Today we have a massive slate of College Basketball action on tap with 53-games to choose from. Let’s examine where smart money is leaning for a trio of matchups using our VSiN CBB Betting Splits, which are updated every 5-minutes and come directly from DraftKings and Circa Sports.

 

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5:30 p.m. ET: San Diego vs Pacific (-2.5, 146.5)

This is the first round of the West Coast Conference tournament.

San Diego (5-26) is the 11-seed and just snapped a 16-game losing streak with an 82-80 win over Portland, winning outright as 1.5-point home dogs. Meanwhile, Pacific (9-23) is the 10-seed and has dropped four straight, losing to Santa Clara 97-66 and failing to cover as 13.5-point home dogs in their last game.

This line opened with Pacific listed as low as a 1-point neutral site favorite. Sharps have pounced on Pacific laying short chalk, steaming the Tigers up from -1 to -2.5. At DraftKings, Pacific is receiving 73% of spread bets and 93% of spread dollars. At Circa, Pacific is taking in 50% of spread bets and 85% of spread dollars. Both books are showing a notable “low bets, higher dollars” bet split in favor of the Tigers.

Ken Pom has Pacific winning by one point (74-73). With this in mind, many sharps have elected to protect themselves by playing Pacific on the moneyline (-130). At DraftKings, Pacific is receiving 67% of moneyline bets and 85% of moneyline dollars, further evidence of pros playing the Tigers to earn a straight up victory.

Pacific has the better offensive efficiency (267th vs 309th), effective field goal percentage (48% vs 46%) and two-point field goal percentage (50% vs 47%). Pacific also does a better job at limiting their opponents on the offensive boards (89th vs 268th).

Over the last ten games, Pacific is allowing 74 PPG compared to San Diego giving up 85 PPG.

7 p.m. ET: Kansas City vs Omaha (-3.5, 137.5)

This is the first round of the Summit League tournament.

Kansas City (13-19) is the 8-seed and has won two of their last three. The Roos just beat Oral Roberts 73-56 in yesterday’s first round matchup, covering as 5.5-point neutral site favorites. Meanwhile, Omaha (19-12) is the 1-seed and has won three straight. The Mavericks are coming off a bye and beat Oral Roberts 80-57 in their last regular season game, covering as 10.5-point home favorites.

This line opened with Omaha listed as a 2.5-point neutral site favorite. Sharps have gotten down hard on Omaha, steaming the Mavericks up from -2.5 to -3.5. At DraftKings, Omaha is taking in 79% of spread bets and 91% of spread dollars, indicating heavy Pro and Joe support in their favor.

Ken Pom has Omaha winning by two points (72-70). As a result, many value-minded bettors have decided to drink some juice and play the Mavericks on the moneyline at -175. At DraftKings, Omaha is receiving 88% of moneyline bets and 99% of moneyline dollars. At Circa, Omaha is taking in 75% of moneyline bets and 98% of moneyline dollars. Both books are showing heavy one-way action in favor of the Mavericks winning straight up.

Omaha has the better offensive efficiency (98th vs 290th), effective field goal percentage (53% vs 49%) and three-point shooting (37% vs 33%). The Mavericks also take better care of the ball, ranking 83rd in turnover percentage compared to 289th for the Roos.

Omaha has gone 13-3 in conference play this season. Kansas City has gone 4-12. Omaha has a notable “rest vs tired” advantage, having last played on March 1st while Kansas City played yesterday.

9:30 p.m. ET: Hawaii at Cal State Bakersfield (-2, 141)

Hawaii (15-14) just snapped a three-game losing streak with a 78-70 win over UC Davis, covering as 3.5-point home favorites. On the other hand, Cal State Bakersfield (13-18) has dropped two of their last three and just got rolled by Cal Poly 98-72, failing to cover as 3.5-point road dogs.

This line opened with Cal State Bakersfield listed as a 1.5-point home favorite. Wiseguys seem to think this line was a bit short and pushed Cal State Bakersfield up from -1.5 to -2. At DraftKings, Cal State Bakersfield is receiving 78% of spread bets and 94% of spread dollars. At Circa, Cal State Bakersfield is taking in 44% of spread bets and 69% of spread dollars. Both books are showing a sharp “low bets, higher dollars” bet discrepancy in favor of the home chalk Roadrunners.

Ken Pom has Cal State Bakersfield winning by two points (72-70). With this in mind, many pros have elected to mitigate some risk and play the Roadrunners on the moneyline at -135. At DraftKings, Cal State Bakersfield is receiving 68% of moneyline bets and 94% of moneyline dollars, a hefty and pronounced sharp split in their favor.

Cal State Bakersfield has the better offensive efficiency (177th vs 232nd), offensive rebound percentage (36% vs 31%), three-point percentage (38% vs 31%) and free-throw percentage (77% vs 74%). The Roadrunners are also better at forcing turnovers (76th vs 353rd).

Cal State Bakersfield is 8-6 at home this season. Hawaii is 2-7 on the road.

The Roadrunners have fishy buy-low value as a below .500 team off a loss favored over a sell-high above .500 team off a win.

This is also Senior Night for the Roadrunners, who will be celebrating a pair of senior starters playing their final home game.

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