Saturday's Top College Basketball Parlay Picks

Tonight’s college basketball parlay picks include an interesting line that lists the first-place team in the WAC as a short underdog to a sub-.500 opponent.

Saturday's college basketball is massive. Games will be going all afternoon and night long with pretty much every conference having at least one matchup scheduled. Of course, the more games, the better when it comes to building out college basketball betting parlays.

Here are my top parlay picks for Saturday’s college basketball action (odds via BetMGM; pick confidence based on a 1-to-5-star scale).

Top College Basketball Parlay Picks

San Francisco -13.5 (-110) vs. Pepperdine ???New Mexico vs. Wyoming (-600) ?????Seattle vs. Tarleton State -1.5 (-110) ????

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Top College Basketball Parlay Predictions

San Francisco -13.5 (-110)

It’s rare to see a team coming off of a 16-point loss laying as much as 14 points in their very next game. Such is the way of like for teams like the San Francisco Dons given the talent gap between Gonzaga and the rest of the West Coast Conference. After failing to pull an upset on the road in Spokane on Thursday, USF figures to be able to get right tonight against Pepperdine.

Despite not being ranked yet this season, the Dons are very much in the running with BYU to be called the second-best team in the WCC this season. While San Francisco lost to the Cougars by two at home, they have had no trouble at all with their two lesser conference opponents to date. USF topped San Diego by 15 two weeks ago and also destroyed Loyola Marymount by 24 the following week. Guard Jamaree Bouyea is one of the best players in the conference. Pepperdine also doesn’t figure to have an answer for big man Yauhen Massalski in tonight’s contest.

The Pepperdine Waves come into the day 0-5 in conference with four of their losses coming by double-digits. They are also only 6-14 on the season overall and are arguably the worst team in the WCC. After losing Kessler Edwards to the NBA, there is very little proven talent remaining on the Pepperdine roster.

The spread for tonight’s matchup opened with San Francisco as 13-point favorites but has been bet up since. The line of 13.5 at BetMGM offers a half-point of value compared to the consensus spread of 14. We’ll ride with the Dons to bounce back in a big way against an inferior opponent.

Wyoming (-600)

While the point spread has shifted in favor of the underdog New Mexico Lobos for this Mountain West matchup, the Wyoming Cowboys remain a double-digit favorite for a reason. The Pokes come into Saturday’s contest with a 14-2 record with their only losses coming to Pac-12 opponents in Arizona and Stanford. While Wyoming has had to navigate several postponements that saw them have a full 26 days between games from Christmas to last Saturday, Jeff Linder’s squad has hardly missed a beat.

Since returning to action last weekend, Wyoming has pulled out gritty road wins over Utah State and Nevada. Each of those teams has a win over New Mexico already this season. Back in Laramie on Wednesday night, a shorthanded Cowboys lineup that was without leading scorer Graham Ike still managed to knock off San Jose State. Reports seem to indicate that Ike will be able to play again tonight despite his knee injury.

While the Lobos are certainly an improved team from a year ago, they don’t appear to have the goods to compete in the rugged Mountain West. UNM is 0-5 in the conference thus far despite playing a number of close games. While it wouldn’t be a shock to see the Lobos cover the spread especially if Ike is unable to go, Wyoming should ultimately emerge with the outright win. It's why it's our top-rated college basketball parlay pick.

Tarleton State -1.5 (-110)

There are line moves and then there are LINE MOVES. The shift from Seattle -1 to Tarleton State -1.5 certainly falls into the latter of the two categories considering the status of these two WAC programs coming in. 

This will be Seattle’s second road game in the Lone Star State in three days and their third game overall this week. The Redhawks took down Abilene Christian on Thursday night to run their conference record to 5-0 and extend their winning streak to six games. Seattle U’s big three of Cameron Tyson, Darrion Trammell, and Riley Grigsby all came up big against the Wildcats. The fact that the Redhawks are now in sole possession of first place in the conference is truly remarkable considering all of the game postponements and scheduling changes they’ve had thrown at them. On top of that, this is a team playing under an interim head coach.

Meanwhile, Tarleton State fought their way back after accruing a large first-half deficit on Thursday night only to come up short against California Baptist. The Texans have now lost three straight and have a sub-.500 record on the season. However, they have typically played much better at home where they are 7-2 straight up to date. 

When it comes down to it, the fact that a Tarleton team with a losing record is now laying points against the top team in the WAC serves as a tell-tale sign of which side to play here.

Combined Odds: San Francisco -13.5 (-110) + Wyoming (-600) + Tarleton State -1.5 (-110) = +326

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College basketball parlay picks made 1/22/2022 at 1:15 p.m. ET.