Men’s and Women’s College Basketball Best Bets:

Welcome back to the daily edition of men’s and women’s college basketball projections, courtesy of my proprietary ratings system, the T Shoe Index (TSI). As a reminder, TSI is an opponent-adjusted and tempo-adjusted ratings system that utilizes several key performance metrics to rate teams and project results for every matchup across the sport. If you’re new to women’s college basketball betting, oftentimes the lines are posted much closer to tip-off and therefore bets aren’t able to be made at the time of writing this morning article, so be sure to follow me on X @TShoeIndex to get my women’s plays. Here are today’s college basketball projections and bets:

Men’s

DateTeamTeamTSITSI Total
1/9/2026Bowling GreenAkron-5.0165.6
1/9/2026Colorado StateUNLV9.3159.4
1/9/2026Detroit MercyWright State-5.5147.8
1/9/2026FairfieldRider12.1140.3
1/9/2026Green BayIU Indy8.1167.0
1/9/2026IonaNiagara14.6147.6
1/9/2026ManhattanCanisius5.8147.7
1/9/2026MilwaukeeNorthern Kentucky2.8158.0
1/9/2026MinnesotaUSC-2.8151.7
1/9/2026Mount St. Mary’sSaint Peter’s1.9140.6
1/9/2026OaklandCleveland State13.9177.3
1/9/2026Sacred HeartMarist-6.0141.1
1/9/2026SienaMerrimack8.4131.4
1/9/2026ToledoMiami (OH)-0.4168.7
Positive # = Left Team Projected Favorite
Negative # = Right Team Projected Favorite

Bets:
Iona -10.5
Fairfield -8.5
Merrimack/Siena Under 135.5

Women’s

DateTeamTeamTSITSI Total
1/9/2026BelmontDrake13.8144.6
1/9/2026CampbellElon4.3119.4
1/9/2026HofstraTowson-3.7133.7
1/9/2026MonmouthUNC Wilmington17.2130.9
1/9/2026Murray StateNorthern Iowa4.7147.6
1/9/2026NortheasternNorth Carolina A&T-0.2125.9
1/9/2026Stony BrookDrexel-8.0111.0
1/9/2026TulsaTemple-2.7135.7
1/9/2026William & MaryCollege of Charleston-7.2129.2
Positive # = Left Team Projected Favorite
Negative # = Right Team Projected Favorite

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