Men’s and Women’s College Basketball Best Bets:
March is upon us, and there is no better month for college basketball. Thankfully, in addition to the pure entertainment value the sport provides during this month, my T Shoe Index is still humming along nicely, with merely a few losing days in roughly the last month – including an 8-2 weekend in men’s and women’s over this past weekend. Let’s wrap up this regular season with a bang and head into the NCAA tournament full steam ahead.
Reminder on how to read the projections: If the spread is a positive number, that indicates the team on the left (Home, unless neutral site) is favored by TSI. If the spread is a negative, that indicates the team on the right (Away, unless neutral side) is favored by TSI. TSI total is the projected number of combined points in the game.
Here are today’s projections:
Men’s
| Team | Team | TSI Spread | TSI Total |
| Alcorn State | Texas Southern | 2.0 | 139.2 |
| Bethune-Cookman | Grambling | 6.2 | 137.1 |
| Coppin State | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 6.7 | 139.5 |
| Duke | Wake Forest | 21.1 | 141.0 |
| Florida A&M | Southern | -4.3 | 141.9 |
| Florida Gulf Coast | Queens (NC) | 7.7 | 146.5 |
| Gardner-Webb | Northern Colorado | -5.9 | 156.1 |
| Houston | Kansas | 9.4 | 135.2 |
| Idaho State | Northern Arizona | 5.6 | 145.0 |
| Jackson State | Prairie View | 12.1 | 152.9 |
| Jacksonville | Eastern Kentucky | 2.6 | 147.0 |
| Lamar | Nicholls State | 0.1 | 141.8 |
| Lipscomb | Central Arkansas | 21.6 | 147.5 |
| Montana | Eastern Washington | 7.7 | 148.0 |
| Montana State | Idaho | 8.0 | 147.0 |
| Morgan State | Delaware State | -1.0 | 160.3 |
| North Alabama | Austin Peay | 10.1 | 148.9 |
| North Carolina Central | Norfolk State | -6.2 | 149.1 |
| North Texas | Wichita State | 8.3 | 134.7 |
| Northwestern | UCLA | -0.8 | 138.6 |
| Northwestern State | Incarnate Word | 3.7 | 136.8 |
| Portland State | Sacramento State | 12.5 | 137.2 |
| South Carolina State | Howard | 12.4 | 154.9 |
| Stephen F. Austin | McNeese State | -10.7 | 134.6 |
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | New Orleans | 11.8 | 148.5 |
| Texas-Rio Grande Valley | Southeastern Louisiana | -1.0 | 147.3 |
Bets:
Northwestern State/Incarnate Word Over 133.5 (Play to 134.5)
New Orleans +14.5 (Play to +13.5)
Women’s
| Team | Team | TSI Spread | TSI Total |
| Coppin State | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 5.2 | 125.0 |
| Eastern Washington | Montana | 3.7 | 133.0 |
| Idaho | Montana State | -7.8 | 123.9 |
| Morgan State | Delaware State | 12.4 | 125.1 |
| North Carolina Central | Norfolk State | -25.4 | 139.3 |
| Northern Arizona | Idaho State | 14.5 | 144.1 |
| Northern Colorado | Weber State | 8.3 | 124.8 |
| Sacramento State | Portland State | 11.7 | 122.6 |
| South Carolina State | Howard | -20.5 | 120.0 |
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