Thursday’s College Basketball Best Bets: Fly With the Golden Eagles

Championship Week is here! Conference tournament play has begun, and several teams have already punched their tickets to the NCAA Tournament. Each day will have exciting games with high stakes.  

Here are SportsGrid’s favorite picks for Thursday of Championship Week. 

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7:00 p.m. ET – Kansas State vs. Iowa State

Spread: Iowa State (-7.5) | Moneyline: – | Total: –

Where to Watch: ESPN2  | Location: T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, MO

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The Iowa State Cyclones and Kansas State Wildcats meet in the second round of the Big 12 Tournament on Thursday evening, and the SportsGrid model has the Cyclones as one of the best plays of the day. Iowa State is competing for a potential two-seed in the NCAA Tournament and can win the league tournament. They are listed as a 7.5-point favorite, but the SportsGrid model projects the Cyclones to win this contest by 12 points, making this a five-star projection.

SportsGrid’s Best Bets: Iowa State (-7.5) | SportsGrid Projections: 5-stars

9:30 p.m. ET – Villanova vs. Marquette

Spread: Marquette (-3.5) | Moneyline: – | Total: –

Where to Watch: FS1 | Location: Madison Square Garden in New York, NY

The Big East Tournament is one of the sport’s coolest spectacles annually, and there are plenty of stakes this season. Marquette is jockeying for a potential two-seed in the NCAA Tournament, and Villanova is one of four league bubble teams fighting for an NCAA Tournament berth. The SportsGrid model has the Marquette Golden Eagles projected to win this second-round matchup against the Villanova Wildcats by 11 points. The line is set at Marquette by 3.5, making this a five-star projection and one of the strongest plays of the week. Marquette won at Villanova by five points earlier in the season and trounced them by 13 in the team’s first meeting.

SportsGrid’s Best Bets: Marquette (-3.5) | SportsGrid Projections: 5-stars

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