Top College Basketball Parlay Picks for Thursday

Thursday's college basketball parlay picks include an Over on a team total, a program from the Pac-12 getting too many points, and a Big Ten team receiving a key number.

USC is coming off an uninspiring loss to Stanford. Rather than taking the spread in this one, we examine another way to attack the Trojans' offensive advantage at the Galen Center tonight.

In a Big Ten matchup between Indiana and Iowa, it's a battle of strengths. A top-flight defense will square off with a high-flying offense at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

Meanwhile, Arizona hasn't played in 10 days ahead of its contest with Colorado, which just won two games at home against Washington and Washington State.

Here are my top parlay picks for the Jan. 13 college basketball action (odds via DraftKings Sportsbook; pick confidence based on a 1-to-5-star scale).

Thursday's Top College Basketball Parlay Picks

USC team total Over 78.5 (-105) ????Iowa vs. Indiana +4.5 (-110) ???Arizona vs. Colorado +16 (-110) ???

College Basketball Parlay Predictions

USC team total Over 78.5 (-105)

Roman Silva, the 7-foot-1 center for Oregon State, is in for a long night against USC's forwards. Silva won't be able to guard Isaiah Mobley and Chevez Goodwin away from the basket because of their athleticism, or else it'll be easy for them to blow by him and get to the rim. Oregon State coach Wayne Tinkle may be forced to make changes if USC takes advantage of the Silva matchup, but any extended bench time for the big man could create offensive rebounding opportunities for the Trojans.

The USC team total Over is valuable because the Trojans live inside the 3-point line, which is the weakness of Oregon State's defense - it's 275th in 2-point field-goal percentage allowed.

DraftKings is hosting this parlay, but if you're looking to bet on this wager as a single bet, check out the props at PointsBet Sportsbook. PointsBet offers +110 odds on USC scoring 80-plus points. The Trojans are projected to score 80 in this game, so +110 is excellent value.

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Indiana +4.5 (-110)

KenPom ranks Iowa as the third-most efficient offense in the country and Indiana as the 11th-most efficient defense. The Hoosiers' defense is ranked No. 1 in 2-point field-goal percentage, but it will have its hands full against the nation's top scorer, Iowa small forward Keegan Murray.

This opened at Iowa -3 and was bet up to Iowa -5; that's when I became intrigued. That's too many points for a matchup that's supposed to be close. It's since dropped back to -4.5 on DraftKings, so your value on this wager lies within getting to that magic number of five points.

Colorado +16 (-110)

Arizona is the most dominant team in the Pac-12, but this is too many points for the Wildcats to cover. Colorado's ability to keep Arizona off the offensive glass will allow the Buffaloes to cover.

This matchup has value because of the number of points you're getting on Colorado. Arizona should be closer to a 14-point favorite; the number hasn't reached -16 at BetMGM and Caesar's Sportsbook, on which the Wildcats are 15.5-point favorites. The +16 at DraftKings is the best number across all sportsbooks. At the time of writing, 58% of the cash and 71% of the tickets are on Colorado in this conference matchup.

Combined College Basketball Parlay Odds: USC Over 78.5 (-105) + Indiana +4.5 (-110) + Colorado +16 (-110) = +611

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College basketball parlay picks made 1/13/2022 at 10:29 a.m. ET.