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

Happy New Year and 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
1/1/2026Abilene ChristianUtah Tech1.1137.8
1/1/2026Austin PeayNorth Florida14.9156.1
1/1/2026BelmontBradley6.8152.6
1/1/2026Cal PolyUC San Diego-9.3167.9
1/1/2026Cal State BakersfieldUC Irvine-7.9138.7
1/1/2026Cal State FullertonUC Santa Barbara-2.6165.5
1/1/2026Central ArkansasFGCU-1.9159.3
1/1/2026Coastal CarolinaGeorgia Southern4.3151.5
1/1/2026Idaho StateSacramento State11.0145.6
1/1/2026Illinois StateEvansville16.5142.9
1/1/2026Illinois-ChicagoMurray State-5.8159.6
1/1/2026LindenwoodMorehead State7.1149.3
1/1/2026LipscombJacksonville10.3147.4
1/1/2026Little RockTennessee Tech-2.5150.1
1/1/2026UL MonroeSouthern Miss-8.9158.2
1/1/2026MontanaNorthern Arizona6.2148.3
1/1/2026Montana StateNorthern Colorado2.2153.0
1/1/2026North AlabamaStetson10.0141.8
1/1/2026North DakotaOral Roberts-0.5148.5
1/1/2026Northern IowaIndiana State11.4129.1
1/1/2026Northern KentuckyIU Indy9.5176.4
1/1/2026Purdue Fort WayneGreen Bay1.8155.3
1/1/2026Queens (NC)Eastern Kentucky7.0168.8
1/1/2026South Dakota StateOmaha7.4152.0
1/1/2026Southeast Missouri StateEastern Illinois9.0150.0
1/1/2026Southern IllinoisValparaiso9.2144.2
1/1/2026Southern Illinois-EdwardsvilleSouthern Indiana7.8137.7
1/1/2026Tarleton StateUtah Valley-7.9150.7
1/1/2026Tennessee-MartinWestern Illinois15.2139.0
1/1/2026UC DavisCal State Northridge6.5160.6
1/1/2026UC RiversideHawaii-5.5141.8
1/1/2026UNC GreensboroChattanooga2.3150.9
1/1/2026UT ArlingtonCalifornia Baptist-2.2130.5
1/1/2026VMISamford-5.8152.4
1/1/2026Weber StatePortland State4.2148.7
1/1/2026West GeorgiaBellarmine4.3157.5
1/1/2026Wright StateMilwaukee7.0149.9
1/1/2026Youngstown StateOakland1.3161.8
Positive # = Left Team Projected Favorite
Negative # = Right Team Projected Favorite

Bets:
UT Arlington/Cal Baptist Under 135.5
UC Riverside +8.5
Cal State Fullerton +4.5

Women’s

DateTeamTeamTSITSI Total
1/1/2026Albany (NY)Vermont1.8102.5
1/1/2026ArkansasVanderbilt-19.2151.4
1/1/2026Arkansas-Pine BluffAlabama State-9.8124.9
1/1/2026BellarmineQueens (NC)-0.6129.0
1/1/2026BryantNew Hampshire11.3127.2
1/1/2026Cal State NorthridgeUC Davis-11.5132.8
1/1/2026California BaptistUT Arlington8.2125.9
1/1/2026Coastal CarolinaMarshall-0.2131.0
1/1/2026DenverNorth Dakota9.2119.7
1/1/2026DukeBoston College26.7137.2
1/1/2026Eastern KentuckyWest Georgia10.9139.2
1/1/2026FairfieldCanisius32.3146.0
1/1/2026FGCUNorth Alabama11.0121.9
1/1/2026Georgia TechNotre Dame-18.6142.2
1/1/2026GramblingTexas Southern-7.7150.4
1/1/2026IllinoisMaryland-9.0149.1
1/1/2026IndianaMichigan State-13.8148.6
1/1/2026Indiana StateValparaiso10.2153.1
1/1/2026IowaNebraska2.9152.3
1/1/2026JacksonvilleAustin Peay-0.8124.7
1/1/2026James MadisonGeorgia State22.0145.9
1/1/2026KansasWest Virginia-12.7136.0
1/1/2026LindenwoodMorehead State15.0141.8
1/1/2026Little RockTennessee Tech-1.2117.7
1/1/2026LouisianaTroy-22.6137.3
1/1/2026LSUKentucky18.0157.1
1/1/2026UL MonroeSouth Alabama-3.7129.2
1/1/2026LouisvilleSMU28.2141.2
1/1/2026UMBCNJIT0.1132.4
1/1/2026U Mass-LowellMaine-0.5115.9
1/1/2026Ole MissGeorgia6.1134.2
1/1/2026Mississippi StateAuburn13.5129.8
1/1/2026Mississippi Valley StateAlabama A&M-17.4131.8
1/1/2026MissouriTexas-26.3153.9
1/1/2026NC StateStanford6.7138.4
1/1/2026North CarolinaCalifornia12.3132.4
1/1/2026North FloridaLipscomb6.2124.3
1/1/2026Northern ArizonaMontana4.5155.2
1/1/2026Northern ColoradoMontana State-4.2136.3
1/1/2026Old DominionGeorgia Southern0.0128.3
1/1/2026OregonNorthwestern22.8145.1
1/1/2026PittsburghWake Forest-6.2120.4
1/1/2026Portland StateWeber State-5.9142.7
1/1/2026QuinnipiacIona14.9114.9
1/1/2026RiderMerrimack-6.5128.5
1/1/2026RutgersWisconsin-3.4128.4
1/1/2026Sacramento StateIdaho State-1.0110.6
1/1/2026Sacred HeartNiagara19.0133.1
1/1/2026Saint Peter’sManhattan-5.6108.0
1/1/2026SienaMount St. Mary’s3.2125.1
1/1/2026South CarolinaAlabama19.0139.5
1/1/2026South Dakota StateSt. Thomas13.4125.3
1/1/2026Southeast Missouri StateEastern Illinois8.9139.0
1/1/2026SouthernPrairie View20.4134.6
1/1/2026Southern Illinois-EdwardsvilleSouthern Indiana-10.2112.1
1/1/2026Southern MissArkansas State0.5157.3
1/1/2026St. John’s (NY)DePaul9.7128.7
1/1/2026StetsonCentral Arkansas0.4136.0
1/1/2026SyracuseFlorida State9.7151.3
1/1/2026TennesseeFlorida12.2143.4
1/1/2026Tennessee-MartinWestern Illinois-7.3137.6
1/1/2026Texas A&MOklahoma-18.5154.5
1/1/2026UC IrvineCal State Bakersfield20.6129.2
1/1/2026UC San DiegoCal Poly23.0137.9
1/1/2026UC Santa BarbaraCal State Fullerton13.2134.7
1/1/2026Utah TechAbilene Christian-9.7124.5
1/1/2026Utah ValleyTarleton State5.7123.5
1/1/2026VillanovaCreighton17.2135.5
1/1/2026VirginiaClemson8.0129.1
1/1/2026Virginia TechMiami (FL)0.4132.7
1/1/2026WashingtonMichigan-17.6143.7
1/1/2026XavierMarquette-13.7123.6
Positive # = Left Team Projected Favorite
Negative # = Right Team Projected Favorite

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