{"id":329439,"date":"2025-02-18T13:56:50","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T18:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=329439"},"modified":"2025-02-18T13:56:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T18:56:51","slug":"ncaa-mens-basketball-parlay-predictions-february-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/ncaa-mens-basketball-parlay-predictions-february-18\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA men&#8217;s college basketball parlay predictions Feb. 18: Bet unders for Houston vs. Arizona State, Kansas vs. BYU"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A trio of college basketball games in the 9 p.m. ET window have my attention for a +295 parlay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative<\/strong>: The No. 5 Houston Cougars play at a snail&#8217;s pace, and I expect that to affect the free-wheeling ways of the Arizona State Sun Devils. I&#8217;m counting on an alt under in that game, and I&#8217;m taking the under in a matchup between the No. 17 Kansas Jayhawks and the BYU Cougars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my NCAA basketball predictions for Feb. 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NCAA basketball predictions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"insights\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/sports\/basketball\/competitions\/10530\">Go to full college basketball betting markets<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Parlay: Houston\/Arizona St. u138 pts | Kansas\/BYU u151.5 points | Colorado St. ML (+295)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Houston\/Arizona State under 138 points (-175):<\/strong> Even after teasing it up, this is the third-lowest total the Sun Devils have faced all season. But given the Cougars&#8217; style of play, this under makes perfect sense to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Houston plays at the fifth-slowest adjusted tempo in NCAA Division I, per KenPom.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arizona State has cashed five consecutive overs, but other slow-paced Big 12 schools have bogged down the Sun Devils in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aside from Houston, the three slowest-paced teams in the conference are West Virginia, Baylor and Cincinnati. Unders went 3-0 when Arizona State faced those schools (and all three games finished below 138.5 points).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seven of Houston&#8217;s past 10 games have gone under this number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other parlay picks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kansas\/BYU under 151.5 points (-163):<\/strong> Kansas tends to drag down scoring against everyone it faces, and I view BYU as the next victim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unders are 19-6 (76.0%) in Jayhawks games this year, cashing at the highest rate in D-I, per Team Rankings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That includes a 7-2 unders record on the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A whopping 48.0% of BYU&#8217;s field goal attempts come beyond the arc, which is the 17th-highest rate in the country. Given that Kansas&#8217; defence allows the ninth-lowest 3PT% (29.2), that might not be a winning strategy for the Cougars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This under has cashed in three straight BYU games, as well as three of Kansas&#8217; past four.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Colorado State moneyline <\/strong>(-175):<\/strong> The Colorado State Rams snuck past the Nevada Wolfpack, 82-80, when the teams played in Nevada back in December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now the Rams have home-court advantage, which heightens their chances to win again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Colorado State is 11-2 at home. One of those losses came against New Mexico (the Mountain West leader), while the other was an overtime defeat in November against UC Riverside.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nevada is 3-5 on the road, including 0-3 as a road underdog.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>BartTorvik.com projects a 75% win probability for the Rams, which is well ahead of the implied probability of this line (64.3%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of Nevada&#8217;s weaknesses is that its opponents tend to get to the free throw line with ease. The Wolfpack allow 19.5 free throw attempts per game (217th in D-I).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Rams are among the best free-throw-shooting teams in the country (78.0%, 19th), so I expect them to capitalize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Picks made at 1:50 p.m. ET 02\/18\/2025<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A trio of college basketball games in the 9 p.m. ET window have my attention for a +295 parlay. The pregame narrative: The No. 5 Houston Cougars play at a snail&#8217;s pace, and I expect that to affect the free-wheeling ways of the Arizona State Sun Devils. I&#8217;m counting on an alt under in that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":329373,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[452,75],"tags":[21],"class_list":["post-329439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-com","category-college-basketball","tag-college-basketball-betting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NCAA basketball predictions: Feb. 18 | NorthStar Bets<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our NCAA basketball predictions Feb. 18. 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