{"id":172553,"date":"2026-02-10T23:15:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T23:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/172553\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T23:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T23:15:09","slug":"college-basketball-picks-best-bets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/172553\/","title":{"rendered":"College basketball picks, best bets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\tNew York Post may be compensated and\/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our links. Featured pricing is subject to change.<\/p>\n<p>At this point in the season, handicappers try to uncover betting value by isolating teams that have started to perform noticeably better or worse than their <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/article\/best-college-basketball-betting-sites\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">season-long power rating<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>San Jos\u00e9 State just might fit that criteria.<\/p>\n<p>The Spartans have weathered significant injuries but have seemingly turned a corner.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a 1-11 conference record, they have covered three of their past four games, and coach Tim Miles maximizes his talent.<\/p>\n<p>A critical angle is that the leading scorer, Colby Garland, recently returned from injury.<\/p>\n<p>Garland took a couple of games to regain his rhythm, but has surpassed 20 points in consecutive games.<\/p>\n<p>San Jos\u00e9 State visits UNLV on Tuesday as a 12.5-point underdog with a total of 151.5 points <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/betting\/bet365-bonus-code\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">at bet365<\/a>, as of Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The Runnin\u2019 Rebels are a middle-of-the-pack team in the Mountain West and are coming off an impressive home win over Grand Canyon.<\/p>\n<p>I think San Jos\u00e9 State can catch them fairly flat, especially since the Rebels beat them on the road by 14 points.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.67047308;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38444877\" width=\"986\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/reacts-making-basket-grand-canyon-120665282.jpg\" alt=\"UNLV forward Emmanuel Stephen (34) reacts after making a basket against Grand Canyon.\" class=\"wp-image-38444877\"  \/>UNLV forward Emmanuel Stephen. AP<\/p>\n<p>UNLV has some issues. <\/p>\n<p>Its ceiling is pretty high, as demonstrated by road wins over Boise State and Grand Canyon.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Rebs have shot themselves in the foot in key situations and also have an inconsistent offense.<\/p>\n<p>Betting on College Basketball? <\/p>\n<p>For what it\u2019s worth, KenPom.com projects a 10-point margin and it doesn\u2019t account for injuries, which only strengthens San Jose State\u2019s profile since Garland missed some games.<\/p>\n<p>I have a 95-51-2 ATS record in this Post sports section, and my next play is San Jos\u00e9 State +12.5 points (-110, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/betting\/bet365-bonus-code\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">bet365<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Why Trust New York Post Betting<\/p>\n<p>Doug Kezirian is a New York Post contributor who has over two decades of experience in the betting space, including spending 11 years at ESPN as a host, columnist and betting analyst. He\u2019s also the rare personality who has documented success \u2013 14th place in 2023 Circa Million and Las Vegas SuperContest ($37K), two top-10 finishes in 2022 William Hill College Football Challenge ($58K) and also grabbed headlines with a $297K win on the 2021 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York Post may be compensated and\/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172554,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[3256,4213,4208,88,90,89,127,6372,39285,82592],"class_list":["post-172553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-betting","tag-college-basketball","tag-college-basketball-betting","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-sports","tag-sports-betting","tag-sports-picks","tag-unlv-runnin-rebels"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}