{"id":333840,"date":"2025-03-13T15:09:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T19:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=333840"},"modified":"2025-03-13T15:09:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T19:09:38","slug":"ncaa-mens-basketball-parlay-predictions-march-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/ncaa-mens-basketball-parlay-predictions-march-13\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA men&#8217;s college basketball parlay predictions March 13: Expect Clemson, Villanova to cover alt spreads"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We&#8217;re one week away from the first round of March Madness, but there&#8217;s plenty of conference tournament action to cover first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative<\/strong>: On Thursday night, I expect the Clemson Tigers and Villanova Wildcats to cover alt spreads in their respective tournament matchups. Elsewhere, there&#8217;s one particular SEC showdown that has major shootout potential. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my NCAA basketball predictions for March 13.<\/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.com\/sportsbook\/sports\/basketball\/competitions\/10530\">Full college basketball betting markets<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Parlay: Villanova +9.5 | Clemson -4.5 | Oklahoma\/Kentucky o158.5 points (+300)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Villanova +9.5 (-167):<\/strong> Villanova is playing for its postseason life and needs at least another win or two to have a shot at cracking the March Madness field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure that&#8217;ll happen, but I do expect the Wildcats to play with the hunger and verve that put them on the cusp of contention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since Feb. 5, Villanova is 7-3 SU and ATS, with wins over No. 6 St. John&#8217;s, No. 25 Marquette and Xavier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Wildcats did lose to the UConn Huskies in that span, but only by a seven-point margin. Villanova has covered a +10.5 spread in 27 of 32 games this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>KenPom.com and BartTorvik.com are both projecting a two-point win for UConn tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other parlay predictions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Clemson -4.5 (-175):<\/strong> I&#8217;m high on the Tigers heading into March Madness, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/ncaa-basketball-conference-tournament-predictions-2025\">I recently picked them<\/a> to win the ACC tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why? After making the Elite Eight last year, Clemson brought back a ton of talent. The program has a 46.3% minutes continuity, which ranks 90th out of 364 schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, the Tigers are 14-1 (12-3 ATS) since Jan. 11, and their only loss came in triple overtime. In that span, they beat No. 1 Duke \u2014 the only ACC school to do so \u2014 and covered this spread in 13 of 14 victories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now the team faces the SMU Mustangs, who Clemson beat by 10 points on Feb. 22. The Tigers led the Mustangs for the entire second half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since its loss to Clemson, SMU is just 1-4-1 ATS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong>Oklahoma\/Kentucky over 158.5 points<\/strong><\/strong> (-163):<\/strong> The Oklahoma Sooners and Kentucky Wildcats combined for 165 points in their lone matchup this season, and KenPom projects another 165-point total tonight. That&#8217;s part of the reason I like this teased-down over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another reason is that both teams should be willing to play this game at a blistering pace. Kentucky and Oklahoma rank 42nd and 66th in average offensive possession length.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Wildcats have cleared this total in 6 of 7 games since Feb. 15<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The average total in the Sooners&#8217; past six games is 166.7 points.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Oklahoma ranks ninth in NCAA Division I in free throw percentage (79.3%) while ranking 39th in free throw attempts (22.2\/game).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kentucky has five players averaging 10-plus points and ranks third in the country in scoring (85.8 PPG).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Picks made at 2:05 p.m. ET 03\/13\/2025<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re one week away from the first round of March Madness, but there&#8217;s plenty of conference tournament action to cover first. The pregame narrative: On Thursday night, I expect the Clemson Tigers and Villanova Wildcats to cover alt spreads in their respective tournament matchups. Elsewhere, there&#8217;s one particular SEC showdown that has major shootout potential. 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