said, they rank 14th in SEC play in opponent 3PT% (36.4%) and will get torched from the perimeter by an up-tempo Arkansas squad led by Darius Acuff (22.0 ppg, 6.2 apg). Likewise, the Razorbacks are second-last in league play in opponent 2PT% (56.8%) and will get lit up by a Texas attack that does its best work inside. This is a big O/U at 165.5 but KenPom is projecting 169 points in this game with Bart Torvik at 171. 

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