{"id":331979,"date":"2025-03-05T15:33:52","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T20:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=331979"},"modified":"2025-03-05T15:33:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T20:33:52","slug":"ncaa-mens-basketball-parlay-predictions-march-5-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/ncaa-mens-basketball-parlay-predictions-march-5-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA men&#8217;s college basketball parlay predictions March 5: Bet on UConn to win, No. 12 Wisconsin to cover"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Midway through the final week of the college basketball regular season, I whipped up a +282 parlay featuring three marquee games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative<\/strong>: The No. 12 Wisconsin Badgers have been a profitable ATS squad this year, and I like for that to continue in Wednesday&#8217;s road matchup. I&#8217;m also taking the under on an all-SEC matchup and backing the UConn Huskies to beat the No. 20 Marquette Golden Eagles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my NCAA basketball predictions for March 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NCAA basketball predictions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"insights\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/sports-hub\/basketball\/ncaab\">Full college basketball betting markets<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Parlay: Wisconsin -3.5 | Tennessee\/Ole Miss u141.5 points | UConn ML (+282)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:110865\">Embed: #110865<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wisconsin -3.5 (-143):<\/strong> Wisconsin is only 5-5 on the road this year. But when the Badgers are supposed to get the job done, they usually do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wisconsin is 13-7 ATS as a favourite and 7-3 ATS as a road team, per Team Rankings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Badgers have covered a -3.5 spread in eight straight victories.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Back on Jan. 10, the Badgers bludgeoned the Minnesota Golden Gophers, 80-59, in Wisconsin. The Badgers held huge advantages in turnover margin (+7) and free throw attempts (+9).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now it&#8217;s Minnesota&#8217;s turn to host the rivalry clash. Even with home-court advantage, I don&#8217;t see the Gophers threatening for an upset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wisconsin shoots 47.8% of its field goal attempts from 3-point range, which is the 18th-highest rate in NCAA Division I. Minnesota&#8217;s defence is among the worst in the country at defending the perimeter (35.6 opponent 3PT%, 283rd in the country).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minnesota has lost four straight home games by an average of 11.3 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other parlay predictions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tennessee\/Ole Miss under 141.5 points (-167):<\/strong> This SEC showdown is a major stylistic clash. The Rebels play a run-and-gun style of offence, while the Volunteers prefer to take things slow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ole Miss ranks 82nd in average offensive possession, per KenPom.com, and scores 77.9 points per game (81st in D-I).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tennessee&#8217;s adjusted tempo is the 21st-slowest in D-I. The Vols also have the No. 1-rated defensive efficiency and allow just 61.3 PPG (7th in D-I).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>So, which style will win?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I often prefer to side with the home team, but tonight I expect the visiting Vols to impose their will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ole Miss relies on heavy volume from the perimeter and the free-throw line to generate offence. But Tennessee allows only 16.0 free throw attempts per game (42nd in D-I), as well as the second-lowest opponent 3PT% (27.9).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unders are 7-3 in Tennessee&#8217;s road games this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong>UConn moneyline<\/strong><\/strong> (-186):<\/strong> Does Dan Hurley have enough roster talent to win a third consecutive national championship? Likely not, but his Huskies are still awfully tough to beat at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UConn is 12-2 at home this season, with its only losses coming against a pair of tourney-bound teams (Creighton, No. 6 St. John&#8217;s). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Familiarity is a factor in this matchup, as UConn and Marquette have faced each other four times since February 2024. Given that Marquette has the 13th-highest minutes continuity from a season ago (65.8%), that matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Huskies are on a four-game win streak against the Eagles, which includes a 77-69 victory at Marquette last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Picks made at 3:15 p.m. ET 03\/05\/2025<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Midway through the final week of the college basketball regular season, I whipped up a +282 parlay featuring three marquee games. The pregame narrative: The No. 12 Wisconsin Badgers have been a profitable ATS squad this year, and I like for that to continue in Wednesday&#8217;s road matchup. I&#8217;m also taking the under on an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":332032,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[21],"class_list":["post-331979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","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: March 5 parlay | NorthStar Bets<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our NCAA basketball predictions March 5. 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