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
2/18/2026AlabamaArkansas2.2179.5
2/18/2026ArizonaBYU8.9164.0
2/18/2026BellarmineLipscomb1.5163.0
2/18/2026BucknellAmerican-0.5145.4
2/18/2026Coastal CarolinaJames Madison1.2145.1
2/18/2026DavidsonRichmond3.6149.0
2/18/2026DelawareWestern Kentucky0.4144.4
2/18/2026DrakeSouthern Illinois-3.4148.3
2/18/2026DuquesneLa Salle10.2147.6
2/18/2026East CarolinaWichita State-3.5144.3
2/18/2026Eastern KentuckyWest Georgia4.9160.2
2/18/2026EvansvilleIllinois-Chicago-6.5140.7
2/18/2026FGCUJacksonville5.9146.4
2/18/2026FordhamLoyola (IL)8.4134.1
2/18/2026FurmanEast Tennessee State2.0142.2
2/18/2026George MasonDayton4.0136.3
2/18/2026GeorgetownButler4.1147.1
2/18/2026Georgia TechVirginia-10.5146.9
2/18/2026Holy CrossLafayette4.1137.0
2/18/2026Illinois StateMurray State5.7156.5
2/18/2026Indiana StateNorthern Iowa-7.8140.4
2/18/2026Louisiana TechJacksonville State1.0131.6
2/18/2026Loyola (MD)Army7.8147.6
2/18/2026MarquetteSt. John’s (NY)-5.5156.9
2/18/2026Mississippi StateAuburn-1.8162.7
2/18/2026MissouriVanderbilt-3.0162.0
2/18/2026Missouri StateKennesaw State1.3157.5
2/18/2026NavyLehigh8.3147.1
2/18/2026North AlabamaQueens (NC)-3.8165.3
2/18/2026Northern KentuckyPurdue Fort Wayne6.2154.7
2/18/2026NorthwesternMaryland5.9141.2
2/18/2026Oklahoma StateKansas-5.9154.1
2/18/2026OmahaOral Roberts9.3158.0
2/18/2026Penn StateRutgers5.9148.6
2/18/2026PortlandPepperdine8.7146.9
2/18/2026Sam HoustonMiddle Tennessee4.0161.2
2/18/2026San FranciscoGonzaga-13.0154.1
2/18/2026SeattleSaint Mary’s (CA)-8.2127.6
2/18/2026Seton HallDePaul8.7131.6
2/18/2026South Carolina StateNorth Carolina Central0.2132.5
2/18/2026South Dakota StateNorth Dakota State2.2152.5
2/18/2026St. BonaventureSaint Joseph’s4.0143.1
2/18/2026TempleUAB-0.3138.6
2/18/2026TennesseeOklahoma10.8156.8
2/18/2026Texas A&MOle Miss7.8159.8
2/18/2026TulsaCharlotte10.6152.1
2/18/2026U ConnCreighton11.9146.9
2/18/2026UL MonroeTroy-11.7158.8
2/18/2026UNLVColorado State0.7155.3
2/18/2026USCIllinois-5.9159.6
2/18/2026Utah StateBoise State7.9168.3
2/18/2026UTSAFAU-10.0155.5
2/18/2026ValparaisoBradley0.6144.4
2/18/2026Wake ForestClemson1.1140.8
2/18/2026Washington StatePacific-1.4146.2
2/18/2026West VirginiaUtah9.6130.2
2/18/2026Western CarolinaUNC Greensboro6.0159.7
2/18/2026WoffordVMI13.4162.7
2/18/2026Youngstown StateCleveland State8.1162.5
Positive # = Left Team Projected Favorite
Negative # = Right Team Projected Favorite

Bets:
Cleveland State +10.5
North Alabama +8.5
Wake Forest +3.5

Women’s

DateTeamTeamTSITSI Total
2/18/2026AkronOhio-8.6155.0
2/18/2026AmericanBucknell-0.4109.7
2/18/2026ArmyLoyola (MD)12.0111.9
2/18/2026BellarmineNorth Alabama-18.5123.1
2/18/2026Boise StateAir Force10.6130.3
2/18/2026Bowling GreenWestern Michigan10.0124.8
2/18/2026BuffaloBall State-18.3143.2
2/18/2026ButlerCreighton-1.3132.1
2/18/2026California BaptistUtah Valley7.8133.0
2/18/2026Central ArkansasAustin Peay5.4124.2
2/18/2026Coastal CarolinaAppalachian State7.0128.4
2/18/2026ColgateBoston University-2.6112.1
2/18/2026Colorado StateNevada14.0111.1
2/18/2026George WashingtonRichmond-13.5127.9
2/18/2026Grand CanyonNew Mexico0.7130.2
2/18/2026HoustonTCU-25.7134.2
2/18/2026Iowa StateArizona State8.2137.9
2/18/2026Kansas CityDenver5.9127.4
2/18/2026Kent StateNorthern Illinois14.9129.9
2/18/2026La SalleRhode Island-11.1125.1
2/18/2026LafayetteHoly Cross-6.4121.9
2/18/2026LehighNavy-4.9139.1
2/18/2026LipscombWest Georgia-4.1130.1
2/18/2026LongwoodGardner-Webb15.1132.3
2/18/2026LouisianaSouthern Miss-10.5141.2
2/18/2026Loyola (IL)George Mason-10.2113.1
2/18/2026Miami (OH)Central Michigan5.6130.6
2/18/2026Michigan StateNorthwestern23.8150.5
2/18/2026MinnesotaOhio State1.5142.0
2/18/2026PresbyterianWinthrop-12.5129.3
2/18/2026ProvidenceDePaul5.1131.0
2/18/2026Purdue Fort WayneOakland12.7139.0
2/18/2026RadfordSouth Carolina Upstate17.4117.5
2/18/2026Saint Joseph’sDuquesne14.9123.8
2/18/2026San Diego StateUNLV3.9128.6
2/18/2026San Jose StateUtah State-2.4132.9
2/18/2026Southern UtahTarleton State3.5135.1
2/18/2026St. John’s (NY)Georgetown-0.1120.2
2/18/2026Texas StateArkansas State-9.6138.3
2/18/2026Texas TechBaylor1.3128.9
2/18/2026TroySouth Alabama14.8151.1
2/18/2026U MassToledo-5.4127.3
2/18/2026UCFKansas State-6.1131.2
2/18/2026UNC AshevilleHigh Point-16.4127.0
2/18/2026Utah TechUT Arlington-1.5123.5
2/18/2026VCUDavidson-12.1117.3
2/18/2026VillanovaU Conn-24.4140.7
2/18/2026Wright StateMilwaukee1.9132.0
2/18/2026XavierSeton Hall-11.5127.5
Positive # = Left Team Projected Favorite
Negative # = Right Team Projected Favorite

Follow me on X @TShoeIndex and add notifications to my tweets for more best bets.

RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR